Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
15,887 
13,480 
1,172 
779 
acres treated 
11,331,665 
7,867,652 
1,793,251 
1,370,969 
Manure used 
farms 
4,699 
4,005 
330 
220 
acres treated 
446,380 
309,285 
52,762 
43,939 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
6,217 
5,066 
554 
401 
acres 
3,397,964 
2,187,361 
705,417 
564,258 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
17,410 
14,794 
1,287 
857 
acres 
14,827,322 
10,117,045 
2,504,986 
1,882,480 
Nematodes 
farms 
634 
541 
44 
33 
acres 
240,615 
177,752 
36,530 
28,523 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,546 
1,192 
188 
130 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1,033,389 
530,502 
333,445 
276,334 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
83 
59 
7 
3 
acres on which used 
19,443 
14,310 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2,105 
1,761 
146 
100 
acres 
390,572 
290,680 
36,014 
24,666 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2,506 
2,126 
162 
104 
acres 
745,028 
551,574 
70,023 
51,052 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,534 
2,124 
190 
135 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
545,992 
407,294 
44,941 
34,707 
used 
farms 
7,462 
6,085 
701 
493 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7,158,414 
4,574,754 
1,492,368 
1,196,383 
used 
farms 
5,017 
4,210 
411 
243 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,460,096 
2,420,883 
550,758 
360,624 
practices were used 
farms 
8,421 
7,342 
544 
354 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
4,012,138 
2,986,921 
506,040 
351,956 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,369 
1,098 
118 
85 
acres 
149,383 
104,243 
20,270 
16,174 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
703 
600 
47 
28 
Solar panels 
farms 
226 
192 
21 
12 
Wind turbines 
farms 
109 
83 
12 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
381 
337 
14 
12 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
6 
4 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
11 
9 
1 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
216 
21 
11 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,413 
14,135 
1,061 
778 
Part owners 
farms 
12,802 
10,997 
928 
586 
Tenants 
farms 
2,774 
2,412 
161 
113 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
29,445 
25,332 
2,005 
1,376 
acres 
32,536,437 
19,403,407 
4,187,159 
3,090,514 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
29,215 
25,132 
1,989 
1,364 
acres 
26,207,242 
16,748,573 
3,688,791 
2,670,841 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
15,696 
13,502 
1,105 
708 
acres 
17,286,252 
12,591,936 
2,564,125 
1,876,723 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
15,576 
13,409 
1,089 
699 
acres 
17,049,837 
12,455,029 
2,485,524 
1,813,149 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
8,474 
7,116 
623 
454 
acres 
6,565,610 
2,791,741 
576,969 
483,247 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
48,987 
40,469 
4,222 
2,907 
1 operator 
18,540 
16,676 
710 
510 
2 operators 
11,017 
9,334 
985 
649 
3 operators 
1,865 
1,224 
342 
230 
4 operators 
385 
216 
85 
65 
5 or more operators 
182 
94 
28 
23 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
12,640 
11,000 
690 
489 
1 operator 
11,106 
9,872 
533 
387 
2 operators 
555 
411 
74 
48 
3 operators 
35 
30 
3 
2 
4 operators 
11 
9 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
41 
30 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
