Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
South Dakota 
372 
- 
63 
4,485 
178 
847 
70 
108 
33 
Counties 
Aurora 
_ 
_ 
_ 
50 
_ 
11 
_ 
1 
_ 
Beadle 
2 
- 
1 
90 
3 
27 
2 
6 
- 
Bennett 
- 
- 
- 
42 
5 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Bon Homme 
1 
- 
7 
46 
6 
16 
2 
3 
1 
Brookings 
- 
- 
4 
119 
3 
23 
1 
- 
2 
Brown 
1 
- 
1 
80 
8 
14 
3 
3 
3 
Brule 
4 
- 
1 
72 
1 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Buffalo 
- 
- 
- 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Butte 
246 
- 
- 
146 
6 
28 
5 
2 
- 
Campbell 
- 
- 
3 
32 
3 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Charles Mix 
1 
_ 
2 
98 
5 
20 
1 
5 
_ 
Clark 
- 
- 
1 
55 
- 
28 
- 
- 
1 
Clay 
2 
- 
3 
20 
7 
8 
5 
- 
- 
Codington 
- 
- 
1 
71 
- 
16 
- 
- 
3 
Corson 
- 
- 
- 
73 
1 
9 
- 
2 
- 
Custer 
10 
- 
1 
106 
7 
14 
- 
6 
1 
Davison 
- 
- 
1 
27 
- 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Day 
- 
- 
1 
78 
1 
18 
1 
9 
- 
Deuel 
- 
- 
- 
88 
10 
23 
- 
1 
3 
Dewey 
- 
- 
- 
96 
- 
15 
3 
8 
- 
Douglas 
- 
- 
- 
37 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Edmunds 
- 
- 
- 
49 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Fall River 
23 
- 
- 
113 
10 
29 
1 
6 
- 
Faulk 
- 
- 
- 
55 
1 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Grant 
- 
- 
4 
73 
8 
23 
4 
- 
1 
Gregory 
- 
- 
- 
109 
1 
26 
- 
- 
- 
Haakon 
- 
- 
- 
65 
- 
14 
- 
- 
- 
Hamlin 
- 
- 
1 
61 
- 
6 
- 
5 
- 
Hand 
- 
- 
2 
79 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Hanson 
- 
- 
- 
44 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Harding 
2 
- 
- 
62 
1 
11 
- 
- 
- 
Hughes 
5 
- 
- 
51 
3 
17 
- 
4 
- 
Hutchinson 
- 
- 
2 
89 
- 
26 
- 
- 
- 
Hyde 
- 
- 
- 
39 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Jackson 
- 
- 
1 
64 
1 
9 
- 
4 
- 
Jerauld 
- 
- 
- 
47 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Jones 
- 
- 
- 
25 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Kingsbury 
- 
- 
- 
70 
1 
13 
2 
- 
- 
Lake 
- 
- 
1 
28 
5 
12 
4 
- 
1 
Lawrence 
5 
- 
- 
64 
2 
7 
2 
2 
- 
Lincoln 
_ 
_ 
2 
88 
5 
21 
1 
2 
_ 
Lyman 
3 
- 
- 
54 
4 
5 
1 
- 
1 
McCook 
1 
- 
2 
82 
5 
11 
5 
- 
- 
McPherson 
- 
- 
- 
95 
4 
14 
- 
1 
- 
Marshall 
- 
- 
2 
101 
- 
22 
12 
3 
- 
Meade 
20 
- 
1 
211 
3 
21 
1 
3 
1 
Mellette 
- 
- 
- 
62 
7 
14 
3 
- 
- 
Miner 
- 
- 
- 
52 
2 
8 
- 
- 
1 
Minnehaha 
- 
- 
3 
118 
14 
31 
2 
- 
6 
Moody 
3 
- 
- 
66 
2 
12 
2 
- 
1 
Pennington 
38 
- 
3 
124 
7 
28 
3 
5 
1 
Perkins 
- 
- 
- 
99 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Potter 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Roberts 
- 
- 
5 
91 
- 
16 
- 
9 
- 
Sanborn 
- 
- 
- 
41 
9 
9 
- 
1 
- 
Shannon 
2 
- 
- 
44 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Spink 
1 
- 
2 
73 
2 
12 
- 
4 
- 
Stanley 
- 
- 
- 
31 
- 
4 
- 
2 
- 
Sully 
2 
- 
- 
17 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Todd 
- 
- 
- 
50 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
Tripp 
- 
- 
- 
96 
- 
13 
1 
- 
- 
Turner 
- 
- 
2 
64 
6 
19 
1 
1 
1 
Union 
- 
- 
- 
35 
2 
12 
1 
- 
- 
Walworth 
- 
- 
1 
40 
1 
8 
- 
3 
3 
Yankton 
- 
- 
2 
45 
1 
6 
- 
2 
- 
Ziebach 
- 
- 
- 
49 
- 
8 
- 
1 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
South Dakota 475 
