TABLE 13 - 3
                                                  Type of Farm Report, 2002
                                  North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program                                
                                                       State Report                                                     
                                                (Farms Sorted By Farm Type)                                              
                                  Avg. Of                                   Crop and  Crop and            
                                  All Farms      Crop     Dairy      Beef      Dairy      Beef     Other
Number of farms                         431       163        12        55          6        87       103
Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income           245,559   294,590   221,364   189,904    113,019   268,265   193,046
   Total cash farm expense          196,922   233,365   191,322   162,688     93,403   220,256   147,529
   Net cash farm income              48,637    61,225    30,042    27,216     19,616    48,009    45,517
   Inventory change                  12,429    30,096     6,255    -5,698    -17,254    11,162    -1,373
   Depreciation and capital adjust  -16,530   -21,458   -11,167    -7,548     -4,236   -18,007   -14,264
   Net farm income                   44,536    69,863    25,131    13,970     -1,875    41,164    29,880
Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings     24,530    45,393    13,545    -2,992    -10,399    17,466    16,356
   Rate of return on assets           5.7 %     8.2 %     3.7 %     2.0 %     -1.5 %     4.4 %     4.6 %
   Rate of return on equity           5.6 %     9.9 %     0.7 %    -2.4 %    -14.8 %     3.5 %     3.2 %
   Operating profit margin           15.3 %    18.0 %    10.2 %    10.4 %     -6.5 %    13.3 %    13.4 %
   Asset turnover rate               37.0 %    45.8 %    35.9 %    19.7 %     23.2 %    33.3 %    34.2 %
Liquidity
   Term debt coverage ratio         131.3 %   186.4 %    89.3 %    72.0 %     -3.7 %   110.7 %   106.6 %
   Expense as a percent of income    76.5 %    72.1 %    84.0 %    88.3 %     97.6 %    79.2 %    76.9 %
   Interest as a percent of income    6.9 %     5.6 %     6.7 %    10.5 %     15.7 %     6.9 %     8.7 %
Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors           413       156        12        54          5        80       101
   Ending farm assets               633,111   703,410   472,953   625,139    340,930   706,633   517,383
   Ending farm liabilities          318,110   313,496   280,766   344,177    200,759   362,551   292,939
   Ending total assets              730,471   831,028   558,031   709,899    379,808   787,980   586,376
   Ending total liabilities         337,959   339,736   302,176   354,283    214,577   375,914   313,151
   Ending net worth                 392,512   491,292   255,855   355,616    165,231   412,066   273,225
   Net worth change                  20,513    39,428     7,339     7,772    -12,730    12,891    10,738
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio     50 %      45 %      59 %      55 %       59 %      51 %      57 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio       46 %      41 %      52 %      50 %       54 %      47 %      54 %
   End total debt to asset ratio       46 %      41 %      54 %      50 %       56 %      48 %      53 %
Nonfarm Information
   Net nonfarm income                19,573    21,342    14,462    21,451      9,990    18,028    18,932
   Farms reporting living expenses      359       137        12        41          5        67        92
   Total family living expense       33,795    37,513    26,083    27,737     19,564    33,840    32,744
   Total living, invest, & capital   47,184    58,615    31,016    33,704     20,590    45,413    41,246
Crop Acres   
  Total acres owned                    854        722       358      1,267       522       842       949
   Total cop acres                   1,714      2,258       591      1,027       800     1,868     1,302
   Total cop acres owned               496        566       191        432       353       537       433
   Total cop acres cash rented         946      1,281       399        514       399     1,032       699
   Total cop acres share rented        272        411        -          81        48       299       170