Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Dakota 
Aurora 
Beadle 
Bennett 
Bon Homme 
Brookings 
Brown 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,340 
308 
554 
149 
512 
627 
716 
acres 
16,392,000 
245,146 
524,271 
130,669 
253,714 
284,894 
748,210 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,593 
1 
47 
26 
27 
66 
25 
acres 
370,081 
(D) 
10,620 
6,143 
6,625 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
149 
2 
- 
1 
1 
8 
8 
acres 
23,131 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
101 
600 
bushels 
781,289 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4,385 
19,024 
Irrigated 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
234 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
54 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
12,260 
216 
364 
45 
322 
358 
462 
acres 
5,289,110 
81,059 
206,287 
19,235 
81,875 
118,295 
350,820 
bushels 
480,330,680 
4,559,729 
17,807,493 
956,237 
2,435,774 
15,790,641 
47,899,190 
Irrigated 
farms 
825 
1 
29 
18 
22 
50 
14 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
185,915 
(D) 
5,959 
3,846 
3,426 
9,588 
4,027 
1 to 24 acres 
698 
7 
12 
3 
18 
32 
31 
25 to 99 acres 
2,382 
42 
57 
2 
92 
98 
48 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,220 
80 
83 
18 
97 
80 
97 
250 to 499 acres 
2,691 
40 
95 
8 
77 
77 
84 
500 to 999 acres 
1,982 
32 
73 
6 
33 
37 
99 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1,287 
15 
44 
8 
5 
34 
103 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4,499 
108 
145 
24 
203 
124 
53 
acres 
592,643 
10,930 
21,581 
6,599 
32,392 
12,876 
9,363 
tons 
5,127,364 
93,909 
214,440 
39,380 
150,469 
176,746 
62,387 
Irrigated 
farms 
121 
- 
2 
4 
1 
5 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 1 ,828 
■ 
(D) 
132 
(D) 
579 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
561 
12 
14 
4 
14 
31 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
2,143 
57 
68 
3 
101 
60 
31 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,243 
33 
42 
8 
56 
20 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
359 
3 
11 
3 
23 
7 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
149 
3 
8 
6 
5 
5 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
44 
- 
2 
- 
4 
1 
2 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
44 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
8 
acres 
13,908 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,777 
cwt 
206,977 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
27,963 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,328 
” 
" 
(D) 
" 
■ 
” 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
1 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
14,695 
252 
385 
124 
379 
442 
381 
acres 
2,615,189 
42,247 
55,033 
53,607 
29,152 
32,496 
38,675 
tons, dry equivalent 
3,644,438 
70,459 
99,423 
53,963 
46,469 
73,458 
64,103 
Irrigated 
farms 
669 
1 
15 
17 
9 
6 
10 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
65,001 
(D) 
756 
2,110 
839 
452 
394 
1 to 24 acres 
3,176 
31 
61 
8 
99 
153 
141 
25 to 99 acres 
4,928 
100 
152 
18 
180 
178 
110 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,537 
62 
108 
27 
86 
91 
95 
250 to 499 acres 
1,785 
45 
48 
34 
11 
17 
23 
500 to 999 acres 
874 
10 
14 
23 
3 
2 
9 
1 ,000 acres or more 
395 
4 
2 
14 
- 
1 
3 
Oats for grain 
farms 
953 
11 
6 
1 
15 
46 
18 
acres 
69,957 
886 
340 
(D) 
404 
2,168 
936 
bushels 
4,525,084 
59,748 
27,071 
(D) 
24,960 
186,109 
65,185 
Irrigated 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,312 
■ 
“ 
“ 
■ 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
308 
3 
1 
- 
8 
20 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
418 
5 
4 
- 
7 
20 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
170 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
48 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
420 
8 
3 
5 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
137,310 
1,651 
200 
850 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
5,825,203 
122,236 
9,868 
22,426 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
■ 
“ 
■ 
” 
1 to 24 acres 
41 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
85 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
125 
2 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
96 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
52 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
10,977 
205 
348 
_ 
390 
328 
420 
acres 
4,714,204 
84,843 
210,397 
- 
102,413 
110,984 
318,992 
bushels 
130,534,273 
1,707,804 
5,007,891 
- 
1,255,939 
4,034,294 
11,649,110 
Irrigated 
farms 
484 
- 
25 
- 
14 
34 
9 
acres 
89,333 
- 
3,803 
- 
2,360 
5,958 
1,990 
--continued 
390 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
