Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
15,744 
12,486 
2,681 
18,072 
12,839 
acres 
40,934,161 
11,138,007 
27,004,489 
2,791,665 
20,816,440 
20,117,721 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
944 
604 
292 
48 
409 
535 
acres 
1,832,507 
551,612 
1,117,294 
163,601 
650,452 
1,182,055 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
27,544 
14,135 
10,997 
2,412 
16,676 
10,868 
acres 
29,203,602 
7,063,631 
20,122,755 
2,017,216 
16,176,705 
13,026,897 
Partnership 
farms 
2,150 
1,061 
928 
161 
710 
1,440 
acres 
6,174,315 
1,405,933 
4,370,060 
398,322 
1,126,647 
5,047,668 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,477 
778 
586 
113 
510 
967 
acres 
4,483,990 
1,117,314 
3,010,966 
355,710 
835,252 
3,648,738 
Corporation 
farms 
1,644 
717 
760 
167 
718 
926 
acres 
4,561,391 
993,505 
3,231,620 
336,266 
1,508,129 
3,053,262 
Family held 
farms 
1,534 
643 
734 
157 
659 
875 
acres 
4,379,824 
916,116 
3,143,517 
320,191 
1 ,401 ,530 
2,978,294 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
25 
12 
11 
2 
10 
15 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,509 
631 
723 
155 
649 
860 
Other than family held 
farms 
110 
74 
26 
10 
59 
51 
acres 
181,567 
77,389 
88,103 
16,075 
106,599 
74,968 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
7 
1 
- 
4 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
102 
67 
25 
10 
55 
47 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
651 
500 
117 
34 
436 
215 
acres 
3,317,771 
2,501,973 
625,664 
190,134 
2,632,842 
684,929 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
9,938 
3,288 
5,859 
791 
5,209 
4,729 
workers 
27,199 
9,306 
15,706 
2,187 
12,725 
14,474 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
4,947 
1,501 
3,040 
406 
2,350 
2,597 
workers 
10,162 
3,239 
6,159 
764 
3,962 
6,200 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
6,933 
2,260 
4,128 
545 
3,715 
3,218 
workers 
17,037 
6,067 
9,547 
1,423 
8,763 
8,274 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
66 
33 
26 
7 
28 
38 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
9 
8 
1 
- 
3 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,065 
5,548 
4,597 
920 
5,217 
5,848 
workers 
25,248 
12,589 
10,523 
2,136 
10,738 
14,510 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,300 
1,214 
14 
72 
681 
619 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,976 
4,353 
344 
279 
2,694 
2,282 
50 to 69 acres 
1,180 
952 
156 
72 
640 
540 
70 to 99 acres 
1,723 
1,348 
209 
166 
1,062 
661 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,470 
1,032 
228 
210 
887 
583 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,046 
1,494 
272 
280 
1,369 
677 
180 to 219 acres 
886 
511 
257 
118 
554 
332 
220 to 259 acres 
863 
517 
246 
100 
548 
315 
260 to 499 acres 
3,604 
1,830 
1,397 
377 
2,363 
1,241 
500 to 999 acres 
4,229 
1,212 
2,588 
429 
2,743 
1,486 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,075 
745 
3,030 
300 
2,386 
1,689 
2,000 acres or more 
5,637 
1,205 
4,061 
371 
2,613 
3,024 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
10,661 
2,649 
6,775 
1,237 
6,625 
4,036 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
69 
53 
11 
5 
30 
39 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
45 
40 
2 
3 
16 
29 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
100 
81 
8 
11 
34 
66 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,996 
6,558 
1,161 
277 
5,170 
2,826 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,996 
6,558 
1,161 
277 
5,170 
2,826 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,288 
3,752 
3,637 
899 
4,455 
3,833 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
646 
192 
388 
66 
349 
297 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
276 
128 
132 
16 
150 
126 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
223 
118 
94 
11 
109 
114 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
186 
160 
17 
9 
62 
124 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
690 
499 
125 
66 
324 
366 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,809 
2,183 
452 
174 
1,216 
1,593 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,583 
5,619 
8,472 
1,492 
8,439 
7,144 
number 
3,893,251 
905,331 
2,715,249 
272,671 
1 ,830,058 
2,063,193 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,425 
1,012 
275 
138 
709 
716 
1 0 to 49 
3,819 
2,007 
1,323 
489 
2,272 
1,547 
50 to 99 
2,382 
807 
1,313 
262 
1,386 
996 
100 to 199 
2,538 
693 
1,602 
243 
1,427 
1,111 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
220 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
