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                     Crop Enterprise Analysis, 2003          
        North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program 
                              State Report          
                      (Farms Sorted By Net Return)  

                          Fallow on Owned Land      

                                                   Avg. Of 
                                                  All Farms

            Number of fields                             22
            Number of farms                              17

            Acres                                     34.32
            Yield per acre                               - 
            Operators share of yield %                   - 
            Value per unit                               - 
            Total product return per acre                - 
            Miscellaneous income per acre                - 
            Gross return per acre                        - 

            Direct Expenses
              Crop chemicals                           3.48
              Fuel & oil                               2.77
              Repairs                                  4.26
              Operating interest                       1.07
              Miscellaneous                            0.01
            Total direct expenses per acre            11.59
            Return over direct exp per acre          -11.59

            Overhead Expenses
              Hired labor                              0.63
              RE & pers. property taxes                2.67
              Farm insurance                           1.30
              Utilities                                0.83
              Interest                                14.51
              Mach & bldg depreciation                 3.93
              Miscellaneous                            2.17
            Total overhead expenses per acre          26.04
            Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre        37.64
            Net return per acre                      -37.64

            Lbr & mgt charge per acre                  9.08
            Net return over lbr & mgt                -46.71
            Government payments                        5.76
            Net return with govt payments            -40.96