Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
McCook 
McPherson 
Marshall 
Meade 
Mellette 
Miner 
Minnehaha 
Moody 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland 
... farms, 2012 
217 
178 
303 
315 
88 
261 
321 
228 
2007 
172 
192 
271 
267 
79 
138 
267 
162 
acres, 2012 
13,648 
24,294 
64,997 
131,589 
21,038 
25,832 
12,523 
13,264 
2007 
13,458 
(D) 
77,984 
139,090 
21,092 
19,039 
13,320 
13,683 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed 
... farms, 2012 
196 
160 
285 
69 
41 
238 
287 
217 
2007 
125 
165 
205 
77 
27 
111 
197 
145 
acres, 2012 
10,768 
21,590 
56,631 
33,461 
3,523 
22,067 
10,292 
12,643 
2007 
9,495 
45,059 
51,172 
73,593 
4,196 
16,445 
11,014 
12,489 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
... farms, 2012 
23 
15 
28 
229 
41 
33 
36 
12 
2007 
56 
28 
95 
124 
27 
27 
65 
17 
acres, 2012 
2,643 
1,413 
6,656 
73,752 
13,562 
3,193 
2,208 
360 
2007 
2,331 
(D) 
22,859 
24,780 
4,700 
1,882 
1,863 
480 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow 
...farms, 2012 
15 
12 
7 
85 
18 
9 
4 
6 
2007 
23 
29 
21 
125 
36 
13 
16 
11 
acres, 2012 
237 
1,291 
1,710 
24,376 
3,953 
572 
23 
261 
2007 
1,632 
5,322 
3,953 
40,717 
12,196 
712 
443 
714 
Total woodland 
... farms, 2012 
75 
31 
73 
72 
9 
74 
213 
49 
2007 
65 
26 
44 
85 
23 
51 
162 
68 
acres, 2012 
2,323 
961 
3,535 
5,802 
2,156 
1,082 
2,687 
430 
2007 
1,048 
476 
2,921 
14,458 
5,077 
1,216 
2,377 
979 
Woodland pastured 
... farms, 2012 
26 
_ 
10 
38 
5 
13 
58 
10 
2007 
24 
4 
15 
55 
15 
8 
60 
26 
acres, 2012 
1,585 
- 
832 
4,001 
1,816 
172 
822 
34 
2007 
342 
(D) 
1,554 
1 1 ,536 
4,626 
124 
1,184 
272 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms, 2012 
57 
31 
66 
42 
6 
61 
161 
41 
2007 
42 
23 
34 
39 
8 
46 
116 
48 
acres, 2012 
738 
961 
2,703 
1,801 
340 
910 
1,865 
396 
2007 
706 
(D) 
1,367 
2,922 
451 
1,092 
1,193 
707 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) 
... farms, 2012 
343 
281 
265 
728 
203 
262 
613 
248 
2007 
327 
249 
327 
715 
195 
217 
638 
306 
acres, 2012 
46,744 
268,369 
181,872 
1,628,961 
567,593 
105,319 
61,102 
33,311 
2007 
51,998 
247,968 
175,335 
1 ,628,973 
591,260 
83,568 
69,998 
40,727 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc 
... farms, 2012 
402 
257 
346 
545 
124 
323 
840 
362 
2007 
365 
198 
314 
445 
110 
226 
799 
356 
acres, 2012 
14,293 
16,680 
30,843 
47,961 
1 1 ,590 
19,427 
21,721 
1 1 ,882 
2007 
21,205 
19,451 
27,679 
45,051 
6,167 
13,546 
22,639 
16,206 
Pastureland, all types 
... farms, 2012 
357 
287 
281 
747 
205 
272 
662 
260 
2007 
388 
269 
374 
785 
204 
249 
740 
356 
acres, 2012 
50,294 
280,725 
188,949 
1,661,384 
572,104 
111,551 
63,281 
34,211 
2007 
68,488 
269,949 
205,891 
1,702,454 
612,377 
105,804 
79,682 
48,170 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs 
... farms, 2012 
202 
161 
296 
57 
44 
239 
337 
231 
2007 
208 
213 
316 
84 
33 
164 
315 
287 
acres, 2012 
7,636 
16,768 
42,845 
17,709 
1,050 
19,304 
8,522 
1 1 ,873 
2007 
12,188 
48,892 
57,627 
69,443 
2,580 
20,853 
14,141 
20,240 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs 
... farms, 2012 
289 
183 
202 
216 
107 
204 
466 
222 
2007 
292 
157 
202 
341 
116 
155 
476 
229 
acres, 2012 
257,506 
187,317 
224,735 
328,539 
120,382 
169,044 
245,447 
162,698 
2007 
215,261 
143,032 
208,697 
577,566 
185,754 
133,360 
241,997 
162,014 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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