Table 37. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
HAY, FORAGE, AND FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS - Con. 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop (tons, 
dry equivalent) (see text) - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
1,785 
610,291 
853,969 
106 
19,514 
2,291 
798,833 
1,580,573 
160 
28,406 
500 to 999 acres 
874 
572,145 
736,086 
42 
8,219 
1,182 
773,432 
1 ,345,778 
67 
15,201 
1 ,000 acres or more 
395 
584,913 
612,989 
16 
3,334 
469 
716,243 
1 ,256,233 
35 
6,685 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
333 
413,132 
430,538 
11 
2,595 
392 
495,006 
826,704 
27 
5,031 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
50 
112,042 
117,960 
5 
739 
58 
134,074 
275,120 
6 
(D) 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
9 
31,429 
40,116 
- 
- 
15 
55,529 
109,039 
2 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
3 
28,310 
24,375 
- 
- 
4 
31,634 
45,369 
- 
Hay - All hay including alfalfa, other tame. 
small grain, and wild (tons, dry) (see text) 
14,394 
2,553,234 
3,464,151 
660 
63,822 
15,973 
3,255,897 
6,309,185 
788 
85,990 
1 to 1 4 acres 
1,872 
14,709 
22,444 
63 
415 
1,628 
12,999 
24,599 
44 
346 
1 5 to 24 acres 
1,256 
23,550 
38,041 
32 
471 
1,271 
23,914 
50,473 
38 
531 
25 to 49 acres 
2,161 
75,684 
130,098 
71 
1,922 
2,296 
81,154 
192,782 
75 
2,293 
50 to 99 acres 
2,707 
185,951 
320,576 
135 
7,620 
2,777 
193,767 
476,043 
143 
8,322 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,441 
530,704 
870,091 
205 
24,201 
4,034 
627,333 
1 ,466,396 
227 
24,709 
250 to 499 acres 
1,723 
586,977 
800,109 
99 
18,398 
2,312 
803,394 
1,555,774 
160 
28,736 
500 to 999 acres 
844 
554,901 
686,434 
39 
7,461 
1,185 
783,476 
1,315,187 
65 
14,263 
1 ,000 acres or more 
390 
580,758 
596,358 
16 
3,334 
470 
729,860 
1,227,931 
36 
6,790 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
329 
410,254 
416,791 
12 
2,980 
388 
494,168 
820,900 
28 
5,136 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
49 
110,065 
115,076 
4 
354 
59 
135,101 
246,852 
6 
(D) 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
9 
31,429 
40,116 
- 
- 
18 
63,257 
103,170 
2 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
3 
29,010 
24,375 
- 
- 
5 
37,334 
57,009 
- 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
10,557 
1 ,486,635 
2,164,903 
595 
55,900 
12,653 
1 ,996,599 
4,414,338 
716 
75,913 
1 to 1 4 acres 
1,258 
10,193 
18,559 
47 
354 
1,175 
9,251 
22,411 
36 
309 
1 5 to 24 acres 
991 
18,669 
33,647 
27 
413 
1,039 
19,635 
52,645 
36 
531 
25 to 49 acres 
1,908 
67,212 
131,372 
72 
2,118 
2,158 
76,371 
219,092 
85 
2,770 
50 to 99 acres 
2,323 
159,423 
305,883 
143 
8,338 
2,600 
179,681 
516,523 
144 
8,596 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,429 
367,743 
649,304 
210 
24,353 
3,391 
514,229 
1 ,333,757 
232 
26,152 
250 to 499 acres 
1,005 
340,860 
460,542 
67 
14,543 
1,470 
498,415 
1,048,281 
131 
25,644 
500 to 999 acres 
506 
329,721 
388,224 
26 
5,466 
621 
402,653 
714,366 
35 
7,248 
1 ,000 acres or more 
137 
192,814 
1 77,372 
3 
315 
199 
296,364 
507,263 
17 
4,663 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
113 
132,364 
106,870 
2 
(D) 
167 
207,206 
368,028 
14 
(D) 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
18 
40,328 
49,421 
1 
(D) 
25 
57,775 
92,412 
2 
(D) 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
6 
20,122 
21,081 
- 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
5,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
1,316 
138,538 
212,675 
61 
2,510 
1,872 
206,003 
378,034 
101 
5,034 
1 to 1 4 acres 
144 
1,205 
2,057 
10 
(D) 
177 
1,536 
3,427 
8 
70 
1 5 to 24 acres 
182 
3,470 
6,968 
11 
195 
210 
3,945 
8,397 
14 
230 
25 to 49 acres 
311 
11,102 
22,807 
17 
433 
412 
14,619 
31,838 
26 
816 
50 to 99 acres 
300 
19,743 
32,052 
