Financial Summary
Moorhead Farm Business Management
Northland Community and Technical College Farm Business Management
(Farms Sorted By Net Farm Income)

Avg. Of
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of farms 72 14 15
Income Statement
Gross cash farm income 495,436 215,703 742,498
Total cash farm expense 416,725 187,871 573,130
Net cash farm income 78,711 27,832 169,368
Inventory change 46,396 1,143 85,200
Depreciation and capital adjus -12,613 -14,450 -4,043
Net farm income 112,493 14,525 250,524
Profitability (cost)
Labor and management earnings 86,488 248 202,798
Rate of return on assets 12.2 % 2.9 % 16.7 %
Rate of return on equity 18.0 % -1.5 % 25.2 %
Operating profit margin 21.1 % 6.2 % 30.8 %
Asset turnover rate 57.9 % 46.2 % 54.4 %
Profitability (market)
Labor and management earnings 27,412 -5,478 73,967
Rate of return on assets 5.1 % 1.8 % 6.9 %
Rate of return on equity 4.5 % -2.4 % 8.6 %
Operating profit margin 10.9 % 4.7 % 15.6 %
Asset turnover rate 47.0 % 37.5 % 44.3 %
Liquidity
Term debt coverage ratio 165.0 % 73.9 % 237.9 %
Expense as a percent of income 76.7 % 86.9 % 68.5 %
Interest as a percent of incom 6.6 % 7.8 % 6.0 %
Solvency (cost)
Number of farms 72 14 15
Ending farm assets 962,080 482,164 1,555,893
Ending farm liabilities 496,918 257,321 674,481
Ending total assets 1,125,045 610,950 1,742,769
Ending total liabilities 687,309 355,494 970,687
Ending net worth 586,964 315,772 1,008,416
Net worth change 74,579 4,111 180,598
Ending farm debt to asset rati 52 % 53 % 43 %
Beg total debt to asset ratio 65 % 58 % 63 %
End total debt to asset ratio 61 % 58 % 56 %
Solvency (market)
Number of farms 72 14 15
Ending farm assets 1,150,619 591,199 1,830,437
Ending farm liabilities 639,556 317,419 904,167
Ending total assets 1,338,624 721,771 2,040,435
Ending total liabilities 836,537 415,809 1,207,021
Ending net worth 651,315 366,277 1,069,748
Net worth change 22,128 1,112 58,700
Ending farm debt to asset rati 56 % 54 % 49 %
Beg total debt to asset ratio 63 % 58 % 62 %
End total debt to asset ratio 62 % 58 % 59 %
Nonfarm Information
Net nonfarm income 13,473 10,222 4,304
Farms reporting living expense 30 6 8
Total family living expense 34,097 26,867 36,570
Total living, invest, & capita 60,759 46,860 86,180
Crop Acres
Total acres owned 347 251 497
Total crop acres 1,657 924 2,238
Total crop acres owned 309 251 446
Total crop acres cash rented 1,298 578 1,782
Total crop acres share rented 51 95 10