Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
LAND USE - Con. 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
19,530 
17,010 
acres 
22,545,069 
14,863,649 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
21,040 
18,115 
acres 
1 ,270,245 
801,944 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,656 
1,248 
acres 
378,678 
225,779 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,593 
1,192 
acres 
370,081 
218,642 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
137 
121 
acres 
8,597 
7,137 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 
acres 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
acres 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
10,596 
948,040 
14,305 
15,656,546 
8,673 
700,111 
12,061 
10,854,663 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
..farms 
$1,000 
82 
12,810 
52 
8,186 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 
$1,000 
Average per farm dollars 
Average per acre dollars 
31,989 
72,967,757 
2,281,026 
1,687 
27,544 
51,028,652 
1,852,623 
1,747 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,258 
1,973 
3,597 
6,280 
4,451 
2,030 
1,789 
3,281 
5,615 
3,901 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
$10,000,000 or more 
4,121 
5,430 
2,485 
1,394 
3,650 
4,628 
1,890 
760 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
..farms 
$1,000 
31,987 
7,721,279 
27,542 
5,645,204 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 to $9,999 
$10,000 to $19,999 ... 
$20,000 to $49,999 ... 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 or more 
2,201 
1,927 
3,212 
5,534 
4,567 
4,734 
5,250 
4,562 
1,872 
1,705 
2,885 
4,951 
4,102 
4,229 
4,497 
3,301 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
...farms 
number 
26,094 
74,725 
22,674 
59,964 
Tractors, all farms 
number 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more farms 
number 
25,964 
87,474 
8,932 
14,223 
17,059 
28,756 
17,320 
44,495 
22,462 
72,635 
7,768 
12,249 
14,758 
24,585 
14,691 
35,801 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
number 
10,688 
12,858 
8,900 
10,409 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
Hay balers 
...farms 
number 
...farms 
number 
...farms 
number 
2,252 
2,417 
13,647 
16,513 
1,861 
1,993 
11,811 
14,255 
Partnership 
1,295 
2,860,730 
1,429 
149,357 
182 
70,056 
181 
69,684 
7 
372 
930 
123,384 
1,137 
2,526,180 
9 
(D) 
2,150 
10,314,544 
4,797,463 
1,671 
107 
91 
163 
341 
253 
233 
389 
258 
315 
2,150 
982,824 
177 
106 
165 
267 
217 
242 
380 
596 
1,663 
7,236 
1,704 
7,518 
589 
1,060 
1,152 
2,096 
1,280 
4,362 
858 
1,215 
204 
219 
974 
1,215 
Registered 
under 
state law 
866 
2,046,787 
962 
106,523 
118 
47,541 
117 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
682 
92,168 
763 
1 ,892,873 
4 
(D) 
1,477 
7,571,893 
5,126,535 
1,689 
68 
73 
115 
245 
173 
152 
241 
181 
229 
1,477 
725,731 
126 
65 
115 
195 
139 
177 
238 
422 
1,125 
5,037 
1,160 
5,119 
386 
712 
788 
1,441 
850 
2,966 
564 
834 
133 
145 
618 
799 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
142 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
