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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
15 
5 
10 
acres 
234 
- 
- 
- 
170 
64 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
27 
2 
11 
8 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
38 
2 
5 
4 
8 
16 
3 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
54 
1 
- 
- 
13 
25 
14 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
21 
1 
- 
- 
2 
13 
4 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
- 
2 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12,260 
611 
1,574 
1,459 
2,283 
3,965 
1,894 
127 
347 
acres 
5,289,110 
65,303 
146,563 
136,473 
473,532 
1,722,502 
2,013,139 
449,008 
282,590 
bushels 
480,330,680 
4,434,913 
11,095,655 
7,003,550 
30,435,020 
139,608,513 
213,143,172 
46,967,999 
27,641,858 
Irrigated 
farms 
825 
25 
54 
72 
105 
272 
220 
30 
47 
acres 
185,915 
2,482 
4,651 
5,903 
12,763 
48,487 
69,856 
22,754 
19,019 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
698 
92 
299 
228 
47 
18 
4 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
2,382 
268 
721 
717 
428 
184 
23 
1 
40 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,220 
192 
469 
446 
1,128 
824 
79 
1 
81 
250 to 499 acres 
2,691 
47 
78 
51 
560 
1,659 
241 
8 
47 
500 acres or more 
3,269 
12 
7 
17 
120 
1,280 
1,547 
117 
169 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4,499 
147 
309 
468 
881 
1,646 
814 
78 
156 
acres 
592,643 
7,991 
19,645 
26,116 
78,251 
188,935 
178,341 
55,896 
37,468 
tons 
5,127,364 
61,459 
133,599 
164,356 
522,052 
1,582,874 
1,594,129 
687,806 
381,089 
Irrigated 
farms 
121 
2 
7 
7 
15 
58 
19 
4 
9 
acres 
11,828 
(D) 
268 
(D) 
680 
5,325 
2,258 
1,704 
1,360 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
561 
49 
75 
134 
141 
122 
32 
1 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
2,143 
75 
175 
261 
474 
840 
265 
9 
44 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,243 
22 
53 
70 
221 
506 
301 
15 
55 
250 to 499 acres 
359 
1 
6 
3 
36 
143 
127 
11 
32 
500 acres or more 
193 
- 
- 
- 
9 
35 
89 
42 
18 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
44 
- 
1 
_ 
- 
8 
23 
6 
6 
acres 
13,908 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
7,925 
3,076 
1,999 
cwt 
206,977 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
116,613 
31,905 
35,459 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
1 
acres 
2,328 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
1 
3 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 
2 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
2 
2 
Oats for grain 
farms 
953 
56 
85 
175 
225 
285 
100 
2 
25 
acres 
69,957 
1,772 
2,940 
6,675 
13,202 
26,457 
16,889 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
4,525,084 
106,605 
169,113 
398,732 
778,779 
1,797,700 
1,147,633 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
25 
1 
3 
5 
7 
8 
1 
acres 
1,312 
(□) 
(D) 
187 
355 
106 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
308 
33 
51 
76 
77 
50 
11 
1 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
418 
20 
28 
85 
108 
134 
32 
- 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
170 
3 
5 
14 
34 
73 
37 
- 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
48 
- 
1 
- 
5 
28 
12 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
8 
" 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
420 
24 
30 
25 
47 
173 
80 
7 
34 
acres 
137,310 
1,754 
5,142 
3,045 
8,371 
52,074 
35,589 
7,285 
24,050 
bushels 
5,825,203 
63,474 
228,799 
101,812 
336,784 
2,453,130 
1,639,536 
258,593 
743,075 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
41 
9 
8 
6 
1 
10 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
85 
10 
6 
7 
15 
28 
12 
- 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
125 
2 
8 
9 
16 
55 
30 
2 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
96 
3 
8 
3 
15 
46 
7 
3 
11 
500 acres or more 
73 
- 
- 
- 
" 
34 
24 
2 
13 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
10,977 
561 
1,361 
1,273 
2,090 
3,591 
1,701 
108 
292 
acres 
4,714,204 
65,569 
140,671 
142,556 
512,075 
1,617,993 
1,703,241 
305,158 
226,941 
bushels 
130,534,273 
1,535,448 
3,437,627 
2,493,556 
11,231,159 
41,812,142 
53,069,588 
9,816,213 
7,138,540 
Irrigated 
farms 
484 
13 
31 
37 
65 
165 
125 
19 
29 
acres 
89,333 
876 
2,200 
1,697 
6,957 
29,041 
29,693 
7,642 
1 1 ,227 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
393 
60 
184 
113 
19 
10 
3 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
1,936 
253 
615 
587 
244 
156 
36 
1 
44 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,963 
194 
464 
483 
1,011 
658 
100 
1 
52 
250 to 499 acres 
2,761 
39 
92 
78 
680 
1,567 
237 
12 
56 
500 acres or more 
2,924 
15 
6 
12 
136 
1,200 
1,325 
94 
136 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
1,048 
34 
59 
40 
124 
377 
322 
26 
66 
acres 
619,981 
8,302 
12,534 
4,341 
28,342 
143,305 
279,969 
83,994 
59,194 
pounds 
824,447,331 
3,560,128 
13,796,075 
3,878,250 
30,089,023 
173,026,060 
412,445,327 
108,521,746 
79,130,722 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 583 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
