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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
30,911 
2,159 
2,542 
3,682 
4,452 
2,969 
acres 
40,934,161 
11,013,863 
7,898,119 
7,932,731 
6,275,433 
2,211,779 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
944 
94 
90 
104 
106 
83 
acres 
1,832,507 
466,733 
451,216 
413,261 
235,682 
92,384 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,544 
1,380 
2,044 
3,303 
4,122 
2,782 
acres 
29,203,602 
6,390,508 
5,813,443 
6,533,701 
5,435,278 
2,010,932 
Partnership 
farms 
2,150 
457 
287 
226 
215 
151 
acres 
6,174,315 
2,940,745 
1,380,487 
821,972 
437,677 
144,935 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,477 
343 
184 
145 
128 
93 
acres 
4,483,990 
2,333,065 
893,500 
560,128 
276,034 
100,100 
Corporation 
farms 
1,644 
474 
285 
192 
172 
75 
acres 
4,561,391 
2,307,749 
985,296 
625,036 
431,760 
70,592 
Family held 
farms 
1,534 
439 
278 
191 
167 
69 
acres 
4,379,824 
2,165,434 
973,061 
(D) 
(D) 
66,864 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
25 
16 
1 
2 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,509 
423 
277 
189 
165 
69 
Other than family held 
farms 
110 
35 
7 
1 
5 
6 
acres 
181,567 
142,315 
12,235 
(D) 
(D) 
3,728 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
7 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
28 
7 
1 
5 
6 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
651 
47 
19 
38 
42 
30 
acres 
3,317,771 
377,209 
154,822 
149,727 
139,676 
45,134 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,938 
1,925 
1,683 
1,717 
1,542 
751 
workers 
27,199 
8,747 
4,276 
4,049 
3,353 
1,629 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,947 
1,489 
1,019 
891 
565 
228 
workers 
10,162 
5,011 
1,671 
1,402 
753 
281 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,933 
1,222 
1,083 
1,151 
1,169 
584 
workers 
17,037 
3,736 
2,605 
2,647 
2,600 
1,348 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
22 
16 
7 
5 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,065 
756 
887 
1,311 
1,638 
1,057 
workers 
25,248 
2,031 
1,891 
2,913 
3,667 
2,391 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
12 
14 
33 
68 
80 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
33 
27 
30 
77 
73 
50 to 69 acres 
1,180 
7 
1 
2 
7 
44 
70 to 99 acres 
1,723 
7 
9 
5 
7 
102 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,470 
9 
1 
5 
38 
103 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,046 
7 
8 
15 
103 
283 
180 to 219 acres 
886 
3 
3 
9 
73 
164 
220 to 259 acres 
863 
5 
2 
14 
123 
157 
260 to 499 acres 
3,604 
28 
43 
202 
939 
853 
500 to 999 acres 
4,229 
71 
250 
1,069 
1,453 
650 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,075 
355 
921 
1,287 
863 
295 
2,000 acres or more 
5,637 
1,821 
1,356 
1,088 
800 
234 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
1,568 
1,721 
2,281 
2,405 
1,223 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
- 
- 
- 
5 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
100 
1 
6 
12 
16 
14 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
33 
70 
145 
303 
407 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,996 
33 
70 
145 
303 
407 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
336 
646 
1,083 
1,492 
1,118 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
646 
182 
92 
105 
129 
69 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
65 
31 
40 
71 
45 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
104 
30 
24 
9 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
21 
- 
6 
2 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
4 
6 
5 
36 
45 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
44 
33 
57 
82 
101 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,583 
1,500 
1,728 
2,531 
2,958 
1,952 
number 
3,893,251 
1,369,065 
823,724 
788,816 
539,158 
190,032 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,425 
8 
4 
23 
47 
77 
1 0 to 49 
3,819 
34 
73 
142 
413 
529 
50 to 99 
2,382 
60 
100 
275 
564 
709 
100 to 199 
2,538 
127 
226 
470 
970 
481 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
