Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
1,348 
1,302 
1,286 
46 
45 
456 
acres 
3,935,819 
3,841,539 
3,783,813 
94,280 
(D) 
2,813,743 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
31 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
83,189 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
1,644 
1,534 
1,509 
110 
102 
- 
acres 
4,561,391 
4,379,824 
4,279,643 
181,567 
(D) 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,534 
1,534 
1,509 
- 
- 
acres 
4,379,824 
4,379,824 
4,279,643 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
25 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,509 
1,509 
1,509 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
110 
_ 
_ 
110 
102 
_ 
acres 
181,567 
- 
- 
181,567 
(D) 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
8 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
- 
- 
102 
102 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
651 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,317,771 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,034 
986 
975 
48 
42 
167 
workers 
4,542 
4,182 
4,014 
360 
234 
813 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
827 
791 
782 
36 
30 
94 
workers 
2,640 
2,404 
2,295 
236 
140 
268 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
580 
552 
544 
28 
25 
115 
workers 
1,902 
1,778 
1,719 
124 
94 
545 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
14 
14 
2 
2 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
522 
488 
476 
34 
32 
175 
workers 
1,336 
1,120 
1,041 
216 
(D) 
569 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
46 
45 
45 
1 
1 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
140 
122 
122 
18 
14 
101 
50 to 69 acres 
36 
34 
33 
2 
2 
30 
70 to 99 acres 
40 
35 
35 
5 
5 
44 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
40 
34 
33 
6 
5 
44 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
68 
58 
57 
10 
10 
66 
180 to 219 acres 
36 
33 
32 
3 
2 
12 
220 to 259 acres 
27 
26 
26 
1 
1 
23 
260 to 499 acres 
127 
112 
107 
15 
15 
51 
500 to 999 acres 
123 
105 
103 
18 
17 
48 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
251 
245 
244 
6 
6 
49 
2,000 acres or more 
710 
685 
672 
25 
24 
170 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
741 
715 
708 
26 
26 
97 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
11 
9 
9 
2 
2 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
32 
29 
29 
3 
3 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
329 
280 
277 
49 
48 
347 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
329 
280 
277 
49 
48 
347 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
296 
294 
292 
2 
2 
74 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
54 
52 
52 
2 
2 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
31 
31 
27 
- 
- 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
27 
16 
15 
11 
5 
14 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
8 
4 
4 
4 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
5 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
100 
90 
86 
10 
9 
97 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
751 
729 
715 
22 
22 
123 
number 
470,572 
453,964 
444,602 
16,608 
16,608 
56,716 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
19 
18 
18 
1 
1 
5 
1 0 to 49 
61 
61 
61 
- 
- 
33 
50 to 99 
67 
59 
58 
8 
8 
15 
100 to 199 
101 
101 
99 
- 
- 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data South Dakota 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
