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 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
15,887 
2,210 
2,380 
3,190 
3,406 
1,847 
acres treated 
11,331,665 
5,105,371 
2,500,193 
1,981,320 
1,196,150 
339,936 
Manure used 
farms 
4,699 
676 
725 
1,000 
948 
476 
acres treated 
446,380 
178,573 
91,919 
79,309 
55,452 
18,259 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
6,217 
1,171 
1,038 
1,326 
1,236 
569 
acres 
3,397,964 
1,749,969 
613,839 
545,441 
340,546 
95,252 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
17,410 
2,234 
2,414 
3,271 
3,572 
1,962 
acres 
14,827,322 
6,776,000 
3,212,629 
2,529,019 
1,547,440 
452,001 
Nematodes 
farms 
634 
84 
69 
138 
160 
86 
acres 
240,615 
88,182 
34,644 
55,853 
45,135 
12,064 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,546 
461 
267 
318 
252 
109 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1 ,033,389 
726,889 
127,765 
96,526 
59,171 
16,508 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
83 
17 
7 
14 
12 
5 
acres on which used 
19,443 
13,509 
912 
2,066 
1,953 
395 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2,105 
339 
315 
481 
439 
163 
acres 
390,572 
127,910 
84,992 
96,863 
51,730 
13,886 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2,506 
331 
346 
518 
511 
233 
acres 
745,028 
242,234 
145,385 
177,946 
120,808 
29,088 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,534 
250 
287 
327 
382 
232 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
545,992 
110,831 
94,541 
74,778 
112,668 
45,862 
used 
farms 
7,462 
1,421 
1,477 
1,675 
1,426 
659 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7,158,414 
3,894,122 
1 ,628,074 
978,373 
470,261 
124,115 
used 
farms 
5,017 
909 
941 
1,173 
1,027 
463 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,460,096 
1,627,566 
744,364 
639,711 
324,364 
80,292 
practices were used 
farms 
8,421 
843 
1,046 
1,608 
2,033 
1,169 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
4,012,138 
1,409,741 
805,489 
818,881 
666,844 
196,412 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,369 
201 
181 
234 
230 
115 
acres 
149,383 
42,446 
29,771 
27,287 
28,868 
7,579 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
703 
77 
68 
93 
133 
67 
Solar panels 
farms 
226 
11 
12 
37 
52 
40 
Wind turbines 
farms 
109 
15 
19 
3 
17 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
381 
50 
45 
54 
69 
22 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
6 
2 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
11 
3 
- 
3 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
33 
33 
43 
58 
17 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,413 
402 
393 
635 
1,329 
1,356 
Part owners 
farms 
12,802 
1,816 
2,071 
2,787 
2,701 
1,253 
Tenants 
farms 
2,774 
140 
171 
337 
521 
429 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
29,445 
2,222 
2,472 
3,444 
4,083 
2,632 
acres 
32,536,437 
6,852,506 
4,936,188 
5,067,874 
4,362,812 
1 ,708,494 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
29,215 
2,218 
2,464 
3,422 
4,030 
2,609 
acres 
26,207,242 
6,656,700 
4,684,209 
4,702,718 
3,917,489 
1,367,107 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
15,696 
1,959 
2,253 
3,132 
3,237 
1,699 
acres 
17,286,252 
5,386,798 
3,678,864 
3,452,762 
2,562,113 
969,301 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
15,576 
1,956 
2,242 
3,124 
3,222 
1,682 
acres 
17,049,837 
5,359,511 
3,649,839 
3,427,718 
2,526,902 
904,486 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
8,474 
392 
435 
651 
911 
754 
acres 
6,565,610 
223,093 
281,004 
390,200 
480,534 
406,202 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
48,987 
4,658 
4,267 
5,693 
6,693 
4,444 
1 operator 
18,540 
1,014 
1,367 
2,219 
2,801 
1,881 
2 operators 
11,017 
849 
969 
1,229 
1,433 
974 
3 operators 
1,865 
330 
243 
241 
264 
146 
4 operators 
385 
92 
50 
61 
42 
27 
5 or more operators 
182 
73 
6 
9 
11 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
12,640 
806 
829 
1,204 
1,535 
1,039 
1 operator 
11,106 
639 
732 
1,055 
1,395 
930 
2 operators 
555 
50 
47 
70 
57 
47 
3 operators 
35 
3 
1 
3 
6 
1 
4 operators 
11 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
41 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
