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FARM REPORT INCOME

 
Income in U.S. Dollars
 
 
Average for all
40,000 to 100,000
100,001 to 200,000
200,001 to 500,000
Case #1
Number of farms Source:
(North Dakota Farm and Ranch Business Management, Annual Report 1998)
(North Dakota Region 4)
97
25
40
24
1
 
Income Statement
 
Gross cash farm income
$176,111
$71,713
$140,423
$295,919
$475,904
Total cash farm expense
$150,670
$68,543
$130,354
$225,155
$463,296
Net cash farm income
$25,440
$3,170
$10,069
$70,764
$12,608
Inventory change
$8,954
$11,428
$14,891
-$11,216
-$27,414
Depreciation and capital adjustment
-$11,490
-$6,204
-$11,585
-$13,449
-$85,172
Net farm income
$22,904
$8,394
$13,375
$46,100
-$112,586
 
Profitability (cost)
 
Labor and management earnings
$7,858
-$47
$1,021
$23,616
-$316,149
Rate of return on assets
4 %
0 %
2 %
7 %
-4.8 %
Rate of return on equity
1 %
-8 %
-3 %
6 %
-4.8 %
Operating profit margin
13 %
2 %
9 %
19 %
-91.2 %
Asset turnover rate
30 %
23 %
26 %
34 %
5.2 %
 
Liquidity
 
Term debt coverage ratio
85 %
86 %
60 %
100 %
999 %
Expense as a percent of income
82 %
83 %
84 %
79 %
106 %
Interest as a percent of income
10 %
14 %
12 %
9 %
-
 
Solvency (cost)
 
Number of sole proprietors
92
25
38
21
 
Ending farm assets
$537,990
$326,182
$516,312
$717,810
$3,362,187
Ending farm Liabilities
$298,180
$186,744
$317,918
$367,105
0
Ending total assets
$588,266
$371,640
$561,314
$781,249
$3,362,187
Ending total Liabilities
$304,214
$191,259
$323,010
$375,777
0
Ending net worth
$284,052
$180,381
$238,304
$405,472
$3,362,187
Net worth change
$7,091
$5,399
-$4,961
$20,890
-$61,061
Ending farm debt to asset ratio
55 %
57 %
62 %
51 %
-
Beginning total debt to asset ratio
51 %
51 %
54 %
49 %
-
End total debt to asset ratio
52 %
51 %
58 %
48 %
-
 
Nonfarm information
 
Farms reporting living expenses
62
18
27
12
 
Total family living expense
$27,921
$28,350
$25,830
$30,182
 
Total living, invest, & capital purchase
$33,325
$34,576
$29,909
$33,357
 
Net nonfarm income
$16,384
$22,166
$11,673
$13,500
 
 
Crop Acres
 
Total acres owned
1097
979
1148
1109
4912
Total crop acres
1426
711
1263
2206
1389
Total crop acres owned
552
377
549
689
998
Total crop acres cash rented
685
268
599
1051
196
Total crop acres share rented
189
66
115
466
0

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