Table 42. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South Dakota: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
31,989 
4,631 
9,927 
5,566 
3,513 
5,002 
2,119 
153 
1,078 
percent 
100.0 
14.5 
31.0 
17.4 
11.0 
15.6 
6.6 
0.5 
3.4 
Land in farms 
....acres 
43,257,079 
1,974,770 
3,497,468 
4,246,117 
6,084,626 
12,989,185 
9,967,146 
2,174,849 
2,322,918 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
1,352 
426 
352 
763 
1,732 
2,597 
4,704 
14,215 
2,155 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
31,989 
4,631 
9,927 
5,566 
3,513 
5,002 
2,119 
153 
1,078 
$1,000 
10,454,024 
157,069 
322,240 
274,300 
786,871 
2,752,023 
3,762,172 
1,276,287 
1,123,062 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
326,801 
33,917 
32,461 
49,281 
223,988 
550,185 
1,775,447 
8,341,746 
1,041,801 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,838 
691 
1,653 
426 
2 
1 
65 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,931 
451 
1,091 
297 
- 
2 
- 
- 
90 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,182 
579 
1,179 
351 
2 
- 
- 
- 
71 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,643 
697 
1,409 
413 
2 
- 
2 
- 
120 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,536 
855 
1,669 
868 
2 
9 
- 
- 
133 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,518 
454 
1,064 
917 
20 
- 
1 
_ 
62 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,038 
434 
949 
1,439 
144 
3 
- 
- 
69 
$100,000 to $249,999 
4,551 
388 
755 
831 
2,244 
234 
- 
- 
99 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,759 
82 
147 
15 
1,064 
2,346 
28 
- 
77 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,635 
- 
9 
6 
23 
2,339 
165 
- 
93 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,358 
- 
2 
3 
12 
69 
1,921 
152 
199 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,748 
- 
2 
3 
12 
66 
1,571 
2 
92 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
403 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
344 
4 
53 
$5,000,000 or more 
207 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
146 
54 
Total sales 
....farms 
31,989 
4,631 
9,927 
5,566 
3,513 
5,002 
2,119 
153 
1,078 
$1,000 
10,170,227 
133,760 
289,835 
255,537 
753,700 
2,670,235 
3,691,665 
1,266,677 
1,108,817 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
14,961 
904 
2,169 
2,055 
2,799 
4,463 
2,010 
132 
429 
$1,000 
5,809,792 
58,145 
129,814 
90,850 
392,322 
1,692,806 
2,515,911 
583,668 
346,276 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
11,059 
388 
890 
740 
2,310 
4,260 
1,975 
131 
365 
$1,000 
5,729,232 
(D) 
107,098 
63,457 
379,231 
1,687,961 
2,514,905 
(D) 
345,313 
Corn 
....farms 
12,894 
648 
1,660 
1,600 
2,414 
4,143 
1,938 
128 
363 
$1,000 
3,063,457 
28,175 
71,370 
45,512 
194,652 
884,424 
1,359,355 
307,032 
172,938 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
8,433 
197 
506 
301 
1,540 
3,617 
1,860 
127 
285 
$1,000 
2,973,334 
(D) 
51,637 
21,840 
173,136 
871,284 
1,357,388 
(D) 
171,411 
Wheat 
....farms 
4,800 
190 
294 
425 
875 
1,722 
1,039 
76 
179 
$1,000 
755,870 
7,568 
8,474 
10,146 
42,681 
200,554 
326,839 
107,020 
52,589 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,742 
48 
48 
51 
310 
1,173 
905 
74 
133 
$1,000 
709,038 
(D) 
3,981 
3,835 
28,704 
186,353 
322,950 
(D) 
51,565 
Soybeans 
....farms 
10,960 
559 
1,361 
1,269 
2,085 
3,585 
1,701 
108 
292 
$1,000 
1,692,677 
20,172 
44,338 
32,152 
141,374 
538,120 
692,784 
131,253 
92,482 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
6,832 
134 
307 
150 
1,247 
3,055 
1,615 
106 
218 
$1,000 
1,597,736 
(□) 
24,325 
10,352 
116,383 
522,421 
690,335 
(D) 
90,899 
Sorghum 
....farms 
526 
26 
36 
35 
75 
206 
101 
12 
35 
$1,000 
39,738 
665 
1,231 
717 
2,586 
16,122 
11,388 
1,822 
5,206 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
219 
3 
15 
4 
19 
101 
48 
6 
23 
$1,000 
33,672 
346 
1,084 
230 
1,642 
13,548 
10,247 
1,626 
4,949 
Barley 
....farms 
147 
6 
16 
11 
22 
61 
27 
- 
4 
$1,000 
3,844 
80 
41 
19 
341 
1,798 
1,085 
- 
480 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
5 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,289 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,220 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
2,088 
92 
156 
237 
368 
672 
434 
36 
93 
$1,000 
254,206 
1,485 
4,361 
2,305 
10,687 
51,787 
124,460 
36,541 
22,580 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
863 
10 
30 
4 
78 
320 
341 
29 
51 
$1,000 
236,339 
720 
2,764 
295 
7,126 
44,866 
122,608 
36,376 
21,584 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
177 
37 
66 
42 
12 
8 
3 
1 
8 
$1,000 
2,186 
285 
(□) 
(D) 
619 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
9 
- 
2 
4 
2 
1 
$1,000 
961 
- 
- 
(D) 
547 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
86 
17 
44 
16 
1 
7 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
887 
(D) 
231 
108 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
524 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
66 
15 
34 
14 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
810 
(D) 
215 
103 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
....farms 
26 
4 
12 
4 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
76 
3 
17 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
572 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
