Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Dakota 
Aurora 
Beadle 
Bennett 
Bon Flomme 
Brookings 
Brown 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
94 
- 
- 
1 
2 
4 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
6 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
82 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
12,810 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
12 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
70 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
12,797 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Brule 
Buffalo 
Butte 
Campbell 
Charles Mix 
Clark 
Clay 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Codington 
Corson 
Custer 
Davison 
Day 
Deuel 
Dewey 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
7 
4 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
7 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(Z) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Douglas 
Edmunds 
Fall River 
Faulk 
Grant 
Gregory 
Haakon 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
1 
4 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
■ 
■ 
“ 
1 
■ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
1 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
480 
(D) 
520 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
480 
- 
520 
- 
- 
--continued 
472 South Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
