TABLE 10
            OPERATOR INFORMATION AND NONFARM SUMMARY, 2004
        North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program             
                              State Report                                  
                    (Farms Sorted By Net Farm Income)                       

                                     Avg. Of                         
                                    All Farms     Low 20%    High 20%

Number of farms                           434          86          87

Operator Information
  Average number of operators             1.0         1.0         1.1
  Average age of operators               44.4        44.1        45.3
  Average number of years farming        20.9        19.8        22.8

Labor Analysis
  Total unpaid labor hours              2,324       1,782       2,797
  Total hired labor hours                 677         379       1,501
  Total labor hours per farm            3,001       2,161       4,297
  Unpaid hours per operator             2,215       1,782       2,483

Nonfarm Income
  Nonfarm wages & salary               15,149      23,743       7,769
  Net nonfarm business income           1,724         721       4,018
  Nonfarm rental income                   472       1,269         108
  Nonfarm interest income                 203         110         341
  Nonfarm cash dividends                   50         114          64
  Tax refunds                             542         655         235
  Nontaxable nonfarm income               289         491         148
  Other nonfarm income                  2,051       2,460       2,404
Total nonfarm income                   20,479      29,564      15,088

Gifts and inheritances                  4,576       3,644      10,324