Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
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 
5 
11 
24 
84 
86 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,493 
2 
11 
15 
68 
107 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
9 
33 
128 
291 
420 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,819 
27 
40 
184 
531 
794 
$50,000 or more 
10,862 
1,988 
2,124 
2,836 
2,498 
644 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1 1 ,287 
225 
333 
519 
1,029 
880 
Average net loss 
dollars 
43,069 
402,331 
170,592 
128,662 
81,723 
53,478 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
653 
11 
8 
7 
22 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,320 
2 
11 
24 
49 
73 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,846 
2 
10 
12 
67 
62 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,768 
7 
25 
63 
154 
205 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,600 
13 
42 
65 
212 
249 
$50,000 or more 
2,100 
201 
234 
347 
540 
269 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
312 
104 
73 
53 
42 
26 
$1,000 
34,716 
24,358 
5,564 
2,995 
1,411 
353 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,242 
1,457 
1,858 
2,910 
3,360 
2,060 
$1,000 
939,643 
190,000 
134,193 
202,511 
164,432 
56,564 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,757 
443 
540 
626 
512 
226 
$1,000 
55,855 
17,541 
13,842 
10,412 
7,897 
2,896 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
9,028 
396 
484 
679 
946 
769 
$1,000 
236,345 
13,486 
17,865 
18,542 
24,177 
16,511 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
46 
1 
2 
1 
6 
$1,000 
217 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
14 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
606 
40 
59 
104 
84 
38 
$1,000 
12,400 
782 
759 
2,228 
2,161 
868 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
12,180 
1,190 
1,500 
2,319 
2,493 
1,432 
$1,000 
35,715 
14,353 
7,280 
6,593 
4,375 
1,337 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,486 
670 
927 
1,522 
1,561 
802 
$1,000 
567,390 
125,679 
90,956 
161,520 
122,993 
34,043 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
426 
35 
46 
71 
81 
28 
$1,000 
2,932 
(D) 
(D) 
560 
(D) 
88 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,131 
132 
124 
146 
170 
121 
$1,000 
28,414 
17,205 
2,892 
2,657 
2,391 
807 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
26,422 
2,191 
2,489 
3,566 
4,126 
2,563 
acres 
19,147,320 
7,626,251 
3,900,002 
3,337,262 
2,244,835 
726,037 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,340 
2,168 
2,462 
3,506 
4,010 
2,436 
acres 
16,392,000 
7,120,169 
3,501,434 
2,855,385 
1 ,879,352 
574,792 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,116 
11 
13 
23 
89 
148 
50 to 99 acres 
1,806 
8 
12 
59 
99 
278 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,511 
11 
30 
84 
455 
833 
200 to 499 acres 
4,122 
58 
137 
651 
1,870 
963 
500 to 999 acres 
3,926 
126 
605 
1,735 
1,237 
198 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,854 
580 
1,149 
859 
240 
16 
2,000 acres or more 
2,005 
1,374 
516 
95 
20 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,846 
203 
182 
258 
250 
180 
acres 
518,702 
148,305 
88,052 
118,887 
67,606 
30,777 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
3,132 
302 
352 
520 
599 
322 
acres 
777,767 
156,642 
125,149 
159,739 
140,149 
46,891 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,033 
937 
871 
953 
1,022 
586 
acres 
1,190,695 
150,665 
116,577 
138,744 
115,332 
56,814 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,114 
120 
153 
207 
234 
114 
acres 
268,156 
50,470 
68,790 
64,507 
42,396 
16,763 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,911 
192 
202 
347 
360 
329 
acres 
294,445 
27,614 
80,694 
26,436 
30,958 
15,868 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,195 
38 
55 
96 
106 
113 
acres 
180,751 
4,192 
69,130 
16,511 
23,707 
10,343 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,946 
166 
159 
270 
277 
242 
acres 
113,694 
23,422 
1 1 ,564 
9,925 
7,251 
5,525 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
19,530 
1,441 
1,705 
2,651 
3,129 
2,045 
acres 
22,545,069 
3,767,699 
4,020,176 
4,570,472 
4,153,274 
1 ,398,725 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
88 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
