Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
561 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,834 
1,678 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,493 
1,335 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
2,725 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,819 
2,453 
$50,000 or more 
10,862 
8,734 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
11,287 
10,058 
Average net loss 
dollars 
43,069 
38,609 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
653 
584 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,320 
2,109 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,846 
1,699 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,768 
2,515 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,600 
1,423 
$50,000 or more 
2,100 
1,728 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
312 
228 
$1,000 
34,716 
22,682 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income frem farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,242 
17,343 
$1,000 
939,643 
691,382 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,757 
2,319 
$1,000 
55,855 
40,998 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
9,028 
7,569 
$1,000 
236,345 
164,029 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
46 
40 
$1,000 
217 
(D) 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
606 
447 
$1,000 
12,400 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
12,180 
10,536 
$1,000 
35,715 
25,067 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,486 
5,592 
$1,000 
567,390 
437,383 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
426 
362 
$1,000 
2,932 
2,576 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,131 
971 
$1,000 
28,414 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
26,422 
22,513 
acres 
19,147,320 
13,362,716 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,340 
18,377 
acres 
16,392,000 
11,390,501 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,116 
3,777 
50 to 99 acres 
1,806 
1,631 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,511 
2,276 
200 to 499 acres 
4,122 
3,719 
500 to 999 acres 
3,926 
3,542 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,854 
2,273 
2,000 acres or more 
2,005 
1,159 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,846 
1,599 
acres 
518,702 
381,917 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
3,132 
2,531 
acres 
777,767 
542,860 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,033 
8,207 
acres 
1,190,695 
864,760 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,114 
912 
acres 
268,156 
182,678 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,911 
3,292 
acres 
294,445 
175,293 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,195 
1,039 
acres 
180,751 
105,074 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,946 
2,449 
acres 
113,694 
70,219 
Partnership 
36 
90 
67 
180 
192 
1,046 
539 
72,968 
23 
98 
58 
108 
93 
159 
40 
4,398 
1,413 
114,718 
232 
7,021 
681 
23,520 
78 
(D) 
799 
4,691 
462 
65,757 
41 
209 
69 
(D) 
1,915 
3,139,583 
1,471 
2,713,809 
162 
80 
129 
217 
204 
253 
426 
135 
66,205 
300 
132,554 
859 
158,541 
121 
68,474 
287 
24,645 
80 
12,607 
226 
12,038 
Registered 
under 
state law 
33 
61 
51 
117 
111 
732 
372 
85,504 
19 
61 
41 
87 
52 
112 
32 
3,718 
974 
89,897 
135 
4,646 
500 
19,737 
54 
(D) 
512 
3,634 
309 
48,867 
22 
100 
50 
(D) 
1,303 
2,312,166 
972 
2,015,391 
104 
49 
97 
127 
124 
174 
297 
94 
44,194 
211 
87,263 
631 
1 1 1 ,237 
82 
54,081 
205 
18,514 
58 
9,655 
161 
8,859 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
140 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
