Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sully 
Todd 
Tripp 
Turner 
Union 
Walworth 
Yankton 
Ziebach 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
93 
116 
317 
301 
229 
115 
264 
111 
2007 
106 
120 
308 
283 
206 
125 
258 
104 
Any 
2012 
98 
115 
312 
493 
298 
141 
428 
129 
2007 
89 
138 
316 
439 
315 
154 
400 
130 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
22 
16 
59 
97 
44 
34 
76 
16 
2007 
18 
28 
64 
99 
53 
43 
86 
29 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
2 
15 
14 
30 
20 
9 
29 
17 
2007 
7 
11 
23 
33 
12 
13 
43 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
12 
29 
36 
54 
27 
12 
36 
33 
2007 
13 
26 
52 
58 
51 
17 
43 
20 
200 days or more 
2012 
62 
55 
203 
312 
207 
86 
287 
63 
2007 
51 
73 
177 
249 
199 
81 
228 
68 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
11 
23 
10 
4 
13 
6 
2007 
- 
8 
12 
11 
16 
5 
25 
3 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
7 
10 
16 
24 
46 
21 
16 
12 
2007 
10 
11 
27 
22 
8 
2 
22 
5 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
23 
28 
74 
74 
54 
12 
65 
19 
2007 
17 
43 
76 
78 
76 
30 
73 
17 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
153 
193 
528 
673 
417 
219 
598 
203 
2007 
168 
196 
509 
611 
421 
242 
538 
209 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.9 
28.0 
25.7 
27.2 
25.6 
26.8 
25.3 
26.6 
2007 
30.0 
25.3 
26.1 
27.0 
25.8 
27.7 
24.6 
27.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
7 
8 
17 
4 
3 
12 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
7 
10 
12 
21 
13 
16 
15 
12 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
16 
25 
44 
62 
56 
9 
55 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
161 
196 
565 
694 
454 
228 
610 
216 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.4 
28.8 
27.5 
28.7 
28.0 
28.4 
26.8 
28.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
1 
. 
3 
11 
4 
. 
10 
. 
2007 
3 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
21 
24 
27 
69 
37 
21 
44 
22 
2007 
9 
19 
39 
31 
34 
26 
52 
18 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
21 
13 
107 
79 
54 
33 
65 
40 
2007 
19 
19 
78 
100 
71 
23 
84 
35 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
50 
44 
157 
196 
109 
57 
150 
69 
2007 
47 
73 
169 
231 
134 
68 
195 
65 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
27 
24 
79 
116 
69 
24 
158 
37 
2007 
29 
34 
98 
113 
109 
52 
124 
29 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
18 
36 
108 
137 
96 
54 
132 
24 
2007 
22 
32 
73 
77 
60 
26 
75 
29 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
13 
32 
58 
51 
89 
14 
53 
9 
2007 
18 
21 
56 
64 
32 
32 
53 
20 
70 years and over 
2012 
40 
58 
90 
135 
69 
53 
80 
39 
2007 
48 
59 
110 
104 
79 
52 
75 
38 
Average age 
2012 
55.8 
59.3 
55.8 
55.5 
56.8 
56.8 
55.6 
54.2 
2007 
58.5 
57.4 
56.3 
55.5 
55.1 
56.9 
54.2 
54.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
161 
148 
517 
631 
412 
207 
476 
147 
2007 
139 
131 
410 
481 
360 
183 
426 
154 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
14 
46 
43 
32 
10 
73 
15 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
46 
81 
341 
232 
121 
60 
94 
44 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
42 
21 
84 
98 
93 
45 
73 
22 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
59 
8 
33 
100 
36 
98 
32 
23 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
21 
10 
38 
99 
71 
9 
130 
20 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
14 
22 
24 
128 
87 
5 
120 
46 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
3 
7 
7 
1 
1 
12 
4 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
4 
1 
1 
- 
19 
3 
3 
- 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
166 
229 
585 
787 
517 
250 
676 
235 
acres, 2012 
521,608 
845,535 
981,116 
380,867 
279,490 
431,728 
322,801 
1 ,087,950 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
9 
13 
32 
11 
13 
11 
15 
10 
acres, 2012 
32,841 
130,131 
40,465 
9,539 
2,913 
3,165 
11,097 
60,176 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
135 
176 
498 
730 
460 
184 
587 
211 
2007 
143 
214 
509 
648 
455 
225 
568 
204 
acres, 2012 
293,052 
436,320 
683,341 
306,729 
229,691 
223,494 
255,113 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
459,291 
749,096 
285,618 
217,077 
(D) 
230,494 
(D) 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
30 
15 
71 
25 
32 
33 
44 
16 
2007 
35 
18 
76 
42 
39 
23 
55 
22 
acres, 2012 
247,064 
68,377 
117,363 
32,138 
30,753 
88,341 
37,095 
112,426 
2007 
232,185 
100,828 
144,868 
55,153 
41,493 
52,825 
55,336 
168,142 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
18 
15 
44 
30 
22 
35 
49 
7 
2007 
13 
7 
25 
27 
19 
28 
21 
5 
acres, 2012 
63,313 
63,674 
180,379 
26,638 
25,200 
122,261 
30,017 
56,310 
2007 
41,409 
42,074 
99,072 
29,151 
18,157 
106,892 
25,639 
60,492 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
2 
- 
5 
2 
2 
2 
1 
- 
2007 
3 
2 
5 
1 
1 
- 
5 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
5,730 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
1,843 
(D) 
12,920 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
8,872 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
6 
25 
11 
7 
11 
2 
11 
6 
2007 
1 
17 
9 
4 
7 
3 
9 
3 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
291,584 
32,091 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
8,380 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,901 
(D) 
496 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
