Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
31,989 
10,661 
69 
45 
7,996 
_ 
percent 
100.0 
33.3 
0.2 
0.1 
0.3 
25.0 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,257,079 
17,535,634 
4,571 
3,018 
5,096 
4,156,014 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,352 
1,645 
66 
67 
51 
520 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
31,989 
10,661 
69 
45 
100 
7,996 
_ 
$1,000 
10,454,024 
5,958,363 
1,761 
832 
14,329 
284,866 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
326,801 
558,893 
25,522 
18,490 
143,290 
35,626 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,838 
16 
1 
12 
1 
1,112 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,931 
51 
10 
8 
3 
1,244 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,182 
93 
17 
5 
3 
1,312 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,643 
204 
13 
12 
5 
1,424 
- 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
3,536 
433 
10 
2 
22 
1,417 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,518 
666 
7 
3 
17 
529 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,038 
1,223 
6 
1 
14 
407 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
4,551 
2,405 
5 
1 
16 
303 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,759 
2,281 
- 
1 
12 
145 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,635 
1,721 
_ 
_ 
6 
70 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,358 
1,568 
- 
- 
1 
33 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,748 
1,243 
- 
- 
1 
31 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
403 
259 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
207 
66 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
31,989 
10,661 
69 
45 
100 
7,996 
_ 
$1,000 
10,170,227 
5,796,720 
1,622 
789 
14,264 
234,739 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
14,961 
10,658 
6 
2 
10 
831 
- 
$1,000 
5,809,792 
5,121,978 
82 
(D) 
(D) 
76,092 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11,059 
8,855 
- 
367 
- 
$1,000 
5,729,232 
5,080,631 
- 
- 
- 
67,456 
- 
Corn 
farms 
12,894 
9,502 
4 
- 
2 
632 
- 
$1,000 
3,063,457 
2,693,528 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
35,610 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8,433 
7,053 
- 
182 
- 
$1,000 
2,973,334 
2,637,743 
- 
- 
- 
27,625 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
4,800 
3,366 
2 
- 
1 
308 
- 
$1,000 
755,870 
649,403 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
15,743 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,742 
2,173 
- 
102 
- 
$1,000 
709,038 
620,678 
- 
- 
- 
12,087 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
10,960 
8,661 
3 
2 
7 
392 
- 
$1,000 
1,692,677 
1,512,430 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
17,656 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6,832 
5,946 
- 
106 
- 
$1,000 
1,597,736 
1,445,600 
- 
- 
- 
12,188 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
526 
306 
- 
- 
- 
44 
- 
$1,000 
39,738 
32,132 
- 
- 
- 
1,626 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
219 
176 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
$1,000 
33,672 
29,361 
- 
- 
- 
1,119 
- 
Barley 
farms 
147 
65 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
$1,000 
3,844 
2,766 
- 
- 
- 
352 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
20 
15 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
$1,000 
2,289 
1,951 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds. 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
2,088 
1,380 
- 
- 
1 
184 
- 
$1,000 
254,206 
231,719 
- 
- 
(D) 
5,104 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
863 
752 
- 
- 
28 
- 
$1,000 
236,339 
220,476 
- 
- 
- 
3,350 
- 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes. 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
177 
13 
69 
4 
23 
26 
- 
$1,000 
2,186 
(D) 
1,285 
(D) 
178 
239 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
9 
1 
5 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
961 
(D) 
670 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
86 
8 
8 
36 
7 
24 
_ 
$1,000 
887 
(D) 
(D) 
722 
13 
47 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
524 
- 
- 
524 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
66 
2 
6 
34 
3 
18 
- 
$1,000 
810 
(D) 
35 
(D) 
5 
33 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
26 
6 
4 
2 
5 
8 
- 
$1,000 
76 
51 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
15 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
158 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
