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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,116 
911 
2,245 
814 
48 
20 
3 
1 
74 
50 to 99 acres 
1,806 
356 
744 
523 
81 
42 
6 
1 
53 
100 to 199 acres 
2,511 
417 
823 
914 
222 
62 
7 
1 
65 
200 to 499 acres 
4,122 
348 
757 
1,044 
1,377 
446 
49 
4 
97 
500 to 999 acres 
3,926 
128 
162 
190 
1,257 
1,970 
130 
5 
84 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
2,854 
15 
19 
27 
259 
1,787 
645 
14 
88 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
2,005 
6 
2 
23 
486 
1,229 
114 
145 
additional improvements (see text) . 
.. farms 
1,846 
223 
444 
358 
224 
344 
186 
8 
59 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
518,702 
32,387 
39,144 
53,165 
77,672 
152,221 
137,195 
7,973 
18,945 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
3,132 
328 
595 
587 
556 
657 
287 
18 
104 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
777,767 
39,655 
60,128 
112,431 
153,430 
216,510 
133,321 
17,130 
45,162 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
.. farms 
10,033 
2,002 
3,083 
1,147 
835 
1,512 
860 
68 
526 
acres 
1,190,695 
248,640 
289,594 
119,852 
75,341 
223,443 
124,483 
18,818 
90,524 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
1,114 
121 
152 
204 
203 
282 
112 
7 
33 
acres 
268,156 
12,923 
10,537 
25,256 
51,817 
104,744 
45,043 
4,700 
13,136 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
3,911 
686 
1,577 
596 
313 
404 
183 
6 
146 
acres 
294,445 
34,488 
60,847 
36,225 
32,823 
32,846 
35,330 
653 
61,233 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
1,195 
203 
504 
227 
91 
97 
38 
1 
34 
acres 
180,751 
16,642 
35,884 
18,870 
(D) 
19,296 
12,068 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
2,946 
527 
1,163 
407 
241 
324 
156 
6 
122 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
113,694 
17,846 
24,963 
17,355 
(D) 
13,550 
23,262 
(D) 
(D) 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
19,530 
2,428 
5,443 
3,731 
2,500 
3,444 
1,359 
89 
536 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
22,545,069 
1,154,807 
2,230,437 
3,105,630 
3,794,453 
6,682,702 
3,593,899 
846,802 
1,136,339 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
21,040 
2,934 
6,401 
3,493 
2,463 
3,504 
1,480 
121 
644 
acres 
1,270,245 
126,235 
236,502 
148,693 
150,008 
273,841 
201,630 
58,344 
74,992 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
1,656 
173 
291 
228 
205 
393 
251 
35 
80 
acres 
378,678 
11,657 
16,705 
22,019 
34,049 
100,580 
116,633 
39,282 
37,753 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
1,593 
161 
265 
212 
201 
392 
251 
35 
76 
acres 
370,081 
10,369 
14,698 
19,271 
33,083 
100,114 
116,303 
39,282 
36,961 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
137 
37 
37 
33 
12 
8 
3 
- 
7 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
8,597 
1,288 
2,007 
2,748 
966 
466 
330 
792 
Programs 
.. farms 
10,596 
2,036 
3,224 
1,171 
902 
1,677 
975 
71 
540 
acres 
948,040 
225,901 
269,155 
95,026 
50,534 
142,187 
78,944 
12,410 
73,883 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
14,305 
891 
1,912 
1,960 
2,716 
4,347 
1,930 
134 
415 
acres 
15,656,546 
304,223 
480,077 
703,026 
1,741,901 
5,256,613 
5,175,152 
1,202,521 
793,033 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) . 
.. farms 
82 
- 
20 
23 
18 
12 
5 
- 
4 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
12,810 
712 
644 
2,392 
3,607 
4,891 
564 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
31,989 
4,631 
9,927 
5,566 
3,513 
5,002 
2,119 
153 
1,078 
$1,000 
72,967,757 
2,925,253 
5,710,633 
4,844,678 
8,479,960 
22,137,186 
20,738,760 
3,987,312 
4,143,975 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
2,281,026 
631,668 
575,263 
870,406 
2,413,880 
4,425,667 
9,787,050 
26,060,863 
3,844,133 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
1,687 
1,481 
1,633 
1,141 
1,394 
1,704 
2,081 
1,833 
1,784 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,258 
465 
1,185 
475 
19 
31 
3 
1 
79 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,973 
514 
1,052 
301 
15 
9 
8 
- 
74 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,597 
798 
1,844 
752 
67 
24 
9 
2 
101 
$200,000 to $499,999 
6,280 
1,338 
3,050 
1,392 
155 
108 
26 
3 
208 
$500,000 to $999,999 
4,451 
773 
1,558 
1,188 
488 
236 
48 
3 
157 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
4,121 
439 
760 
905 
1,069 
725 
118 
8 
97 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
5,430 
252 
413 
471 
1,385 
2,301 
441 
9 
158 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
2,485 
42 
48 
61 
282 
1,240 
699 
20 
93 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
1,394 
10 
17 
21 
33 
328 
767 
107 
111 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
.. farms 
31,987 
4,631 
9,925 
5,566 
3,513 
5,002 
2,119 
153 
1,078 
$1,000 
7,721,279 
279,473 
594,658 
528,905 
879,444 
2,424,416 
2,230,615 
377,916 
405,852 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 577 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
