Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
31,989 
2,257 
2,553 
3,708 
4,510 
2,946 
percent 
100.0 
7.1 
8.0 
11.6 
14.1 
9.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,257,079 
11,647,687 
8,176,577 
8,105,896 
6,614,455 
2,217,692 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,352 
5,161 
3,203 
2,186 
1,467 
753 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
31,989 
2,257 
2,553 
3,708 
4,510 
2,946 
$1,000 
10,454,024 
5,905,676 
1,906,341 
1,409,852 
799,962 
229,932 
Average per farm 
dollars 
326,801 
2,616,604 
746,706 
380,219 
177,375 
78,049 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,838 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,931 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,182 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,643 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,536 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,518 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,038 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,681 
$100,000 to $249,999 
4,551 
- 
- 
- 
4,276 
265 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,759 
- 
- 
3,525 
234 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,635 
_ 
2,452 
183 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,358 
2,257 
101 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,748 
1,647 
101 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
403 
403 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
207 
207 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
31,989 
2,257 
2,553 
3,708 
4,510 
2,946 
$1,000 
10,170,227 
5,826,682 
1 ,854,879 
1,362,767 
763,944 
216,778 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
14,961 
2,090 
2,315 
3,144 
3,387 
1,848 
$1,000 
5,809,792 
3,247,799 
1,201,460 
819,520 
411,186 
92,935 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11,059 
2,061 
2,211 
2,921 
2,849 
1,017 
$1,000 
5,729,232 
3,247,183 
1,199,027 
813,929 
397,588 
71,506 
Corn 
farms 
12,894 
2,015 
2,153 
2,860 
2,892 
1,503 
$1,000 
3,063,457 
1,738,701 
629,456 
426,166 
205,566 
46,303 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8,433 
1,944 
1,941 
2,426 
1,822 
300 
$1,000 
2,973,334 
1 ,736,940 
624,585 
415,537 
177,207 
19,065 
Wheat 
farms 
4,800 
1,127 
1,057 
1,073 
912 
350 
$1,000 
755,870 
467,485 
154,197 
81,620 
40,219 
8,349 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,742 
1,000 
797 
602 
295 
48 
$1,000 
709,038 
463,778 
147,356 
68,745 
26,071 
3,089 
Soybeans 
farms 
10,960 
1,757 
1,795 
2,473 
2,495 
1,280 
$1,000 
1,692,677 
854,210 
360,742 
279,865 
148,499 
34,971 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6,832 
1,677 
1,594 
2,062 
1,367 
132 
$1,000 
1 ,597,736 
851,944 
354,827 
267,810 
114,644 
8,511 
Sorghum 
farms 
526 
110 
138 
107 
104 
43 
$1,000 
39,738 
13,185 
14,274 
6,546 
4,777 
719 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
219 
53 
69 
47 
46 
4 
$1,000 
33,672 
11,858 
12,373 
5,373 
3,823 
245 
Barley 
farms 
147 
29 
37 
33 
31 
7 
$1,000 
3,844 
1,507 
1,255 
736 
291 
15 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
6 
11 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,289 
1,014 
1,085 
190 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
2,088 
489 
395 
430 
424 
191 
$1,000 
254,206 
172,710 
41,537 
24,588 
1 1 ,834 
2,578 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
863 
375 
233 
161 
85 
9 
$1,000 
236,339 
170,341 
37,773 
20,244 
7,348 
634 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
177 
8 
2 
4 
24 
18 
$1,000 
2,186 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
900 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
1 
- 
2 
6 
- 
$1,000 
961 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
86 
_ 
1 
2 
7 
6 
$1,000 
887 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
524 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
66 
- 
1 
1 
2 
5 
$1,000 
810 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
26 
- 
- 
1 
5 
2 
$1,000 
76 
- 
- 
(D) 
50 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
153 
4 
7 
16 
24 
20 
$1,000 
14,670 
(D) 
4,508 
3,941 
2,355 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
47 
2 
7 
12 
14 
12 
$1,000 
13,261 
(D) 
4,508 
3,932 
2,167 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
