Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



1987 -Con. 



Total taming 



and other 



occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



70 to 99 acres .. 

 100 to 139 acres 

 140 to 179 acres 

 180 to 219 acres 

 220 to 259 acres 

 260 to 499 acres 

 500 to 999 acres 

 1,000 to 1.999 ac 

 2,000 acres or m( 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) __ 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish 

 potatoes; field crops, except cash 

 grains, n.ec, (0133. 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) ___ 



General farms, pnmarily livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves Inventory farms. 



number. 

 Farms wlth- 



10 to 49 I"II"I'i;ilIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Cows and hellers that had calved farms. 



Beef coiws farms. 



number. 



Farms vulth- 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms. 



Farms with— 



1 to 4 _ 



5 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more ._ 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 



calves farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold famis. 



$1,000^ 

 Calves farms. 



number. 



$1,000. 

 Cattle _ __ farms. 



Fattened on grain and concentrates .__ farms,, 

 number-. 

 $1.000.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 825 

 195 828 



2 385 

 171 530 



3 226 

 243 070 

 116 882 



218 355 

 1 223 

 54 698 

 18 607 

 3 242 

 356 304 

 199 748 



67 052 

 23 072 

 3 384 

 488 902 

 288 128 



72 SOUTH DAKOTA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



