Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,703 
915 
737 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
2,450,780 
2,920,799 
2,226,368 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
155 
85 
124 
104 
92 
130 
269 
321 
number 
144,015 
272,986 
321,260 
291,387 
285,735 
121,283 
237,779 
200,262 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12,260 
12,198 
1 1 ,446 
14,739 
14,342 
16,427 
19,448 
18,694 
acres 
5,289,110 
4,455,368 
3,165,190 
3,249,341 
3,175,113 
3,097,251 
2,573,567 
2,583,209 
bushels 
480,330,680 
518,552,101 
295,166,830 
302,695,636 
295,056,391 
245,398,567 
199,208,883 
174,109,203 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4,499 
3,928 
5,371 
4,779 
4,785 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
592,643 
383,599 
644,006 
306,399 
308,116 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
5,127,364 
4,358,190 
4,217,187 
3,051,781 
3,061,677 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
4,804 
7,163 
5,007 
9,413 
9,561 
12,014 
15,273 
13,530 
acres 
2,203,785 
3,341,778 
1,596,086 
3,134,832 
3,177,527 
3,340,644 
3,229,384 
3,332,487 
bushels 
100,675,153 
141,003,068 
42,413,607 
88,644,257 
89,470,811 
101,053,975 
91,141,128 
85,895,594 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
2,784 
4,461 
2,151 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1 ,208,309 
1,995,368 
646,340 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
61,168,956 
89,916,077 
18,789,968 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
10 
24 
46 
139 
144 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,393 
7,403 
6,364 
37,930 
38,691 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
140,210 
184,348 
127,822 
1 ,041 ,882 
1,063,228 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
2,908 
4,000 
3,593 
6,997 
7,093 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
991,083 
1,339,007 
943,382 
1,828,205 
1,852,380 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
39,365,987 
50,902,643 
23,495,817 
51,029,065 
51,327,468 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
953 
1,703 
2,097 
3,667 
3,729 
9,055 
13,558 
19,743 
acres 
69,957 
124,743 
130,225 
247,873 
253,972 
627,557 
919,997 
1,807,860 
bushels 
4,525,084 
8,758,284 
5,717,330 
13,387,804 
13,726,509 
37,228,291 
41,997,525 
97,763,987 
Barley for grain 
farms 
149 
205 
227 
926 
966 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
23,131 
28,761 
35,639 
102,664 
104,892 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
781,289 
1,218,568 
1,123,574 
4,118,268 
4,233,108 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
420 
394 
422 
720 
753 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
137,310 
129,413 
67,712 
102,798 
106,218 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
5,825,203 
7,732,205 
2,319,260 
6,286,263 
6,475,034 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
170 
191 
475 
753 
773 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
14,946 
17,983 
29,676 
39,137 
39,900 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
153,702 
178,535 
178,180 
375,255 
377,917 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
10,977 
9,862 
1 1 ,593 
12,510 
1 1 ,700 
1 1 ,502 
10,728 
7,460 
acres 
4,714,204 
3,222,872 
4,087,380 
3,253,058 
2,939,146 
2,053,496 
1 ,289,276 
768,554 
bushels 
130,534,273 
130,377,538 
126,607,265 
110,801,775 
100,762,163 
56,705,835 
40,074,670 
22,315,924 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
44 
34 
45 
103 
104 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
13,908 
11,891 
1 1 ,430 
23,026 
23,167 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
206,977 
208,659 
192,232 
445,738 
448,294 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
14,695 
16,121 
17,885 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,615,189 
3,239,947 
3,659,123 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
3,644,438 
6,502,232 
5,361,944 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
1,048 
910 
1,078 
2,718 
2,858 
1,571 
1,659 
2,479 
acres 
619,981 
400,181 
348,788 
(D) 
740,707 
349,668 
262,847 
487,754 
pounds 
824,447,331 
613,668,505 
303,203,319 
(D) 
1,041,102,232 
427,963,785 
315,806,323 
471 ,804,227 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) ' 
farms 
179 
141 
151 
165 
150 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
864 
1,766 
2,502 
1,317 
1,238 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
82 
45 
22 
53 
49 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
156 
854 
967 
4,497 
4,386 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
108 
113 
47 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
372 
550 
213 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
' Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
^ Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
® Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications, 
g Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
® Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
^ Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
