""The leveling of family living expenditures makes sense,” says Andy Swenson, NDSU farm management specialist.

Household expenditures on North Dakota farms were about the same in 2013 and 2014.

Average farm family living expenditures reported by the North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program have increased from $34,889 in 1999 to $57,404 ...

The largest expenditure since 2001 has been for medical care and health insurance.

During the past 10 years, average farm family living expenses reported by the North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program have increased from ...

The big positive influence on farm financial performance in 2016 was yields.

After adjusting for inflation, North Dakota’s real-dollar GDP grew 4 percent from 2008 to 2009.

In 2010, single-family homes were approximately half (54 percent) of the new authorized housing in North Dakota and averaged $173,424 in value.

Land values showed about an 8 percent increase from the previous survey, compared with a 42 percent increase during 2012.

The 2017 analysis consisted of 457 farms throughout North Dakota.