Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Potatoes - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sweet corn 
farms 
69 
47 
18 
4 
24 
45 
acres 
173 
73 
(D) 
(D) 
71 
101 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
4 
3 
1 
2 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
89 
59 
20 
10 
31 
58 
acres 
45 
26 
(D) 
(D) 
22 
22 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
12 
7 
1 
4 
2 
10 
acres 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
108 
91 
14 
3 
29 
79 
acres 
372 
236 
(D) 
(D) 
75 
298 
Irrigated 
farms 
30 
25 
3 
2 
9 
21 
acres 
140 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
132 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
96 
83 
11 
2 
25 
71 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
10 
7 
2 
1 
4 
6 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
37 
32 
4 
1 
17 
20 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
197 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
45 
153 
Grapes 
farms 
69 
62 
5 
2 
16 
53 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
159 
142 
(D) 
(D) 
27 
132 
Peaches, all 
farms 
7 
7 
- 
- 
1 
6 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Citrus fruit, all 
farms 
10 
4 
6 
_ 
1 
9 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
6 
6 
1 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) 
farms 
59 
45 
12 
2 
21 
38 
acres 
68 
56 
(D) 
(D) 
27 
41 
' Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
^ Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
224 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
