Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
2,358 
2,635 
3,759 
4,551 
3,038 
percent 
100.0 
7.4 
8.2 
11.8 
14.2 
9.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,257,079 
12,016,211 
8,334,048 
8,130,436 
6,444,391 
2,271,593 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,352 
5,096 
3,163 
2,163 
1,416 
748 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
31,989 
2,358 
2,635 
3,759 
4,551 
3,038 
$1,000 
10,454,024 
6,009,215 
1 ,897,303 
1,376,603 
769,094 
222,561 
Average per farm 
dollars 
326,801 
2,548,437 
720,039 
366,215 
168,994 
73,259 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,038 
$100,000 to $249,999 
4,551 
- 
- 
- 
4,551 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,759 
- 
- 
3,759 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,635 
_ 
2,635 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,358 
2,358 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,748 
1,748 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
403 
403 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
207 
207 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
31,989 
2,358 
2,635 
3,759 
4,551 
3,038 
$1,000 
10,170,227 
5,925,398 
1,845,165 
1 ,329,264 
732,737 
202,657 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
14,961 
2,187 
2,390 
3,175 
3,385 
1,804 
$1,000 
5,809,792 
3,324,470 
1,183,754 
796,211 
388,208 
85,497 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11,059 
2,156 
2,281 
2,944 
2,789 
889 
$1,000 
5,729,232 
3,323,796 
1,181,213 
790,268 
372,975 
60,980 
Corn 
farms 
12,894 
2,103 
2,222 
2,876 
2,885 
1,450 
$1,000 
3,063,457 
1 ,777,262 
620,504 
413,680 
194,611 
42,269 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8,433 
2,031 
1,987 
2,431 
1,737 
247 
$1,000 
2,973,334 
1,775,491 
614,976 
402,673 
164,509 
15,684 
Wheat 
farms 
4,800 
1,183 
1,077 
1,069 
887 
337 
$1,000 
755,870 
477,611 
151,599 
78,278 
37,265 
8,006 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,742 
1,044 
805 
583 
269 
41 
$1,000 
709,038 
473,552 
144,544 
64,969 
23,408 
2,565 
Soybeans 
farms 
10,960 
1,833 
1,845 
2,496 
2,501 
1,218 
$1,000 
1,692,677 
876,938 
355,427 
275,575 
140,399 
31,929 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6,832 
1,752 
1,629 
2,074 
1,268 
109 
$1,000 
1,597,736 
874,657 
349,178 
262,999 
103,809 
7,093 
Sorghum 
farms 
526 
114 
154 
91 
101 
49 
$1,000 
39,738 
14,283 
14,595 
5,296 
4,637 
797 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
219 
57 
82 
31 
45 
4 
$1,000 
33,672 
12,956 
12,617 
4,141 
3,712 
245 
Barley 
farms 
147 
29 
46 
29 
28 
5 
$1,000 
3,844 
1,507 
1,603 
397 
288 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
6 
13 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,289 
(D) 
1,192 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
2,088 
503 
409 
430 
416 
182 
$1,000 
254,206 
176,869 
40,027 
22,985 
1 1 ,009 
2,486 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
863 
388 
234 
157 
75 
9 
$1,000 
236,339 
174,462 
36,096 
18,688 
6,459 
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 
3 
7 
20 
20 
$1,000 
2,186 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
885 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
1 
1 
1 
6 
- 
$1,000 
961 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
733 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
86 
_ 
1 
6 
3 
6 
$1,000 
887 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
99 
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 
- 
- 
5 
1 
2 
$1,000 
76 
- 
- 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
153 
4 
7 
16 
25 
20 
$1,000 
14,670 
(D) 
4,508 
3,941 
2,427 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
47 
2 
7 
12 
15 
11 
$1,000 
13,261 
(D) 
4,508 
3,932 
2,239 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
106 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
