Table 9. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item South Dakota Aurora Beadle Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Brown 
Farms number, 2012 21,340 308 554 149 512 627 716 
2007 21,902 262 545 211 485 678 696 
acres harvested, 2012 16,392,000 245,146 524,271 130,669 253,714 284,894 748,210 
2007 15,278,709 204,221 400,360 190,866 198,410 296,896 619,940 
HARVESTED CROPLAND BY SIZE OF FARM 
2012 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres farms 200 - 7 - 7 12 9 
acres harvested 766 - 8 - 29 31 46 
10 to 49 acres farms 2,044 17 60 2 58 120 108 
acres harvested 29,809 231 973 (D) 920 1,593 1,479 
50 to 69 acres farms 500 4 4 2 4 17 27 
acres harvested 15,245 160 119 (D) 116 685 712 
70 to 99 acres farms 830 5 26 3 19 29 26 
acres harvested 40,508 134 1,244 220 1,016 1,458 1,426 
1 00 to 1 39 acres farms 709 7 23 4 21 31 10 
acres harvested 46,490 220 1,221 103 1,661 2,612 617 
1 40 to 1 79 acres farms 1,147 11 29 3 21 42 40 
acres harvested 108,636 576 2,453 304 2,379 4,073 4,161 
180 to 219 acres farms 520 7 10 - 21 14 25 
acres harvested 61,131 885 1,358 - 3,513 1,852 2,888 
220 to 259 acres farms 574 12 12 1 15 22 20 
acres harvested 84,720 1,468 1,472 (D) 2,285 2,660 2,310 
260 to 499 acres farms 2,628 53 63 13 95 107 69 
acres harvested 613,679 10,046 14,214 2,039 23,882 21,087 16,241 
500 to 999 acres farms 3,664 49 92 17 163 114 104 
acres harvested 1,761,560 19,034 44,992 5,543 90,021 55,529 46,709 
1 .000 to 1 ,999 acres farms 3,646 88 106 32 73 64 115 
acres harvested 3,240,958 68,138 100,140 26,036 79,924 70,455 128,876 
2.000 acres or more farms 4,878 55 122 72 15 55 163 
acres harvested 10,388,498 144,254 356,077 96,142 47,968 122,859 542,745 
2007 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres farms 217 1 5 - - 18 5 
acres harvested 855 (D) 14 - - 54 12 
10 to 49 acres farms 1,785 19 58 2 37 123 69 
acres harvested 27,015 276 996 (D) 522 1,633 977 
50 to 69 acres farms 431 3 7 - 4 29 7 
acres harvested 13,266 165 289 - 148 820 114 
70 to 99 acres farms 728 8 7 7 32 19 32 
acres harvested 34,149 524 147 157 1,744 756 1,254 
100 to 139 acres farms 629 4 26 3 17 41 10 
acres harvested 42,150 (D) 1,169 120 1,091 3,010 859 
140 to 179 acres farms 1,202 9 34 8 33 51 36 
acres harvested 112,442 589 2,613 842 3,557 4,629 3,765 
180 to 219 acres farms 467 6 4 3 16 18 12 
acres harvested 53,633 439 460 67 1,736 2,019 1,036 
220 to 259 acres farms 583 10 18 3 30 16 13 
acres harvested 84,403 1,340 2,631 (D) 4,514 2,267 1,118 
260 to 499 acres farms 2,950 49 55 20 92 1 08 76 
acres harvested 663,081 10,081 9,969 3,447 21,268 22,732 16,020 
500 to 999 acres farms 3,995 47 95 23 129 118 141 
acres harvested 1,785,758 18,469 41,034 7,592 63,241 57,435 60,488 
1 .000 to 1 ,999 acres farms 3,975 71 146 44 79 93 146 
acres harvested 3,283,140 50,821 111,916 29,107 72,751 95,275 134,556 
2.000 acres or more farms 4,940 35 90 98 16 44 149 
acres harvested 9,178,817 121,359 229,122 149,434 27,838 106,266 399,741 
HARVESTED CROPLAND BY ACRES HARVESTED 
2012 acres harvested: 
1 to 9 acres farms 1,114 2 32 1 30 62 45 
acres 5,535 (D) 143 (D) 165 259 217 
10 to 19 acres farms 1,145 15 19 2 24 62 64 
acres 14,909 (D) 297 (D) 357 755 839 
20 to 29 acres farms 736 10 18 1 13 26 37 
acres 16,706 210 408 (D) 288 610 800 
30to49 acres farms 1,121 15 45 5 27 39 27 
acres 41,371 519 1,736 160 969 1,469 976 
50 to 99 acres farms 1,806 21 41 15 32 57 50 
acres 127,637 1,625 2,648 1,189 2,309 3,991 3,435 
100 to 199 acres farms 2,511 38 46 15 71 107 85 
acres 351,481 5,251 6,316 1,969 10,343 14,745 11,819 
200 to 499 acres farms 4,122 63 93 25 140 98 90 
acres 1,353,753 20,308 31,535 7,396 48,829 32,326 29,840 
500 to 999 acres farms 3,926 72 110 29 114 89 93 
acres 2,784,655 49,926 79,343 21,106 80,199 60,547 65,558 
1 ,000 acres or more farms 4,859 72 150 56 61 87 225 
acres 11,695,953 167,097 401,845 98,806 110,255 170,192 634,726 
2007 acres harvested: 
1 to 9 acres farms 995 7 25 3 21 81 30 
acres 4,897 34 125 15 130 384 121 
10 to 19 acres farms 957 10 29 4 13 67 42 
acres 12,385 125 371 52 172 839 544 
20 to 29 acres farms 738 5 29 6 14 32 23 
acres 16,580 108 654 120 315 714 498 
30to49acres farms 1,112 16 24 7 19 55 31 
acres 41,711 606 885 267 762 2,065 1,157 
50 to 99 acres farms 1,790 23 30 11 60 44 55 
acres 128,573 1,570 2,133 871 4,388 3,304 3,905 
100 to 199 acres farms 2,641 31 61 26 68 100 68 
acres 373,627 4,412 8,357 3,689 9,916 14,018 9,625 
200 to 499 acres farms 4,973 71 109 46 136 117 115 
acres 1,645,395 24,073 36,385 13,996 44,485 39,045 38,865 
500 to 999 acres farms 4,339 56 133 45 115 92 135 
acres 3,075,812 38,757 95,297 32,326 79,822 68,735 92,533 
1 ,000 acres or more farms 4,357 43 105 63 39 90 197 
acres 9,979,729 134,536 256,153 139,530 58,420 167,792 472,692 
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314 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
