Table A2. Characteristics of Panel Farms in Washington, North Dakota, Kansas, and Colorado Producing Wheat.
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                        WAW1276     WAW4250     NDW1760     NDW4600     KSW1495      KSW3080       COW2700      COW4000
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County                  Whitman     Whitman      Barnes      Barnes      Sumner       Sumner      Washington   Washington

Total Cropland            1276        4250        1760        4600        1495         3080          2700          4000
 Acres Owned               638        1700         400        1840         498          330          1650          2000
 Acres Leased              638        2550        1360        2760         997         2750          1050          2000

Pastureland
Acres Owned                  0           0           0           0           8           25             0             0
Acres Leased                 0           0           0           0          17          775             0             0

Assets
 Total                    1212        3414         531        2055         574          959          1038          1420
 Real Estate               989        2640         217         979         280          356           752           971
 Machinery                 222         731         280         968         274          487           243           383
 Other & Livestock           0          43          33         108          20          116            43            66

Debt/Asset Ratios*
 Total                    0.19        0.21        0.33        0.34        0.34         0.32          0.21          0.20
 Intermediate             0.23        0.30        0.43        0.47        0.48         0.40          0.27          0.23
 Long Run                 0.19        0.18        0.19        0.19        0.19         0.19          0.19          0.19

1996 Livestock
Beef Cows                 0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        67.00          0.00          0.00

1996 Gross Receipts
Total                    271.8       835.0       254.0       758.8       163.8        410.9         224.8         352.4

 Cattle                    0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         16.3           0.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         4.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Wheat                   188.5       581.8       136.6       410.8       126.9        331.9         147.9         277.9
                          69.4%       69.7%       53.8%       54.1%       77.5%        80.8%         65.8%         78.9%

 Sorghum                   0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0        36.9         62.8           0.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%       22.5%        15.3%          0.0%          0.0%

 Barley                   19.6        59.7        49.9       173.4         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0
                           7.2%        7.2%       19.6%       22.9%        0.0%         0.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Dry Peas                 63.7       193.4         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0
                          23.4%       23.2%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         0.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Sunflowers                0.0         0.0        62.5       169.5         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%       24.6%       22.3%        0.0%         0.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Millet                    0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0          49.0          67.9
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         0.0%         21.8%         19.3%

 Corn                      0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0          15.7           0.0
                           0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0           0.1           0.0

 Other Income              0.0         0.0         5.0         5.0         0.0          0.0           6.1           0.0
                           0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0

1996 Planted Acres
Total                   1250.0      4200.0      1760.0      4600.0      1495.0       3234.0        2430.0        4000.0

 Wheat                   627.0      1975.0       920.0      2400.0      1200.0       2618.0        1100.0        1700.0
                          50.2%       47.0%       52.3%       52.2%       80.3%        81.0%         45.3%         42.5%

 Sorghum                   0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0       295.0        462.0           0.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%       19.7%        14.3%          0.0%          0.0%

 Barley                  125.0       395.0       400.0      1200.0         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0
                          10.0%        9.4%       22.7%       26.1%        0.0%         0.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Dry Peas                498.0      1580.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0
                          39.8%       37.6%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         0.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Sunflowers                0.0         0.0       440.0      1000.0         0.0          0.0           0.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%       25.0%       21.7%        0.0%         0.0%          0.0%          0.0%

 Millet                    0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0         400.0         600.0
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         0.0%         16.5%         15.0%

 Corn                      0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0         120.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         0.0%          4.9%          0.0%

 Hay                       0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0        154.0           0.0           0.0
                           0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         4.8%          0.0%          0.0%

 Fallow                    0.0       250.0         0.0         0.0         0.0          0.0         810.0        1700.0
                           0.0%        6.0%        0.0%        0.0%        0.0%         0.0%         33.3%         42.5%
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 *Receipts for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise to the farm. Percents indicate the
  percentage of the total receipts accounted for by the livestock categories and the crops.
**Acreages for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise to the farm; these values reflect
  acreage reduction percentages that year. Total planted acreage may exceed total cropland available due to double
  cropping. Percents indicate the percentage of total planted acreage accounted for by the crop.