NCTC FBM - Moorhead                                      
                                    Size Of Farm Report, 1999                                   
                   Northland Community and Technical College Farm Business Mgt.                 
                                             Moorhead                                           
                             (Farms Sorted By Gross Cash Farm Income)                           


                                         Average For   40,001 -  100,001 -  200,001 -           
                                          All Farms     100,000    200,000    500,000  500,001 +
                                         -----------    --------   --------   --------   -------
 Number of farms                                  72          5          7         32         27

 Income Statement
   Gross cash farm income                     490981      76609     137348     351757     841346
   Total cash farm expense                    434399      57574     118774     309324     748418
   Net cash farm income                        56581      19035      18573      42433      92928
   Inventory change                            40102      -1305      16761      21201      77373
   Depreciation and capital adjustment        -18642      -5238      -8004     -13857     -30168
   Net farm income                             78041      12492      27331      49777     140133

 Profitability (cost)
   Labor and management earnings               53535       4888      12516      31544     101839
   Rate of return on assets                      9 %        2 %        6 %        7 %       10 %
   Rate of return on equity                     11 %       -1 %        6 %        7 %       13 %
   Operating profit margin                      16 %        5 %       15 %       14 %       18 %
   Asset turnover rate                          53 %       34 %       39 %       52 %       55 %

 Profitability (market)
   Labor and management earnings               22750       7283      11173      11793      43036
   Rate of return on assets                      5 %        3 %        5 %        4 %        5 %
   Rate of return on equity                      4 %        2 %        5 %        2 %        5 %
   Operating profit margin                      12 %       13 %       16 %       10 %       13 %
   Asset turnover rate                          39 %       23 %       32 %       40 %       40 %

 Liquidity
   Term debt coverage ratio                    120 %       89 %      177 %      117 %      121 %
   Expense as a percent of income               81 %       77 %       77 %       82 %       81 %
   Interest as a percent of income               8 %        7 %        6 %        8 %        8 %

 Solvency (cost)
   Number of sole proprietors                     58          3          7         29         18
   Ending farm assets                         936940         -      426590     736943    1604493
   Ending farm liabilities                    543258         -      179972     411857     997723
   Ending total assets                       1111285         -      494182     939988    1783317
   Ending total liabilities                   585559         -      190645     458125    1050171
   Ending net worth                           525726         -      303537     481862     733145
   Net worth change                            49040         -       12614      40738      76475
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio              58 %       28 %       42 %       56 %       62 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio                54 %       21 %       32 %       51 %       60 %
   End total debt to asset ratio                53 %       21 %       39 %       49 %       59 %

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                                       NCTC FBM - Moorhead                                      
                                    Size Of Farm Report, 1999                                   
                   Northland Community and Technical College Farm Business Mgt.                 
                                             Moorhead                                           
                             (Farms Sorted By Gross Cash Farm Income)                           


                                         Average For   40,001 -  100,001 -  200,001 -           
                                          All Farms     100,000    200,000    500,000  500,001 +
                                         -----------    --------   --------   --------   -------
 Number of farms                                  72          5          7         32         27

 Solvency (market)
   Number of sole proprietors                     58          3          7         29         18
   Ending farm assets                        1177081         -      510837     946244    1976887
   Ending farm liabilities                    669985         -      210747     519526    1206631
   Ending total assets                       1378795         -      612369    1181400    2177763
   Ending total liabilities                   732606         -      238103     579930    1296706
   Ending net worth                           646189         -      374266     601469     881057
   Net worth change                            38849         -       21527      30131      56133
   Ending farm debt to asset ratio              57 %       36 %       41 %       55 %       61 %
   Beg total debt to asset ratio                53 %       28 %       33 %       50 %       59 %
   End total debt to asset ratio                53 %       27 %       39 %       49 %       60 %

 Nonfarm Information
   Farms reporting living expenses                20          2         -          12          5
   Total family living expense                 35123         -          -       33875      47309
   Total living, invest, & capital purch       55576         -          -       51307      66146
   Net nonfarm income                          17509      15507       9595      27451       7359

 Crop Acres
   Total acres owned                             384        172        210        276        600
   Total crop acres                             1642        500        814       1245       2592
   Total crop acres owned                        323        141        197        233        503
   Total crop acres cash rented                 1276        225        543        981       2054
   Total crop acres share rented                  43        135         74         31         34