TABLE 13 - 1
                                             Size of Farm Report, 2004
                              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                         434         19         38        159        159         48         11
Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income           312,901     33,987     76,338    174,437    348,554    692,195  1,442,875
   Total cash farm expense          239,612     30,402     65,697    142,493    264,644    509,990  1,063,941
   Net cash farm income              73,289      3,585     10,641     31,944     83,910    182,205    378,934
   Inventory change                   7,018      9,925     15,671     14,652      7,444     -6,332    -86,132
   Depreciation and capital adjust  -22,319     -3,706     -8,072    -13,121    -25,527    -44,355    -94,120
   Net farm income                   57,988      9,804     18,239     33,475     65,827    131,518    198,682
Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings     34,074      3,938     10,225     20,531     38,815     82,732     83,408
   Rate of return on assets           6.2 %      3.0 %      3.6 %      4.9 %      6.5 %      8.1 %      5.4 %
   Rate of return on equity           7.2 %      0.6 %      1.6 %      5.0 %      7.6 %     10.2 %      5.6 %
   Operating profit margin           15.4 %     13.8 %     12.5 %     13.8 %     16.0 %     17.3 %     13.1 %
   Asset turnover rate               40.0 %     21.5 %     28.5 %     35.6 %     40.4 %     46.7 %     41.0 %
Liquidity
   Ending current ratio                1.49       1.61       1.29       1.36       1.51       1.60       1.53
   Ending working capital            63,749     12,986     14,065     33,043     78,011    155,788    159,141
   End working capital to gross inc  20.4 %     38.2 %     18.4 %     18.9 %     22.4 %     22.5 %     11.0 %
   Term debt coverage ratio         156.4 %    146.0 %    136.4 %    127.3 %    160.8 %    165.0 %    245.5 %
   Expense as a percent of income    75.1 %     70.0 %     71.1 %     75.7 %     74.5 %     74.4 %     78.9 %
   Interest as a percent of income    5.5 %     11.7 %      8.8 %      7.2 %      5.4 %      4.4 %      3.9 %
Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors           416         19         38        153        155         44          7
   Ending farm assets               737,269    214,279    297,856    511,792    863,249  1,456,582  2,159,509
   Ending farm liabilities          359,551    112,439    159,076    296,279    396,244    635,836    952,367
   Ending total assets              842,133    304,650    338,581    575,063    998,011  1,634,292  2,441,141
   Ending total liabilities         383,206    152,177    173,111    313,165    422,513    667,981  1,021,291
   Ending net worth                 458,927    152,472    165,470    261,897    575,497    966,311  1,419,849
   Net worth change                  34,874     15,228     18,352     20,762     43,244     74,414     52,484
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio     49 %       52 %       53 %       58 %       46 %       44 %       44 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio       46 %       47 %       52 %       55 %       43 %       41 %       41 %
   End total debt to asset ratio       46 %       50 %       51 %       54 %       42 %       41 %       42 %
Nonfarm Information
   Net nonfarm income                20,419     38,185     21,768     19,301     20,363     14,549     27,656
   Farms reporting living expenses      309         13         29        110        123         28          6
   Total family living expense       39,673     34,628     24,573     34,493     43,577     53,104     75,836
   Total living, invest, & capital   54,600     53,103     31,703     41,977     59,792     79,908    175,396
Crop Acres
   Total acres owned                    897        398        483        806      1,028      1,056      1,917
   Total crop acres                   1,799        387        570      1,154      2,047      3,577      6,473
   Total crop acres owned               542        184        232        372        659        888      1,479
   Total crop acres cash rented       1,038        146        265        635      1,096      2,363      4,471
   Total crop acres share rented        219         57         74        147        292        327        522