Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
McCook 
McPherson 
Marshall 
Meade 
Mellette 
Miner 
Minnehaha 
Moody 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
408 
273 
305 
452 
165 
314 
803 
322 
acres 
283,917 
250,129 
244,726 
189,818 
93,712 
199,591 
308,506 
194,638 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
8 
9 
43 
8 
7 
29 
25 
acres 
(D) 
1,266 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,695 
3,227 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
11 
- 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
2,259 
- 
418 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
64,515 
- 
5,503 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
299 
139 
190 
23 
21 
224 
491 
228 
acres 
136,837 
58,682 
96,276 
3,463 
2,956 
84,146 
144,036 
109,767 
bushels 
9,049,099 
5,549,087 
14,648,214 
101,169 
107,247 
6,562,519 
15,455,732 
15,017,344 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
7 
2 
4 
- 
1 
14 
14 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
1,004 
(D) 
232 
■ 
(D) 
1,292 
2,449 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
9 
8 
10 
- 
16 
45 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
46 
37 
27 
6 
11 
45 
102 
39 
1 00 to 249 acres 
87 
34 
49 
5 
6 
50 
140 
68 
250 to 499 acres 
59 
24 
36 
- 
3 
66 
117 
52 
500 to 999 acres 
64 
18 
47 
1 
1 
33 
63 
26 
1 ,000 acres or more 
34 
17 
23 
1 
- 
14 
24 
30 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
127 
68 
70 
20 
16 
80 
147 
58 
acres 
14,356 
13,970 
10,655 
3,391 
2,429 
6,538 
12,321 
4,626 
tons 
130,344 
129,569 
153,379 
22,867 
20,117 
59,980 
130,198 
75,432 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
" 
570 
" 
“ 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
18 
4 
6 
2 
- 
10 
34 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
77 
18 
27 
9 
4 
48 
75 
30 
1 00 to 249 acres 
22 
35 
25 
7 
11 
19 
29 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
3 
7 
- 
1 
2 
5 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
6 
4 
2 
- 
1 
3 
2 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
233 
224 
219 
430 
146 
227 
475 
183 
acres 
13,374 
66,535 
36,163 
112,514 
52,004 
20,200 
23,086 
9,760 
tons, dry equivalent 
26,310 
90,090 
72,956 
85,483 
40,853 
40,929 
60,721 
27,242 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
5 
- 
38 
2 
- 
1 
8 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
320 
“ 
3,360 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
432 
1 to 24 acres 
104 
19 
29 
58 
6 
49 
226 
84 
25 to 99 acres 
93 
41 
74 
127 
21 
108 
181 
68 
1 00 to 249 acres 
27 
63 
72 
97 
38 
55 
64 
29 
250 to 499 acres 
7 
52 
35 
74 
44 
11 
2 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
42 
3 
49 
28 
4 
1 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
7 
6 
25 
9 
- 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
17 
30 
5 
11 
7 
17 
31 
4 
acres 
769 
2,098 
256 
406 
642 
791 
1,351 
44 
bushels 
53,092 
123,441 
22,280 
15,472 
38,604 
54,398 
86,621 
2,626 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
8 
2 
2 
- 
4 
15 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
15 
2 
8 
5 
11 
13 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
5 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
24 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
354 
3,249 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
17,323 
114,795 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
293 
117 
181 
3 
1 
197 
468 
181 
acres 
117,680 
62,302 
93,042 
292 
(D) 
79,859 
126,808 
70,127 
bushels 
2,750,273 
1,792,816 
3,473,674 
2,863 
(D) 
2,211,076 
4,431,739 
2,861,278 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
6 
5 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
319 
284 
--continued 
396 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
