Table 10 Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987 

 and 1982-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Harvested cropland _ 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



I by place of 

 On farm operated 



Not on farm operated- 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming __ 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



1 to 49 days ___ 



50 to 99 days- _ 



100 to 149 days _ 



150 to 199 days _ 



200 days or more _ 



Operators by years on present farm: 

 2 years or less 



5 to 9 years 



Average years on present farm 



498 518 

 354 759 

 350 921 



223 913 

 190 050 

 139 623 

 117 497 



174 197 

 76 171 

 80 710 



92 126 



93 487 



352 274 

 213 518 

 189 040 

 170 593 

 163 234 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



SOUTH DAKOTA 237 



