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                                          Type of Farm Report, 2003     
                          North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
                                                State Report        
                                        (Farms Sorted By Farm Type) 
                                       Avg. Of                                         Crop and            
                                      All Farms        Crop       Dairy        Beef      Beef         Other
Number of farms                             431         184          11          61          98          68
Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income               287,656     359,831     361,332     160,122     280,072     216,606
   Total cash farm expense              227,310     282,722     302,118     133,932     220,919     165,523
   Net cash farm income                  60,346      77,109      59,215      26,190      59,152      51,084
   Inventory change                      25,405      49,395       3,964       3,864      11,828       4,858
   Depreciation and capital adjust      -20,064     -24,259     -21,957      -8,295     -21,090     -18,157
   Net farm income                       65,687     102,245      41,222      21,759      49,891      37,784
Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings         44,748      76,255      29,739       7,735      27,590      23,385
   Rate of return on assets               8.1 %      11.3 %       5.7 %       3.2 %       5.7 %       5.5 %
   Rate of return on equity              10.8 %      16.0 %       5.1 %       0.8 %       6.1 %       6.0 %
   Operating profit margin               19.2 %      21.8 %      13.3 %      13.8 %      16.3 %      16.0 %
   Asset turnover rate                   42.0 %      51.9 %      42.8 %      22.9 %      35.0 %      34.7 %
Liquidity
   Ending current ratio                    1.55        1.71        1.75        1.47        1.45        1.27
   Ending working capital                64,413      91,785      37,165      41,277      60,893      25,853
   End working capital to gross inc      22.4 %      25.5 %      10.3 %      25.8 %      21.7 %      11.9 %
   Term debt coverage ratio             178.7 %     255.0 %      88.6 %     104.9 %     138.3 %     127.0 %
   Expense as a percent of income        72.1 %      68.4 %      83.0 %      81.6 %      75.3 %      74.3 %
   Interest as a percent of income        5.6 %       4.3 %       6.9 %       9.0 %       6.6 %       7.4 %
Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors               412         176           9          60          93          66
   Ending farm assets                   670,557     742,727     483,214     532,793     743,846     551,424
   Ending farm liabilities              333,925     339,445     340,404     299,065     371,637     306,796
   Ending total assets                  771,512     868,467     589,228     606,540     844,434     616,482
   Ending total liabilities             355,003     364,517     362,366     314,263     390,141     325,789
   Ending net worth                     416,509     503,950     226,863     292,278     454,294     290,694
   Net worth change                      45,706      70,990      24,206      21,571      32,704      23,291
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio         50 %        46 %        70 %        56 %        50 %        56 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio           47 %        43 %        63 %        52 %        46 %        55 %
   End total debt to asset ratio           46 %        42 %        61 %        52 %        46 %        53 %
Nonfarm Information
   Net nonfarm income                    21,011      22,025      13,592      24,541      19,582      18,587
   Farms reporting living expenses          300         129           8          44          64          49
   Total family living expense           37,008      43,385      30,222      29,426      34,216      32,206
   Total living, invest, & capital       52,404      60,439      38,158      42,562      47,764      50,580
Crop Acres
   Total acres owned                        853         701         357       1,070         916       1,088
   Total crop acres                       1,733       2,296         769         847       1,734       1,234
   Total crop acres owned                   504         548         255         371         582         438
   Total crop acres cash rented             983       1,382         515         400         924         656
   Total crop acres share rented            247         366          -           75         228         140