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 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
616 
1 
1 
2 
9 
18 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,834 
5 
11 
27 
86 
94 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,493 
2 
11 
17 
69 
119 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
9 
33 
134 
313 
431 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,819 
27 
45 
191 
557 
838 
$50,000 or more 
10,862 
2,074 
2,199 
2,837 
2,446 
674 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1 1 ,287 
240 
335 
551 
1,071 
864 
Average net loss 
dollars 
43,069 
387,395 
166,803 
124,900 
81,079 
55,916 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
653 
6 
6 
9 
5 
24 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,320 
2 
13 
23 
50 
81 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,846 
2 
10 
16 
74 
58 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,768 
7 
29 
64 
160 
204 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,600 
13 
42 
72 
224 
243 
$50,000 or more 
2,100 
210 
235 
367 
558 
254 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
312 
105 
76 
58 
39 
21 
$1,000 
34,716 
24,483 
5,583 
3,120 
1,310 
188 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,242 
1,538 
1,918 
2,959 
3,368 
2,139 
$1,000 
939,643 
196,777 
142,137 
202,123 
160,826 
58,718 
Custom\work and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,757 
463 
569 
590 
524 
218 
$1,000 
55,855 
18,422 
13,532 
10,085 
8,026 
2,763 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
9,028 
421 
483 
710 
975 
847 
$1,000 
236,345 
14,074 
18,226 
18,898 
26,312 
18,472 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
46 
1 
2 
2 
5 
$1,000 
217 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
13 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
606 
45 
63 
101 
86 
49 
$1,000 
12,400 
818 
860 
2,123 
2,222 
1,635 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
12,180 
1,258 
1,558 
2,354 
2,478 
1,431 
$1,000 
35,715 
14,798 
7,343 
6,540 
4,173 
1,206 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,486 
708 
990 
1,521 
1,541 
795 
$1,000 
567,390 
129,707 
99,155 
161,529 
117,289 
33,686 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
426 
37 
46 
77 
75 
34 
$1,000 
2,932 
(D) 
(D) 
551 
(D) 
143 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,131 
146 
125 
136 
182 
111 
$1,000 
28,414 
17,987 
2,394 
2,398 
2,394 
801 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
26,422 
2,291 
2,571 
3,617 
4,153 
2,641 
acres 
19,147,320 
7,849,903 
3,946,410 
3,270,255 
2,169,507 
761,910 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,340 
2,268 
2,542 
3,553 
4,025 
2,429 
acres 
16,392,000 
7,324,197 
3,520,435 
2,795,991 
1 ,799,352 
537,305 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,116 
11 
13 
24 
93 
166 
50 to 99 acres 
1,806 
8 
12 
66 
106 
305 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,511 
11 
30 
92 
500 
869 
200 to 499 acres 
4,122 
63 
134 
694 
1,946 
911 
500 to 999 acres 
3,926 
129 
673 
1,778 
1,167 
165 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,854 
627 
1,196 
816 
194 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
2,005 
1,419 
484 
83 
19 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,846 
209 
203 
238 
268 
176 
acres 
518,702 
151,162 
91,118 
115,510 
73,561 
29,662 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
3,132 
319 
362 
531 
589 
353 
acres 
777,767 
164,979 
126,551 
160,351 
135,937 
68,275 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,033 
984 
909 
942 
1,060 
679 
acres 
1,190,695 
157,844 
133,450 
137,180 
118,469 
110,986 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,114 
125 
166 
209 
232 
116 
acres 
268,156 
51,721 
74,856 
61,223 
42,188 
15,682 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,911 
200 
212 
337 
381 
341 
acres 
294,445 
29,108 
79,777 
26,520 
31,015 
19,311 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,195 
39 
55 
99 
115 
110 
acres 
180,751 
4,297 
69,033 
16,955 
23,523 
12,456 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,946 
173 
169 
258 
288 
262 
acres 
113,694 
24,811 
10,744 
9,565 
7,492 
6,855 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
114 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
