TABLE 8
              CROP PRODUCTION AND MARKETING 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
Acreage Summary
  Total acres owned                       897         629       1,453
  Total crop acres                      1,799       1,271       3,127
  Crop acres owned                        542         318         966
  Crop acres cash rented                1,038         755       1,875
  Crop acres share rented                 219         197         286
  Total pasture acres                     763         433       1,070
Average Price Received (Cash Sales Only)
  Wheat, Spring per bushel               3.46        3.29        3.59
  Barley per bushel                      2.50        2.36        2.62
  Sunflowers per cwt                    12.20       12.22       12.24
  Soybeans per bushel                    5.92        5.93        6.06
  Canola per cwt                        11.05       11.73       11.27
  Flax per bushel                        7.22        7.51        7.21
  Corn per bushel                        2.16        2.22        2.22
  Wheat, Durum per bushel                3.90        3.79        3.95
  Beans, Pinto per cwt                  19.21       16.27       20.46
  Peas, Field per bushel                 3.92        3.28        4.62
  Sunflowers, Confectionary per cwt     14.89       13.64       15.34
  Wheat, Winter per bushel               3.00        2.57        3.05
  Oats per bushel                        1.43          -         1.49
  Hay, Alfalfa per ton                  62.36       58.17          - 
  Hay, Mixed per ton                    42.41       39.45       43.37
  Hay, Grass per ton                    28.60          -           - 
  Hay, Oats per ton                     35.66          -           - 
Average Yield Per Acre
  Wheat, Spring (bushel)                41.32       37.01       47.42
  Barley (bushel)                       64.17       57.58       70.15
  Soybeans (bushel)                     21.63       17.98       23.71
  Canola (cwt)                          16.60       15.42       18.33
  Sunflowers (cwt)                       9.87        8.25       11.20
  Wheat, Durum (bushel)                 33.09          -        36.45
  Flax (bushel)                         22.57       21.59       24.21
  Corn (bushel)                         51.31       43.00       37.20
  Corn Silage (ton)                      7.35        9.35        8.40
  Peas, Field (bushel)                  40.45          -        48.73
  Oats (bushel)                         63.14       41.22       61.89
  Beans, Pinto (cwt)                    10.57          -        13.23
  Sunflowers, Confectionary (cwt)        3.96          -         2.81
  Wheat, Winter (bushel)                50.50          -        63.29
  Hay, Alfalfa (ton)                     1.56        2.50        1.30
  Hay, Mixed Alfalfa/Grass (ton)         1.56        1.96        1.71
  Hay, Mixed (ton)                       1.12       0.864        1.02
  Hay, Grass (ton)                       1.02       0.744       0.864
  Hay, Native Grass (ton)                1.22        1.11        1.23
  Hay, Oats (ton)                        2.16          -         2.48