Table 40. Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Seuth Dakota 
Aurora 
Beadle 
Bennett 
Bon Homme 
Brookings 
Brown 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms, 2012 
31,987 
442 
754 
219 
671 
1,023 
1,056 
2007 
31,141 
379 
750 
265 
563 
986 
1,034 
$1,000, 2012 
7,721,279 
100,054 
222,749 
43,441 
127,140 
200,306 
336,539 
2007 
4,847,160 
54,735 
139,408 
42,991 
71,065 
132,616 
220,667 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
241,388 
226,366 
295,424 
198,361 
189,478 
195,802 
318,693 
2007 
155,652 
144,420 
185,877 
162,231 
126,226 
134,499 
213,411 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $9,999 
2012 
4,128 
58 
72 
26 
80 
134 
175 
2007 
4,130 
51 
94 
13 
62 
175 
187 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2012 
3,212 
44 
62 
21 
69 
146 
136 
2007 
3,361 
46 
73 
19 
41 
121 
101 
$20,000 to $29,999 
2012 
2,393 
34 
47 
5 
28 
113 
67 
2007 
2,623 
43 
61 
37 
48 
98 
100 
$30,000 to $49,999 
2012 
3,141 
38 
103 
25 
66 
115 
73 
2007 
3,379 
47 
56 
26 
60 
119 
89 
$50,000 to $69,999 
2012 
2,499 
28 
46 
15 
66 
97 
77 
2007 
2,672 
33 
54 
27 
57 
74 
66 
$70,000 to $99,999 
2012 
2,068 
15 
36 
11 
39 
45 
71 
2007 
2,252 
23 
62 
23 
48 
55 
57 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2012 
4,734 
69 
121 
38 
115 
153 
129 
2007 
5,234 
55 
137 
55 
129 
140 
150 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2012 
5,250 
104 
120 
59 
143 
92 
140 
2007 
5,194 
62 
142 
46 
96 
142 
172 
$500,000 or more 
2012 
4,562 
52 
147 
19 
65 
128 
188 
2007 
2,296 
19 
71 
19 
22 
62 
112 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms, 2012 
26,094 
384 
593 
191 
531 
817 
796 
2007 
26,724 
319 
670 
229 
493 
819 
843 
number, 2012 
74,725 
1,046 
1,748 
568 
1,203 
1,966 
2,414 
2007 
72,142 
799 
1,814 
720 
1,072 
2,043 
2,329 
Tractors 
farms, 2012 
25,964 
376 
633 
172 
551 
831 
790 
2007 
27,267 
327 
653 
230 
525 
855 
880 
number, 2012 
87,474 
1,304 
2,028 
609 
1,844 
2,764 
2,490 
2007 
89,306 
1,028 
2,032 
820 
1,799 
2,820 
2,642 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
8,932 
117 
201 
53 
165 
332 
263 
2007 
10,265 
104 
223 
90 
174 
396 
371 
number, 2012 
14,223 
188 
289 
89 
286 
516 
409 
2007 
16,309 
165 
336 
158 
288 
657 
543 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
17,059 
276 
394 
115 
385 
577 
407 
2007 
18,797 
229 
415 
141 
389 
600 
518 
number, 2012 
28,756 
467 
662 
201 
654 
1,053 
626 
2007 
32,491 
427 
673 
251 
722 
1,039 
802 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms, 2012 
17,320 
240 
402 
129 
395 
448 
577 
2007 
17,683 
201 
445 
176 
357 
517 
563 
number, 2012 
44,495 
649 
1,077 
319 
904 
1,195 
1,455 
2007 
40,506 
436 
1,023 
411 
789 
1,124 
1,297 
Grain and bean cembines, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
10,688 
164 
284 
58 
300 
280 
329 
2007 
10,269 
119 
272 
68 
277 
296 
320 
number, 2012 
12,858 
181 
354 
73 
338 
338 
419 
2007 
12,320 
143 
316 
99 
327 
338 
396 
Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
2,252 
38 
53 
18 
74 
62 
49 
2007 
2,245 
27 
49 
27 
84 
44 
50 
number, 2012 
2,417 
38 
57 
19 
76 
64 
52 
2007 
2,355 
27 
50 
29 
86 
45 
51 
Hay balers 
farms, 2012 
13,647 
205 
297 
124 
288 
313 
352 
2007 
13,651 
151 
342 
156 
293 
348 
353 
number, 2012 
16,513 
222 
345 
147 
344 
400 
425 
2007 
15,876 
159 
378 
175 
340 
431 
416 
2012 INVENTORY 
Manufactured 2008 to 2012: 
Trucks, including pickups 
farms 
8,946 
138 
259 
79 
164 
220 
368 
number 
12,459 
152 
438 
118 
194 
280 
577 
Tractors 
farms 
6,358 
105 
180 
40 
109 
192 
262 
number 
10,602 
180 
355 
69 
162 
331 
488 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
746 
2 
11 
9 
6 
26 
31 
number 
859 
(D) 
18 
9 
6 
28 
37 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
1,562 
40 
56 
5 
29 
61 
40 
number 
1,830 
(D) 
63 
11 
34 
90 
43 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
4,932 
85 
148 
33 
87 
125 
229 
number 
7,913 
134 
274 
49 
122 
213 
408 
Grain and bean combines 
farms 
2,440 
21 
72 
5 
28 
52 
144 
number 
2,813 
29 
77 
6 
33 
56 
171 
Cotton pickers and strippers 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters self-propelled 
farms 
328 
7 
2 
4 
11 
14 
12 
number 
347 
7 
(D) 
5 
11 
14 
12 
Hay balers 
farms 
2,654 
48 
84 
50 
48 
63 
78 
number 
2,802 
48 
91 
53 
49 
66 
84 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
South Dakota 455 
