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 
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 
27,544 
1,563 
1,047 
acres 
40,934,161 
29,203,602 
4,980,997 
3,506,335 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
944 
462 
451 
409 
acres 
1,832,507 
820,887 
928,431 
866,208 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,544 
27,544 
_ 
_ 
acres 
29,203,602 
29,203,602 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,150 
- 
2,150 
1,477 
acres 
6,174,315 
- 
6,174,315 
4,483,990 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,477 
- 
1,477 
1,477 
acres 
4,483,990 
- 
4,483,990 
4,483,990 
Corporation 
farms 
1,644 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,561,391 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,534 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,379,824 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,509 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
110 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
181,567 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
651 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3,317,771 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,938 
7,688 
1,049 
737 
workers 
27,199 
18,020 
3,824 
2,941 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,947 
3,323 
703 
506 
workers 
10,162 
5,163 
2,091 
1,708 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,933 
5,585 
653 
450 
workers 
17,037 
12,857 
1,733 
1,233 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
33 
16 
15 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
9 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,065 
9,603 
765 
526 
workers 
25,248 
21,455 
1,888 
1,307 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
1,194 
47 
32 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
4,554 
181 
129 
50 to 69 acres 
1,180 
1,060 
54 
43 
70 to 99 acres 
1,723 
1,570 
69 
51 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,470 
1,303 
83 
46 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,046 
1,778 
134 
106 
180 to 219 acres 
886 
788 
50 
37 
220 to 259 acres 
863 
757 
56 
34 
260 to 499 acres 
3,604 
3,248 
178 
119 
500 to 999 acres 
4,229 
3,823 
235 
169 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,075 
3,503 
272 
165 
2,000 acres or more 
5,637 
3,966 
791 
546 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
9,047 
776 
513 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
63 
2 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
29 
4 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
100 
62 
4 
4 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
6,710 
610 
434 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
7,996 
6,710 
610 
434 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
7,409 
509 
337 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
646 
533 
53 
45 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
209 
34 
32 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
160 
22 
15 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
159 
10 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
663 
14 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
2,500 
112 
81 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,583 
13,634 
1,075 
727 
number 
3,893,251 
2,777,478 
588,485 
457,512 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,425 
1,362 
39 
35 
1 0 to 49 
3,819 
3,586 
139 
89 
50 to 99 
2,382 
2,201 
99 
65 
100 to 199 
2,538 
2,263 
158 
89 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
