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

Avg. Of
All Farms Low 20% 40 - 60% High 20%
Number of farms 73 14 14 15
Income Statement
Gross cash farm income 530,976 272,915 422,240 983,830
Total cash farm expense 428,797 237,940 353,110 787,288
Net cash farm income 102,179 34,975 69,129 196,542
Inventory change 11,216 -22,224 18,440 62,877
Depreciation and capital adjust -16,099 -10,693 -15,681 -17,917
Net farm income 97,296 2,058 71,888 241,501
Profitability (cost)
Labor and management earnings 67,881 -9,240 50,521 184,652
Rate of return on assets 9.4 % 0.3 % 9.1 % 13.1 %
Rate of return on equity 12.5 % -11.5 % 11.7 % 19.5 %
Operating profit margin 17.7 % 0.6 % 13.8 % 23.7 %
Asset turnover rate 53.4 % 45.7 % 66.2 % 55.0 %
Profitability (market)
Labor and management earnings 97,009 13,202 63,548 228,792
Rate of return on assets 10.4 % 4.0 % 9.5 % 12.3 %
Rate of return on equity 16.4 % 1.6 % 14.4 % 20.4 %
Operating profit margin 24.2 % 10.4 % 17.4 % 29.5 %
Asset turnover rate 42.8 % 38.8 % 54.9 % 41.8 %
Liquidity
Term debt coverage ratio 136.3 % 49.8 % 172.4 % 161.6 %
Expense as a percent of income 78.7 % 94.9 % 79.6 % 74.8 %
Interest as a percent of income 6.2 % 9.0 % 4.1 % 5.8 %
Solvency (cost)
Number of sole proprietors 64 14 11 10
Ending farm assets 940,805 551,055 586,709 1,784,102
Ending farm liabilities 469,656 371,529 288,622 779,051
Ending total assets 1,115,138 700,937 754,980 2,041,829
Ending total liabilities 511,790 400,370 313,349 846,865
Ending net worth 603,348 300,568 441,631 1,194,964
Net worth change 52,464 -10,630 44,528 155,500
Ending farm debt to asset ratio 50 % 67 % 49 % 44 %
Beg total debt to asset ratio 47 % 55 % 44 % 44 %
End total debt to asset ratio 46 % 57 % 42 % 41 %
Solvency (market)
Number of sole proprietors 64 14 11 10
Ending farm assets 1,129,969 655,466 687,748 2,126,763
Ending farm liabilities 590,037 425,458 357,211 1,040,249
Ending total assets 1,338,585 819,046 889,462 2,494,917
Ending total liabilities 641,321 457,352 394,041 1,135,975
Ending net worth 697,264 361,694 495,421 1,358,942
Net worth change 79,867 13,265 53,744 181,999
Ending farm debt to asset ratio 52 % 65 % 52 % 49 %
Beg total debt to asset ratio 50 % 57 % 47 % 48 %
End total debt to asset ratio 48 % 56 % 44 % 46 %
Nonfarm Information
Net nonfarm income 14,226 24,274 15,788 11,823
Farms reporting living expenses 27 4 4 4
Total family living expense 36,544 - - -
Total living, invest, & capital 60,871 - - -
Crop Acres
Total acres owned 367 296 126 628
Total crop acres 1,677 1,144 1,497 2,693
Total crop acres owned 320 247 113 568
Total crop acres cash rented 1,317 782 1,385 2,102
Total crop acres share rented 40 115 - 24