Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[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) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
31,987 
10,661 
69 
45 
100 
7,994 
- 
$1,000 
7,721,279 
5,075,211 
4,766 
1,559 
5,955 
514,619 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,201 
215 
13 
4 
9 
1,230 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,927 
124 
5 
3 
7 
837 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,212 
316 
19 
13 
24 
1,343 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,534 
819 
12 
13 
34 
2,068 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,567 
1,185 
12 
9 
8 
1,223 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,734 
1,733 
3 
3 
9 
730 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,250 
2,828 
2 
- 
8 
388 
- 
$500,000 or more 
4,562 
3,441 
3 
- 
1 
175 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
26,094 
9,870 
57 
28 
83 
4,453 
_ 
number 
74,725 
36,098 
102 
35 
220 
8,447 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
25,964 
9,765 
59 
34 
67 
5,150 
_ 
number 
87,474 
42,648 
169 
67 
147 
12,035 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
8,932 
2,996 
44 
25 
48 
2,132 
- 
number 
14,223 
5,206 
85 
(D) 
61 
3,120 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
17,059 
6,097 
44 
19 
43 
3,456 
- 
number 
28,756 
10,935 
58 
30 
74 
5,185 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
17,320 
8,944 
14 
2 
12 
2,145 
- 
number 
44,495 
26,507 
26 
(D) 
12 
3,730 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
10,688 
7,776 
3 
3 
3 
650 
_ 
number 
12,858 
9,541 
3 
4 
3 
735 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,252 
713 
2 
1 
- 
353 
- 
number 
2,417 
742 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
386 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
13,647 
4,955 
16 
9 
4 
2,133 
- 
number 
16,513 
5,790 
16 
10 
6 
2,601 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
15,887 
10,170 
43 
11 
38 
1,425 
- 
acres treated 
11,331,665 
9,162,464 
616 
76 
666 
341,832 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
4,699 
2,121 
16 
3 
4 
329 
- 
acres treated 
446,380 
216,579 
29 
3 
7 
18,748 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
6,217 
4,160 
43 
14 
36 
524 
- 
acres 
3,397,964 
2,786,763 
393 
140 
493 
106,511 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
17,410 
10,395 
44 
17 
37 
2,076 
- 
acres 
14,827,322 
12,062,409 
691 
257 
666 
451,500 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
634 
496 
16 
1 
4 
25 
- 
acres 
240,615 
213,312 
127 
(D) 
16 
2,145 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,546 
1,169 
21 
9 
10 
97 
- 
acres 
1,033,389 
915,424 
(D) 
61 
60 
17,725 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
83 
35 
- 
9 
3 
18 
- 
acres on which used 
19,443 
16,818 
- 
(D) 
6 
449 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
2,105 
1,563 
1 
1 
1 
181 
_ 
acres 
390,572 
327,904 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10,886 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
2,506 
1,654 
3 
3 
5 
269 
- 
acres 
745,028 
614,162 
(D) 
(D) 
74 
24,059 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
2,534 
1,043 
5 
1 
6 
838 
- 
acres 
545,992 
242,526 
57 
(D) 
261 
115,449 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
7,462 
4,916 
9 
3 
6 
579 
- 
acres 
7,158,414 
5,926,558 
263 
6 
1,211 
203,387 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
5,017 
3,602 
4 
1 
3 
307 
- 
acres 
3,460,096 
2,894,044 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
70,441 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
8,421 
5,341 
49 
4 
30 
692 
- 
acres 
4,012,138 
3,156,723 
483 
7 
432 
111,593 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
1,369 
638 
4 
5 
6 
289 
- 
acres 
149,383 
94,181 
(D) 
85 
127 
17,748 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
703 
243 
5 
1 
8 
126 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
226 
35 
3 
1 
8 
42 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
109 
37 
1 
- 
- 
32 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
381 
171 
2 
- 
- 
61 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
6 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
170 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
