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                                      Age of Operator Report, 2004
                         North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program                          
                                               State Report                                               
                                    (Farms Sorted By Age Of Operator)                                     
                                     Avg. Of        Less                                                 
                                    All Farms     than 31     31 - 40     41 - 50     51 - 60     Over 60
Number of farms                           434          56          82         175          97          24
Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income             312,901     174,459     312,648     369,246     306,845     250,433
   Total cash farm expense            239,612     142,061     242,504     281,473     227,090     202,735
   Net cash farm income                73,289      32,398      70,144      87,773      79,755      47,697
   Inventory change                     7,018      21,117      16,228       1,891      -2,918      20,199
   Depreciation and capital adjust    -22,319     -14,037     -21,390     -25,411     -21,954     -23,759
   Net farm income                     57,988      39,479      64,982      64,254      54,883      44,138
Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings       34,074      33,113      47,292      35,606      26,528      10,482
   Rate of return on assets             6.2 %       8.8 %       8.0 %       6.0 %       5.1 %       4.0 %
   Rate of return on equity             7.2 %      17.3 %      11.9 %       6.8 %       5.3 %       3.1 %
   Operating profit margin             15.4 %      16.6 %      16.7 %      15.2 %      14.6 %      14.1 %
   Asset turnover rate                 40.0 %      53.1 %      48.0 %      39.7 %      34.8 %      28.5 %
Liquidity
   Ending current ratio                  1.49        1.32        1.41        1.49        1.58        1.62
   Ending working capital              63,749      26,931      52,944      76,894      71,139      60,862
   End working capital to gross inc    20.4 %      15.4 %      16.9 %      20.8 %      23.2 %      24.3 %
   Term debt coverage ratio           156.4 %     190.1 %     177.6 %     145.3 %     145.0 %     182.0 %
   Expense as a percent of income      75.1 %      73.3 %      74.1 %      76.0 %      74.7 %      75.0 %
   Interest as a percent of income      5.5 %       5.6 %       5.7 %       5.5 %       5.3 %       6.0 %
Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors             416          56          76         168          93          23
   Ending farm assets                 737,269     370,016     653,239     864,909     811,512     676,580
   Ending farm liabilities            359,551     255,714     375,889     412,538     331,330     285,456
   Ending total assets                842,133     402,769     726,060     993,513     945,758     770,702
   Ending total liabilities           383,206     274,867     402,841     440,307     351,576     292,916
   Ending net worth                   458,927     127,901     323,219     553,206     594,182     477,786
   Net worth change                    34,874      24,758      34,932      41,440      32,616      20,494
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio       49 %        69 %        58 %        48 %        41 %        42 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio         46 %        68 %        56 %        44 %        38 %        39 %
   End total debt to asset ratio         46 %        68 %        55 %        44 %        37 %        38 %
Nonfarm Information
   Net nonfarm income                  20,419      10,574      22,320      20,854      23,071      23,007
   Farms reporting living expenses        309          39          50         125          76          19
   Total family living expense         39,673      23,567      37,766      45,079      42,802      29,670
   Total living, invest, & capital     54,600      33,596      49,895      63,884      57,553      37,205
Crop Acres
   Total acres owned                      897         382         697         914       1,197       1,441
   Total crop acres                     1,799         929       1,980       2,088       1,711       1,466
   Total crop acres owned                 542         181         398         624         665         770
   Total crop acres cash rented         1,038         643       1,352       1,196         825         605
   Total crop acres share rented          219         105         230         267         221          91