TABLE 13 - 1
                                               Size of Farm Report, 2003    
                                North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
                                                      State Report     
                                          (Farms Sorted By Gross Farm Income)  
                                       Avg. Of    Less than    50,001 -   100,001 -   250,001 -   500,001 -      Over  
                                      All Farms     50,000      100,000    250,000     500,000    1,000,000   1,000,000
Number of farms                             431          26          42         170         146          39           8
Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income               287,656      32,653      77,457     176,892     345,237     698,645   1,519,302
   Total cash farm expense              227,310      36,221      62,994     145,591     269,899     524,397   1,221,977
   Net cash farm income                  60,346      -3,568      14,463      31,301      75,337     174,247     297,325
   Inventory change                      25,405      15,335       4,284      18,775      27,505      53,692     133,686
   Depreciation and capital adjust      -20,064      -4,611      -7,758     -12,159     -25,157     -39,542    -114,979
   Net farm income                       65,687       7,156      10,989      37,917      77,685     188,397     316,032
Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings         44,748       3,060       2,615      23,670      53,589     141,713     215,285
   Rate of return on assets               8.1 %       1.1 %       1.5 %       5.5 %       8.6 %      12.6 %      10.1 %
   Rate of return on equity              10.8 %      -5.0 %      -3.2 %       6.2 %      11.6 %      17.7 %      13.4 %
   Operating profit margin               19.2 %       3.8 %       7.1 %      15.5 %      19.5 %      24.4 %      20.0 %
   Asset turnover rate                   42.0 %      28.5 %      21.5 %      35.7 %      43.8 %      51.4 %      50.3 %
Liquidity
   Ending current ratio                    1.55      1.33        1.27        1.53        1.52        1.80          -
   Ending working capital                64,413       9,736      11,843      44,017      80,008     190,852          -
   End working capital to gross inc      22.4 %      29.8 %      15.3 %      24.9 %      23.2 %      27.3 %        -  %
   Term debt coverage ratio             178.7 %     143.5 %     102.8 %     135.0 %     174.5 %     256.2 %     353.1 %
   Expense as a percent of income        72.1 %      76.3 %      76.7 %      74.2 %      72.0 %      68.9 %      73.3 %
   Interest as a percent of income        5.6 %      10.2 %      11.9 %       6.7 %       5.6 %       4.3 %       3.6 %
Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors               412          26          42         164         141          35           4
   Ending farm assets                   670,557     186,611     342,890     513,541     826,201   1,421,687          - 
   Ending farm liabilities              333,925     114,250     198,657     272,820     400,456     606,381          - 
   Ending total assets                  771,512     242,272     395,016     595,042     946,288   1,630,985          - 
   Ending total liabilities             355,003     134,273     218,550     290,076     423,499     641,304          - 
   Ending net worth                     416,509     107,999     176,466     304,966     522,789     989,681          - 
   Net worth change                      45,706      19,604      11,771      25,965      55,899     146,537          - 
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio         50 %        61 %        58 %        53 %        48 %        43 %        -  %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio           47 %        51 %        55 %        49 %        46 %        42 %        -  %
   End total debt to asset ratio           46 %        55 %        55 %        49 %        45 %        39 %        -  %
Nonfarm Information
   Net nonfarm income                    21,011      28,273      27,521      20,129      18,665      20,442      27,571
   Farms reporting living expenses          300          17          32         121         108          20           2
   Total family living expense           37,008      25,368      27,132      32,860      43,160      54,215          - 
   Total living, invest, & capital       52,404      34,735      34,788      45,579      61,508      87,640          - 
Crop Acres
   Total acres owned                        853         303         622         804         949       1,105       1,892
   Total crop acres                       1,733         401         630       1,217       2,136       3,507       6,819
   Total crop acres owned                   504         133         294         397         608         936       1,073
   Total crop acres cash rented             983         215         245         607       1,207       2,187       5,379
   Total crop acres share rented            247          52          90         214         321         384         366