Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,834 
131 
517 
146 
214 
133 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,493 
47 
299 
141 
176 
112 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
124 
390 
167 
277 
293 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,819 
57 
217 
109 
153 
159 
$50,000 or more 
10,862 
92 
249 
46 
81 
112 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
11,287 
805 
3,070 
536 
734 
620 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
43,069 
16,741 
12,076 
16,040 
15,667 
19,542 
Less than $1 ,000 
653 
57 
293 
23 
71 
42 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,320 
219 
994 
160 
209 
137 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,846 
169 
689 
104 
142 
108 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,768 
223 
748 
159 
177 
196 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,600 
99 
255 
57 
99 
102 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
2,100 
38 
91 
33 
36 
35 
Total 
... farms 
312 
2 
6 
_ 
5 
3 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
34,716 
(D) 
(D) 
52 
15 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
20,242 
421 
2,227 
739 
986 
969 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
939,643 
7,443 
41,519 
11,558 
16,289 
20,338 
services 
... farms 
2,757 
33 
120 
28 
49 
56 
$1,000 
55,855 
442 
1,889 
97 
398 
178 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
9,028 
192 
1,405 
563 
667 
686 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
236,345 
3,419 
26,951 
10,004 
12,504 
17,888 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
46 
3 
5 
- 
5 
5 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
217 
(Z) 
1 
■ 
(D) 
3 
(see text) 
... farms 
606 
11 
56 
15 
23 
10 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
12,400 
242 
227 
101 
42 
9 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
12,180 
183 
834 
262 
338 
345 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
35,715 
113 
514 
188 
157 
206 
payments received 
... farms 
6,486 
24 
100 
64 
106 
140 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
567,390 
656 
1,217 
931 
1,487 
1,878 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
426 
3 
23 
21 
22 
9 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
2,932 
(Z) 
40 
47 
(D) 
41 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
1,131 
57 
184 
22 
47 
31 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
28,414 
2,570 
10,679 
190 
1,666 
134 
Total cropland 
... farms 
26,422 
287 
3,211 
896 
1,424 
1,167 
acres 
19,147,320 
1,161 
60,716 
36,855 
85,726 
96,374 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
21,340 
200 
2,044 
500 
830 
709 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,392,000 
766 
29,809 
15,245 
40,508 
46,490 
1 to 49 acres 
4,116 
200 
2,044 
388 
414 
285 
50 to 99 acres 
1,806 
- 
- 
112 
416 
227 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,511 
- 
- 
- 
- 
197 
200 to 499 acres 
4,122 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3,926 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,854 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
2,005 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
1,846 
15 
196 
55 
95 
55 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
518,702 
55 
2,266 
1,206 
2,546 
2,612 
were abandoned 
... farms 
3,132 
9 
159 
40 
70 
73 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
777,767 
20 
1,970 
822 
2,282 
2,857 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
10,033 
78 
1,216 
479 
709 
592 
acres 
1,190,695 
311 
26,251 
19,411 
39,396 
43,668 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
1,114 
7 
36 
13 
29 
26 
acres 
268,156 
9 
420 
171 
994 
747 
Total woodland 
... farms 
3,911 
120 
937 
180 
223 
180 
acres 
294,445 
322 
6,196 
2,932 
3,592 
4,498 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
1,195 
55 
299 
60 
54 
47 
acres 
180,751 
153 
2,213 
1,238 
1,112 
2,004 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
2,946 
70 
688 
125 
179 
139 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
113,694 
169 
3,983 
1,694 
2,480 
2,494 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
19,530 
301 
2,453 
562 
782 
751 
acres 
22,545,069 
1,142 
39,737 
20,492 
36,690 
53,796 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
62 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
