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 (continued) 
[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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
153 
18 
61 
37 
18 
8 
4 
- 
7 
$1,000 
14,670 
162 
2,813 
(D) 
1,615 
4,365 
(D) 
- 
3,865 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
47 
- 
11 
12 
7 
8 
2 
- 
7 
$1,000 
13,261 
- 
2,159 
(D) 
1,465 
4,365 
(D) 
- 
3,865 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
13 
1 
7 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
131 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
9 
1 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
126 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
8,875 
1,215 
2,187 
1,650 
1,296 
1,633 
601 
29 
264 
$1,000 
245,257 
14,353 
22,663 
24,373 
39,557 
77,502 
53,851 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,387 
55 
85 
101 
251 
518 
304 
18 
55 
$1,000 
154,138 
4,540 
7,196 
7,242 
21,342 
56,199 
47,990 
3,445 
6,183 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
14,306 
1,093 
3,074 
2,818 
2,381 
3,178 
1,289 
97 
376 
$1,000 
2,968,996 
53,136 
108,808 
112,093 
280,657 
805,179 
915,701 
366,033 
327,388 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
7,982 
329 
620 
879 
1,782 
2,786 
1,229 
93 
264 
$1,000 
2,848,250 
39,745 
71,983 
72,044 
265,507 
794,180 
914,226 
365,982 
324,584 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
420 
7 
44 
63 
94 
104 
51 
22 
35 
$1,000 
374,490 
479 
1,990 
3,266 
7,901 
21,754 
62,222 
104,909 
171,968 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
321 
7 
23 
32 
60 
94 
49 
22 
34 
$1,000 
372,237 
479 
(D) 
2,339 
7,020 
21,542 
(D) 
104,909 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
678 
15 
156 
136 
87 
107 
93 
28 
56 
$1,000 
446,756 
43 
3,354 
8,778 
19,830 
34,916 
96,117 
103,706 
180,012 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
310 
- 
10 
19 
43 
79 
83 
27 
49 
$1,000 
444,206 
- 
(D) 
8,107 
19,275 
34,534 
95,790 
(D) 
179,945 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
1,915 
206 
734 
451 
203 
242 
46 
3 
30 
$1,000 
43,636 
1,810 
7,495 
6,016 
6,868 
12,087 
7,986 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
175 
4 
24 
21 
43 
56 
18 
9 
$1,000 
26,605 
272 
2,526 
1,445 
4,419 
9,164 
7,570 
- 
1,209 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,251 
300 
927 
545 
181 
191 
57 
3 
47 
$1,000 
23,629 
3,006 
7,537 
5,593 
1,297 
5,162 
531 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
77 
12 
21 
11 
5 
22 
4 
2 
$1,000 
7,775 
740 
1,509 
941 
300 
3,948 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
1,157 
151 
523 
254 
83 
64 
23 
22 
37 
$1,000 
182,076 
128 
2,021 
463 
44 
1,185 
17,428 
98,289 
62,518 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
58 
- 
7 
2 
- 
3 
8 
20 
18 
$1,000 
180,823 
- 
1,646 
(D) 
- 
877 
17,418 
(D) 
62,472 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
14 
2 
2 
3 
3 
1 
- 
3 
$1,000 
2,498 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
7 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,423 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
463 
48 
158 
103 
44 
54 
23 
13 
20 
$1,000 
55,223 
2,008 
2,143 
2,038 
2,549 
13,950 
21,392 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
121 
10 
14 
17 
13 
33 
20 
3 
11 
$1,000 
53,573 
1,835 
1,551 
1,628 
2,367 
13,805 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
22,793 
3,113 
5,533 
3,422 
3,177 
4,658 
1,925 
125 
840 
$1,000 
283,797 
23,309 
32,405 
18,763 
33,172 
81,788 
70,506 
9,610 
14,245 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
2,893 
95 
342 
343 
562 
1,018 
443 
17 
73 
$1,000 
151,075 
1,748 
6,550 
6,329 
18,274 
55,486 
46,926 
5,744 
10,018 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
791 
89 
334 
147 
77 
90 
29 
4 
21 
$1,000 
4,349 
285 
853 
899 
865 
879 
148 
180 
238 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
31,989 
4,631 
9,927 
5,566 
3,513 
5,002 
2,119 
153 
1,078 
$1,000 
8,104,502 
152,874 
351,586 
326,806 
679,496 
2,045,773 
2,628,365 
1,019,125 
900,477 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
253,353 
33,011 
35,417 
58,715 
193,423 
408,991 
1,240,380 
6,660,948 
835,322 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
16,365 
1,189 
2,964 
2,309 
2,816 
4,453 
2,008 
139 
487 
$1,000 
989,154 
12,170 
27,776 
26,177 
89,234 
300,703 
382,765 
90,662 
59,667 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,972 
666 
1,634 
1,080 
299 
171 
26 
1 
95 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,367 
388 
1,017 
946 
1,151 
665 
90 
1 
109 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 573 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
