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Red River Valley Reports For 1998

 

                                                                TABLE 5                                                      
                                                   BALANCE SHEET AT COST VALUES, 1998                                        
                                        Minnesota and North Dakota Farm Business Mgmt Education                              
                                                   (Farms sorted by Net Farm Income)                                         


                                                              Average Of              Average Of              Average Of           
                                                               All Farms               Low 20 %                High 20 %           
                                                              ----------              ----------              ----------           
          Number of Farms                                           173                      32                      28

                                                        Beginning     Ending    Beginning     Ending    Beginning     Ending
          ASSETS                                        ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------   ---------
          Current Farm Assets
            Cash and checking balance                        8559       12824        5333       14076        8341       16810
            Prepaid expenses & supplies                     21865       17156       26715       12962       35393       36070
            Growing crops                                     167          36          -           -           -           - 
            Accounts receivable                             18331       24102        8737       13262       47438       50377
            Hedging accounts                                  763         807         761        2026        1861         621
            Crops held for sale or feed                    125193      114023      176901      124898      191943      206851
            Crops under government loan                      8493        6981       14753       16448        6012        9696
            Market livestock held for sale                   4255        2577          -           -         6744        3664
            Other current assets                              363        1081         338          -           79        5348
            Total current farm assets                      187990      179586      233537      183672      297810      329438
          Intermediate Farm Assets
            Breeding livestock                               2369        1849         569         641        5880        5012
            Machinery and equipment                        169646      171703      174354      172234      287642      296037
            Other intermediate assets                      108410      121055      167578      169310      150856      183335
            Total intermediate farm assets                 280425      294606      342501      342185      444378      484385
          Long-Term Farm Assets
            Farm land                                      245084      260254      255423      263660      409242      466183
            Buildings and improvements                      31973       35118       23294       23746       74597       78182
            Other long-term assets                          15940       17424       14117       13904       51465       56676
            Total long-term farm assets                    292997      312796      292834      301311      535304      601040
          Total Farm Assets                                761413      786988      868872      827168     1277492     1414863

          Total Nonfarm Assets                             123351      135322      151391      162021      147905      151621
          Total Assets                                     884763      922310     1020263      989189     1425398     1566484

          LIABILITIES
          Current Farm Liabilities
            Accrued interest                                 8823       11929        8269       17517       12606       12768
            Accounts payable                                11421       13706       14737       29085       17929       12148
            Current notes                                   95320       96753      138886      147021      128862      125648
            Government crop loans                            3413        4052        8441       12205        3661        6340
            Principal due on term debt                      30050       33740       38876       50101       41975       46891
            Total current farm liabilities                 149056      160273      209252      255974      205055      203834
          Intermediate Farm Liabilities                    115487      122295      167431      158927      156529      165487
          Long-term Farm Liabilities                       139408      161439      169094      193234      224177      286119
          Total Farm Liabilities                           403951      444008      545777      608136      585761      655440

          Total Nonfarm Liabilities                         20956       21604       39475       41815       13997       12727
          Total Liabilities                                424907      465612      585251      649951      599758      668168

          Net Worth (farm and nonfarm)                     459857      456698      435011      339238      825640      898316
          Net Worth Change                                              -3159                  -95773                   72676

          RATIO ANALYSIS
            Current Farm Liabilities / Assets                79 %        89 %        90 %       139 %        69 %        62 %
            Curr. & Interm Farm Liab / Assets                56 %        60 %        65 %        79 %        49 %        45 %
            Long Term Farm Liab. / Assets                    48 %        52 %        58 %        64 %        42 %        48 %
            Total Liabilities / Assets                       48 %        50 %        57 %        66 %        42 %        43 %

 


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