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 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
19,530 
1,508 
1,775 
2,666 
3,177 
2,060 
acres 
22,545,069 
3,904,593 
4,125,509 
4,662,295 
4,060,602 
1 ,407,720 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
21,040 
1,699 
1,833 
2,633 
3,064 
2,029 
acres 
1,270,245 
232,607 
182,352 
171,366 
183,267 
82,652 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,656 
317 
237 
284 
273 
123 
acres 
378,678 
181,510 
73,098 
56,500 
39,834 
1 1 ,752 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,593 
317 
235 
280 
267 
112 
acres 
370,081 
181,169 
72,815 
54,840 
38,929 
9,852 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
137 
4 
5 
15 
12 
20 
acres 
8,597 
341 
283 
1,660 
905 
1,900 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
10,596 
1,099 
994 
1,059 
1,127 
727 
acres 
948,040 
98,445 
83,427 
95,277 
90,842 
98,606 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
14,305 
2,122 
2,289 
3,105 
3,210 
1,674 
acres 
15,656,546 
6,658,249 
3,505,852 
2,797,721 
1 ,760,352 
548,807 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
82 
6 
6 
10 
28 
10 
$1,000 
12,810 
5,540 
1,866 
1,837 
2,958 
409 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
31,989 
2,358 
2,635 
3,759 
4,551 
3,038 
$1,000 
72,967,757 
25,945,326 
13,809,344 
13,208,964 
9,078,992 
3,197,256 
Average per farm 
dollars 
2,281,026 
11,003,107 
5,240,738 
3,513,957 
1 ,994,944 
1,052,421 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,687 
2,159 
1,657 
1,625 
1,409 
1,407 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,258 
12 
18 
25 
67 
104 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,973 
8 
8 
7 
38 
72 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,597 
12 
14 
35 
147 
190 
$200,000 to $499,999 
6,280 
35 
58 
110 
327 
645 
$500,000 to $999,999 
4,451 
59 
78 
305 
883 
926 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
4,121 
120 
307 
757 
1,386 
736 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
5,430 
464 
1,086 
1,771 
1,434 
324 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
2,485 
740 
783 
619 
246 
30 
$10,000,000 or more 
1,394 
908 
283 
130 
23 
11 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
31,987 
2,358 
2,635 
3,759 
4,551 
3,038 
$1,000 
7,721,279 
2,759,863 
1 ,542,892 
1 ,352,329 
965,916 
358,616 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,201 
2 
1 
9 
43 
92 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,927 
3 
2 
6 
32 
75 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,212 
6 
2 
10 
80 
209 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,534 
19 
38 
127 
421 
565 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,567 
33 
78 
276 
847 
773 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,734 
104 
237 
829 
1,410 
818 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,250 
360 
1,046 
1,636 
1,266 
431 
$500,000 or more 
4,562 
1,831 
1,231 
866 
452 
75 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
26,094 
2,328 
2,601 
3,666 
4,353 
2,695 
number 
74,725 
14,909 
1 1 ,554 
12,608 
12,435 
6,109 
Tractors, all 
farms 
25,964 
2,323 
2,582 
3,581 
4,159 
2,615 
number 
87,474 
13,652 
12,861 
15,441 
15,012 
8,164 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
8,932 
670 
683 
978 
1,225 
865 
number 
14,223 
1,203 
1,274 
1,657 
1,994 
1,421 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
17,059 
1,402 
1,644 
2,192 
2,782 
1,769 
number 
28,756 
2,803 
3,020 
4,280 
4,891 
3,146 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
17,320 
2,251 
2,497 
3,365 
3,588 
1,971 
number 
44,495 
9,646 
8,567 
9,504 
8,127 
3,597 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
10,688 
2,020 
2,096 
2,528 
2,190 
902 
number 
12,858 
2,921 
2,558 
2,925 
2,413 
999 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
2,252 
329 
299 
388 
474 
221 
number 
2,417 
351 
331 
406 
510 
241 
Hay balers 
farms 
13,647 
1,294 
1,696 
2,411 
2,604 
1,603 
number 
16,513 
1,603 
1,957 
2,827 
3,192 
1,995 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
