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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,544 
1,301 
1,967 
3,257 
4,070 
2,728 
acres 
29,203,602 
6,129,960 
5,652,296 
6,522,192 
5,524,509 
1,985,082 
Partnership 
farms 
2,150 
448 
281 
227 
216 
136 
acres 
6,174,315 
2,891,445 
1,356,512 
842,792 
463,584 
138,238 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,477 
340 
177 
149 
124 
82 
acres 
4,483,990 
2,324,965 
854,095 
575,023 
283,626 
101,002 
Corporation 
farms 
1,644 
461 
286 
187 
183 
60 
acres 
4,561,391 
2,249,073 
1,012,947 
604,234 
479,319 
59,915 
Family held 
farms 
1,534 
426 
282 
183 
180 
54 
acres 
4,379,824 
2,106,758 
1,007,012 
593,234 
479,294 
57,647 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
25 
16 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,509 
410 
281 
181 
179 
53 
Other than family held 
farms 
110 
35 
4 
4 
3 
6 
acres 
181,567 
142,315 
5,935 
11,000 
25 
2,268 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
28 
4 
4 
3 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
651 
47 
19 
37 
41 
22 
acres 
3,317,771 
377,209 
154,822 
136,678 
147,043 
34,457 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,938 
1,857 
1,622 
1,740 
1,562 
731 
workers 
27,199 
8,585 
4,162 
4,088 
3,298 
1,663 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,947 
1,450 
993 
902 
597 
218 
workers 
10,162 
4,940 
1,645 
1,424 
804 
259 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,933 
1,176 
1,048 
1,162 
1,173 
576 
workers 
17,037 
3,645 
2,517 
2,664 
2,494 
1,404 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
22 
16 
7 
4 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,065 
706 
861 
1,312 
1,625 
1,015 
workers 
25,248 
1,944 
1,804 
2,933 
3,603 
2,328 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
12 
14 
33 
68 
77 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
33 
27 
30 
77 
70 
50 to 69 acres 
1,180 
7 
1 
2 
7 
31 
70 to 99 acres 
1,723 
7 
9 
5 
7 
90 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,470 
9 
1 
4 
39 
96 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,046 
7 
8 
15 
92 
283 
180 to 219 acres 
886 
3 
3 
8 
68 
154 
220 to 259 acres 
863 
5 
2 
10 
116 
154 
260 to 499 acres 
3,604 
28 
43 
193 
878 
822 
500 to 999 acres 
4,229 
71 
229 
1,009 
1,447 
652 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,075 
323 
879 
1,288 
895 
293 
2,000 acres or more 
5,637 
1,752 
1,337 
1,111 
816 
224 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
1,491 
1,677 
2,252 
2,418 
1,228 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
- 
- 
- 
5 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
100 
1 
6 
12 
15 
14 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
29 
70 
131 
291 
292 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,996 
29 
70 
131 
291 
292 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
316 
613 
1,080 
1,456 
1,146 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
646 
182 
88 
107 
125 
73 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
65 
30 
40 
70 
47 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
104 
30 
18 
15 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
21 
- 
6 
2 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
4 
6 
5 
34 
39 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
44 
33 
56 
78 
93 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,583 
1,436 
1,672 
2,507 
2,918 
1,990 
number 
3,893,251 
1,339,372 
803,066 
801,139 
558,723 
191,353 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,425 
8 
4 
23 
38 
80 
10 to 49 
3,819 
30 
66 
139 
370 
521 
50 to 99 
2,382 
51 
102 
258 
545 
709 
100 to 199 
2,538 
121 
222 
452 
943 
520 
200 to 499 
3,181 
343 
602 
1,159 
857 
146 
500 or more 
2,238 
883 
676 
476 
165 
14 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
1,183 
1,386 
2,299 
2,675 
1,838 
number 
1,702,390 
483,117 
325,182 
387,344 
290,473 
109,867 
Beef cows 
farms 
13,327 
1,119 
1,355 
2,269 
2,624 
1,796 
number 
1,610,559 
404,792 
320,421 
383,517 
287,221 
108,621 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,472 
8 
6 
30 
80 
100 
10 to 49 
4,276 
71 
134 
351 
601 
753 
50 to 99 
2,513 
106 
203 
380 
716 
657 
100 to 199 
2,435 
251 
342 
689 
833 
246 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
