Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
13 
2 
- 
- 
1 
2 
$1,000 
131 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
9 
2 
- 
- 
1 
2 
$1,000 
126 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
8,875 
648 
907 
1,255 
1,557 
961 
$1,000 
245,257 
59,303 
52,433 
46,510 
45,520 
19,000 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,387 
329 
366 
314 
276 
102 
$1,000 
154,138 
52,727 
41,833 
28,857 
23,984 
6,736 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
14,306 
1,473 
1,684 
2,469 
2,886 
1,851 
$1,000 
2,968,996 
1,580,987 
541,142 
438,249 
265,328 
84,639 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7,982 
1,405 
1,520 
2,118 
2,073 
866 
$1,000 
2,848,250 
1,579,383 
536,465 
428,632 
244,792 
58,977 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
420 
98 
55 
79 
117 
48 
$1,000 
374,490 
334,552 
17,059 
1 1 ,384 
8,554 
2,609 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
321 
96 
54 
62 
73 
36 
$1,000 
372,237 
(D) 
(D) 
10,908 
7,553 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs 
farms 
678 
188 
79 
84 
77 
85 
$1,000 
446,756 
408,171 
25,347 
9,231 
2,554 
979 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
310 
175 
65 
48 
17 
5 
$1,000 
444,206 
407,788 
25,135 
8,751 
2,135 
397 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
1,915 
50 
107 
216 
294 
263 
$1,000 
43,636 
8,647 
7,124 
7,767 
9,772 
4,128 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
175 
21 
30 
45 
65 
14 
$1,000 
26,605 
8,217 
5,938 
5,057 
6,476 
917 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,251 
64 
90 
177 
229 
113 
$1,000 
23,629 
584 
1,337 
4,027 
3,379 
2,682 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
77 
4 
9 
12 
25 
27 
$1,000 
7,775 
226 
864 
2,904 
1,977 
1,805 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
1,157 
66 
21 
73 
120 
126 
$1,000 
182,076 
178,219 
(D) 
2,327 
441 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
58 
46 
1 
6 
2 
3 
$1,000 
180,823 
178,160 
(D) 
2,020 
(D) 
191 
Aquaculture 
farms 
14 
- 
2 
2 
5 
1 
$1,000 
2,498 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
534 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
- 
2 
2 
3 
$1,000 
2,423 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
463 
45 
34 
47 
64 
35 
$1,000 
55,223 
28,459 
10,897 
8,503 
4,945 
1,371 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
121 
23 
20 
25 
36 
17 
$1,000 
53,573 
28,312 
10,848 
8,266 
4,880 
1,267 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
22,793 
2,113 
2,430 
3,437 
3,930 
2,393 
$1,000 
283,797 
83,817 
52,138 
47,338 
36,356 
19,904 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
2,893 
511 
552 
656 
672 
226 
$1,000 
151,075 
67,788 
36,784 
26,779 
15,779 
2,756 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
791 
42 
40 
75 
101 
90 
$1,000 
4,349 
539 
261 
790 
1,001 
533 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ^ 
farms 
31,989 
2,358 
2,635 
3,759 
4,551 
3,038 
$1,000 
8,104,502 
4,368,596 
1,365,824 
1,098,706 
709,980 
236,366 
Average per farm 
dollars 
253,353 
1,852,670 
518,339 
292,287 
156,005 
77,803 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
16,365 
2,200 
2,371 
3,168 
3,397 
1,889 
$1,000 
989,154 
501,041 
197,263 
158,740 
93,555 
24,014 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,972 
31 
78 
203 
453 
653 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,367 
89 
294 
729 
1,580 
982 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,794 
179 
474 
997 
857 
212 
$50,000 or more 
5,232 
1,901 
1,525 
1,239 
507 
42 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
19,279 
2,241 
2,446 
3,352 
3,718 
2,172 
$1,000 
485,145 
260,098 
90,701 
73,076 
41,275 
11,717 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
8,637 
93 
225 
598 
1,339 
1,414 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5,887 
312 
809 
1,696 
1,999 
714 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,386 
437 
809 
771 
308 
38 
$50,000 or more 
2,369 
1,399 
603 
287 
72 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
108 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
