TABLE 13 - 3
                                        Type of Farm Report, 2004
                         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                           434         169          14          59         104         80
Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income             312,901     401,803     352,701     167,513     260,016    299,607
   Total cash farm expense            239,612     304,193     271,900     130,276     205,421    225,277
   Net cash farm income                73,289      97,610      80,801      37,237      54,594     74,330
   Inventory change                     7,018       4,602       1,589      24,735       7,250     -2,265
   Depreciation and capital adjust    -22,319     -26,233     -23,290     -14,208     -19,606    -24,280
   Net farm income                     57,988      75,979      59,099      47,764      42,238     47,785
Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings       34,074      43,632      44,572      33,467      21,745     27,159
   Rate of return on assets             6.2 %       6.7 %       6.6 %       7.8 %       4.9 %      5.3 %
   Rate of return on equity             7.2 %       7.8 %       9.0 %      11.1 %       4.7 %      5.7 %
   Operating profit margin             15.4 %      14.9 %      14.7 %      28.2 %      13.8 %     14.0 %
   Asset turnover rate                 40.0 %      45.1 %      45.0 %      27.7 %      35.5 %     37.5 %
Liquidity
   Ending current ratio                  1.49        1.65        2.35        1.52        1.33       1.24
   Ending working capital              63,749      97,808      55,758      47,857      44,967     31,929
   End working capital to gross inc    20.4 %      24.3 %      15.8 %      28.6 %      17.3 %     10.7 %
   Term debt coverage ratio           156.4 %     169.6 %     167.5 %     181.8 %     137.9 %    134.7 %
   Expense as a percent of income      75.1 %      75.0 %      77.1 %      67.4 %      77.1 %     76.2 %
   Interest as a percent of income      5.5 %       4.5 %       5.0 %       7.7 %       6.5 %      6.4 %
Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors             416         162          12          58          99         78
   Ending farm assets                 737,269     873,992     483,337     544,885     715,184    684,644
   Ending farm liabilities            359,551     370,839     263,386     295,659     367,018    392,920
   Ending total assets                842,133   1,023,081     599,850     608,978     796,526    762,613
   Ending total liabilities           383,206     401,797     290,350     316,214     386,036    409,982
   Ending net worth                   458,927     621,283     309,500     292,764     410,490    352,631
   Net worth change                    34,874      46,635      39,772      41,829      23,360     20,945
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio       49 %        42 %        54 %        54 %        51 %       57 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio         46 %        39 %        52 %        54 %        48 %       54 %
   End total debt to asset ratio         46 %        39 %        48 %        52 %        48 %       54 %
Nonfarm Information
   Net nonfarm income                  20,419      22,190      15,637      20,477      18,722     20,791
   Farms reporting living expenses        309         122          11          45          65         62
   Total family living expense         39,673      46,229      31,154      29,124      36,528     39,356
   Total living, invest, & capital     54,600      68,638      46,231      42,956      44,653     48,134
Crop Acres
   Total acres owned                      897         853         423       1,061         880      1,001
   Total crop acres                     1,799       2,445         684         754       1,599      1,721
   Total crop acres owned                 542         690         306         313         537        455
   Total crop acres cash rented         1,038       1,382         358         367         914      1,132
   Total crop acres share rented          219         373          20          73         147        134