14 
761 
413 
28,164 
53,940 
33 
1,742 
1 00 to 249 acres 
255 
38,029 
58,528 
8 
788 
460 
67,691 
126,498 
14 
1,403 
250 to 499 acres 
89 
30,563 
47,918 
1 
(D) 
150 
50,008 
87,251 
6 
773 
500 to 999 acres 
23 
16,574 
28,000 
- 
37 
22,281 
38,355 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
12 
17,852 
14,345 
- 
- 
13 
17,759 
28,328 
- 
- 
Other tame hay (tons, dry) 
3,108 
402,415 
487,118 
66 
3,577 
3,596 
467,278 
773,202 
69 
3,616 
1 to 1 4 acres 
525 
3,938 
5,617 
20 
146 
577 
4,432 
7,500 
8 
(D) 
1 5 to 24 acres 
352 
6,509 
9,324 
8 
144 
402 
7,474 
12,200 
8 
112 
25 to 49 acres 
514 
18,062 
25,068 
10 
303 
654 
22,980 
38,336 
9 
299 
50 to 99 acres 
593 
40,295 
56,619 
5 
297 
703 
47,824 
84,279 
18 
822 
1 00 to 249 acres 
717 
107,091 
140,666 
16 
1,329 
774 
119,226 
196,825 
15 
1,088 
250 to 499 acres 
247 
86,857 
99,889 
4 
1,019 
303 
102,572 
159,562 
5 
639 
500 to 999 acres 
123 
78,893 
84,042 
2 
(D) 
135 
88,254 
130,404 
5 
551 
1 ,000 acres or more 
37 
60,770 
65,893 
1 
(D) 
48 
74,516 
144,096 
1 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
31 
39,919 
40,901 
1 
(D) 
37 
44,149 
65,105 
- 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
3 
7,163 
9,138 
- 
8 
17,737 
60,081 
1 
(D) 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
12,630 
18,910 
- 
5,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
5,186 
525,646 
599,455 
40 
1,835 
5,681 
586,017 
743,61 1 
43 
1,427 
1 to 1 4 acres 
951 
7,611 
1 0,340 
8 
(D) 
994 
8,070 
11,971 
11 
(D) 
1 5 to 24 acres 
647 
12,187 
15,897 
3 
(D) 
730 
13,670 
19,788 
8 
130 
25 to 49 acres 
1,032 
35,728 
50,178 
11 
268 
1,093 
37,642 
55,122 
5 
99 
50 to 99 acres 
1,001 
68,338 
88,585 
7 
352 
1,092 
74,366 
105,702 
9 
419 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,090 
163,207 
194,494 
5 
687 
1,199 
178,137 
236,763 
9 
654 
250 to 499 acres 
317 
103,380 
116,970 
4 
326 
390 
132,159 
155,467 
1 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
105 
67,607 
66,044 
- 
- 
147 
91,402 
102,957 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
43 
67,588 
56,947 
2 
(D) 
36 
50,571 
55,841 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
34 
42,593 
39,221 
2 
(D) 
31 
37,641 
41,941 
- 
- 
2,000 to 2,999 acres 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,000 to 4,999 acres 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
5,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
All haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, green) 
847 
103,022 
364,738 
28 
2,064 
849 
93,765 
390,547 
43 
3,610 
1 to 1 4 acres 
108 
759 
2,603 
1 
(D) 
89 
597 
2,901 
8 
39 
1 5 to 24 acres 
65 
1,227 
4,537 
2 
(D) 
71 
1,342 
7,022 
3 
47 
25 to 49 acres 
162 
5,857 
19,298 
6 
175 
172 
6,158 
33,363 
5 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
216 
14,551 
52,554 
10 
235 
242 
16,722 
76,787 
11 
646 
1 00 to 249 acres 
195 
28,575 
116,989 
3 
(D) 
177 
25,900 
102,765 
8 
752 
250 to 499 acres 
66 
22,303 
82,134 
4 
782 
70 
22,753 
76,862 
7 
1,453 
500 to 999 acres 
26 
1 7,253 
57,353 
2 
(D) 
25 
15,300 
64,135 
1 
(D) 
1 ,000 acres or more 
9 
12,497 
29,270 
- 
3 
4,993 
26,712 
- 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or alfalfa 
mixtures (tons, green) 
445 
55,942 
211,995 
21 
1,792 
509 
58,425 
258,442 
31 
2,483 
1 to 1 4 acres 
41 
333 
1,378 
- 
- 
36 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
1 5 to 24 acres 
32 
614 
2,501 
- 
- 
38 
701 
2,996 
3 
47 
25 to 49 acres 
71 
2,588 
10,095 
3 
(D) 
97 
3,469 
18,269 
2 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
138 
9,463 
39,778 
11 
308 
156 
10,746 
50,374 
9 
506 
1 00 to 249 acres 
105 
15,351 
58,054 
2 
(D) 
121 
17,768 
70,220 
8 
752 
250 to 499 acres 
39 
13,098 
52,604 
4 
782 
45 
14,192 
55,707 
6 
1,071 
--continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
South Dakota 29 
