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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open - Con. 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
12 
6 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
2 
(D) 
(Z) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
108 
23 
55 
25 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
372 
44 
151 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
30 
7 
18 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
140 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
96 
21 
50 
21 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
10 
2 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
37 
15 
14 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing 
acres 
197 
(D) 
48 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Grapes 
farms 
69 
13 
30 
23 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing 
acres 
159 
21 
91 
44 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Peaches, all 
farms 
7 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing 
acres 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Citrus fruit, all 
farms 
10 
1 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing 
acres 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries (see text) 
farms 
59 
8 
34 
11 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
68 
21 
20 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 585 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
