Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
31,989 
100.0 
31,169 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
43,257,079 
100.0 
43,666,403 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
26,422 
82.6 
26,625 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
19,147,320 
44.3 
19,094,311 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,114 
3.5 
1,685 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
21,340 
66.7 
21,902 
acres 
268,156 
0.6 
433,968 
acres 
16,392,000 
37.9 
15,278,709 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,911 
12.2 
3,441 
1 to 49 acres 
4,116 
12.9 
3,802 
acres 
294,445 
0.7 
258,973 
1 to 9 acres 
1,114 
3.5 
995 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,195 
3.7 
1,180 
1 0 to 19 acres 
1,145 
3.6 
957 
acres 
180,751 
0.4 
164,832 
20 to 29 acres 
736 
2.3 
738 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,946 
9.2 
2,487 
30 to 49 acres 
1,121 
3.5 
1,112 
acres 
113,694 
0.3 
94,141 
50 to 99 acres 
1,806 
5.6 
1,790 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,511 
7.8 
2,641 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
4,122 
12.9 
4,973 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
19,530 
61.1 
19,950 
500 to 999 acres 
3,926 
12.3 
4,339 
acres 
22,545,069 
52.1 
23,025,539 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,854 
8.9 
2,746 
2,000 acres or more 
2,005 
6.3 
1,611 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
21,040 
65.8 
18,338 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1 ,270,245 
2.9 
1 ,287,580 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,846 
5.8 
4,958 
acres 
518,702 
1.2 
1,257,737 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
12,813 
40.1 
10,580 
acres 
2,236,618 
5.2 
2,557,865 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
10,596 
(X) 
10,602 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
948,040 
(X) 
1,599,477 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
10,033 
31.4 
7,236 
acres 
1,190,695 
2.8 
1,454,163 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
14,305 
(X) 
14,332 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
3,132 
9.8 
3,139 
acres 
15,656,546 
(X) 
16,126,298 
acres 
777,767 
1.8 
669,734 
16 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
