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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,201 
578 
1,126 
363 
13 
3 
1 
- 
117 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,927 
523 
961 
361 
15 
4 
1 
1 
61 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,212 
739 
1,673 
640 
24 
5 
4 
- 
127 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,534 
1,189 
2,667 
1,175 
185 
110 
9 
1 
198 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,567 
747 
1,788 
1,198 
508 
195 
20 
1 
110 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,734 
556 
1,069 
1,110 
1,078 
719 
91 
2 
109 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,250 
240 
542 
586 
1,262 
2,122 
344 
9 
145 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
4,562 
59 
99 
133 
428 
1,844 
1,649 
139 
211 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
26,094 
3,174 
6,996 
4,633 
3,429 
4,927 
2,101 
150 
684 
number 
74,725 
5,670 
11,939 
10,014 
10,882 
19,323 
12,189 
1,791 
2,917 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
25,964 
3,363 
7,034 
4,434 
3,341 
4,846 
2,087 
150 
709 
number 
87,474 
7,945 
15,004 
12,819 
13,102 
22,643 
11,965 
1,191 
2,805 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
8,932 
1,521 
2,717 
1,606 
932 
1,297 
584 
43 
232 
number 
14,223 
2,338 
3,912 
2,661 
1,521 
2,291 
1,010 
105 
385 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
17,059 
2,260 
4,704 
3,040 
2,208 
3,028 
1,267 
83 
469 
number 
28,756 
3,463 
6,753 
5,301 
4,040 
5,692 
2,478 
208 
821 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
17,320 
1,330 
2,888 
2,692 
3,058 
4,655 
2,041 
143 
513 
number 
44,495 
2,144 
4,339 
4,857 
7,541 
14,660 
8,477 
878 
1,599 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
10,688 
452 
935 
1,161 
1,996 
3,846 
1,882 
120 
296 
number 
12,858 
504 
1,009 
1,290 
2,241 
4,547 
2,500 
332 
435 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,252 
157 
365 
405 
378 
550 
268 
42 
87 
number 
2,417 
166 
385 
442 
407 
594 
284 
45 
94 
Hay balers 
....farms 
13,647 
1,309 
2,742 
2,564 
2,228 
3,193 
1,187 
77 
347 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
16,513 
1,586 
3,373 
3,164 
2,664 
3,747 
1,436 
103 
440 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
15,887 
1,069 
2,701 
2,185 
2,820 
4,478 
2,017 
139 
478 
acres treated 
11,331,665 
167,612 
356,482 
368,546 
1,163,398 
3,790,672 
3,965,084 
859,357 
660,514 
Manure used 
....farms 
4,699 
265 
712 
677 
885 
1,400 
568 
57 
135 
acres treated 
446,380 
9,934 
23,706 
29,321 
49,207 
148,344 
117,467 
31,191 
37,210 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
6,217 
370 
886 
654 
1,024 
1,938 
1,013 
97 
235 
acres 
3,397,964 
52,702 
103,340 
102,818 
314,404 
975,349 
1,243,735 
396,052 
209,564 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
17,410 
1,410 
3,335 
2,439 
2,948 
4,555 
2,039 
140 
544 
acres 
14,827,322 
243,879 
485,713 
492,170 
1,533,562 
4,833,641 
5,213,130 
1,178,961 
846,266 
Nematodes 
....farms 
634 
45 
104 
75 
136 
175 
76 
6 
17 
acres 
240,615 
4,514 
12,876 
8,126 
39,908 
82,199 
67,405 
16,367 
9,220 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,546 
44 
158 
135 
240 
494 
378 
40 
57 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,033,389 
6,640 
19,134 
16,001 
61,884 
194,349 
424,234 
216,840 
94,307 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
83 
5 
13 
20 
12 
15 
15 
- 
3 
acres on which used 
19,443 
(D) 
445 
733 
1,818 
3,402 
11,509 
- 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
2,105 
160 
274 
217 
395 
618 
358 
21 
62 
acres 
390,572 
11,816 
14,685 
16,586 
54,065 
128,054 
136,711 
10,288 
18,367 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
2,506 
198 
436 
294 
448 
693 
327 
19 
91 
acres 
745,028 
16,254 
32,845 
36,192 
100,869 
261,368 
254,687 
14,869 
27,944 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
2,534 
371 
701 
310 
298 
512 
224 
14 
104 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
545,992 
43,392 
83,376 
47,308 
89,922 
146,427 
99,279 
3,038 
33,250 
used 
....farms 
7,462 
402 
807 
781 
1,302 
2,538 
1,286 
99 
247 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7,158,414 
89,473 
129,811 
121,580 
517,445 
2,225,115 
2,925,327 
712,738 
436,925 
used 
....farms 
5,017 
218 
588 
528 
878 
1,754 
848 
65 
138 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,460,096 
35,030 
83,709 
93,945 
318,250 
1,160,658 
1,319,000 
286,602 
162,902 
practices were used 
....farms 
8,421 
668 
1,530 
1,464 
1,647 
2,077 
758 
53 
224 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
4,012,138 
90,161 
184,881 
232,820 
614,462 
1,361,306 
1,108,822 
193,002 
226,684 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
1,369 
136 
230 
198 
221 
342 
175 
11 
56 
acres 
149,383 
4,956 
7,186 
10,316 
31,327 
46,189 
35,360 
4,435 
9,614 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
703 
84 
184 
115 
93 
132 
64 
3 
28 
Solar panels 
....farms 
226 
26 
47 
53 
41 
39 
9 
- 
11 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
109 
22 
28 
13 
9 
21 
15 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
381 
41 
105 
51 
46 
82 
43 
2 
11 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
6 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
578 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
