TABLE 10
              OPERATOR INFORMATION & NONFARM SUMMARY, 2000                         
       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                             475          95          95

Operator Information
  Average number of operators               1.0         1.0         1.1
  Average age of operators                 43.8        45.3        43.1
  Average number of years farming          19.9        20.1        20.4

Nonfarm Income
  Nonfarm wages & salary                 12,267      17,632       7,559
  Nonfarm business income                 1,533       1,688       1,372
  Nonfarm rental income                     414         435         334
  Nonfarm interest income                   408         295         697
  Nonfarm cash dividends                    150          55         465
  Tax refunds                               729       1,266         320
  Nontaxable nonfarm income                 340         933         229
  Gifts and inheritances                  3,125       5,331       3,289
  Other nonfarm income                    2,630       2,369       2,303
Total nonfarm income                     21,597      30,006      16,568