Debt has increased, but the solvency or financial risk of farms is better.

Crop prices are down from the highs of 2007 and 2008 but are still strong when viewed in a longer historical perspective.

In 2007, N.D. had 8.7 percent of employed residents working more than one job.

["Since 1994, North Dakota has ranked among the top nine states with the highest multiple job-holding rates in the nation.", ""]

Since 2004, crude oil production in North Dakota has grown an average of 16.9 percent per year.

Farmland values across the state are up a modest 1.74% while cropland cash rents are up 0.77%.

Strong yields in 2016 provided a temporary relief to the downward pressure on land values and rents.

In 2020, the state average cropland value is $2,063 per acre.

North Dakota is the only state among the largest oil-producing states to have increased capacity from 2000 to 2010.

The study uses 16 financial measures to evaluate North Dakota farms.