Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
173 
210,447 
134 
230,075 
Llamas 
120 
395 
217 
792 
Bison 
104 
33,637 
179 
38,701 
Mink, live 
3 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
5 
89 
8 
102 
Rabbits, live 
85 
1,360 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
27 
1,509 
30 
2,427 
Other livestock (see text) 
10 
(X) 
7 
(X) 
Alpacas 
36 
288 
23 
113 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
142 
15,976,650 
29,937 
117 
13,383,794 
Milk from sheep and goats 
74 
(NA) 
889 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
82 
11,714 
16,209 
112 
10,862 
Deer in captivity 
3 
17 
29 
3 
17 
Elk in captivity 
13 
160 
402 
20 
394 
Alpacas 
3 
39 
24 
5 
17 
Llamas 
11 
42 
31 
31 
127 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
28 
2,570 
19 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
3 
(X) 
(D) 
12 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
206 
(X) 
8,542 
39 
(X) 
' Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
134 
22,415 
34.5 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
208 
38,073 
132.2 
617 
147,842 
368,607 
112.2 
11,435 
4,734,588 
88.2 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
58 
7,345 
12.8 
63 
4,483 
9,994 
7.3 
4,378 
570,821 
8.6 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
3 
383 
28.0 
3 
1,945 
810 
7.8 
38 
10,770 
16.2 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
15 
1,176 
57.8 
10 
136 
228 
67.0 
928 
68,417 
64.8 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
418 
(D) 
(D) 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
59 
8,866 
39.0 
425 
80,467 
229,565 
32.1 
10,493 
4,395,306 
27.4 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
25 
2,597 
61.0 
47 
5,033 
14,004 
54.2 
4,732 
2,182,151 
45.6 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
20 
2,908 
66.1 
32 
3,849 
9,815 
56.9 
2,732 
1,191,737 
50.5 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
4,393 
31.9 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
9 
399 
43.9 
19 
474 
1,942 
39.0 
2,880 
988,268 
39.7 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
312 
35,696 
(X) 
357 
29,305 
67,275 
(X) 
14,026 
2,482,913 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
338 
37,057 
2.9 
257 
18,843 
32,987 
2.0 
9,962 
1,397,748 
1.4 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
38 
1,589 
1.9 
23 
921 
716 
1.7 
1,255 
135,312 
1.5 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
35 
1,809 
1.8 
31 
1,768 
4,324 
1.2 
3,042 
394,514 
1.2 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
12 
855 
2.1 
28 
980 
4,698 
0.9 
5,146 
519,113 
1.1 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
6 
768 
5.7 
15 
1,024 
1,157 
5.9 
424 
52,993 
3.7 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
5 
(D) 
16.8 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
2.1 
469 
46,259 
3.2 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
53 
(D) 
(X) 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
(X) 
94 
496 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
20 
134 
(X) 
10 
6 
16 
(X) 
78 
217 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
14 
13 
(X) 
8 
2 
19 
(X) 
37 
34 
(X) 
26 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
