The number of farms and ranches in South Dakota didn’t change from 2019 to 2020.
According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the number of farms and ranches in the state both years was 29,600.
Last year, South Dakota had 43.2 million acres of land in farms and ranches, also unchanged from 2019. The average size of operation in the state– 1,459 acres– was unchanged from a year earlier.
Nationally, the number of farms in the United States in 2020 is estimated at 2.019 million, down 4,400 farms from 2019. The number of farms in all sales classes declined. Total land in farms, at 896.6 million acres, was a decline of 800,000 acres from 2019.
Numbers of farms and ranches in South Dakota with less than $100,000 in agricultural sales was unchanged as was the number of operations with more than $100,000 in agricultural sales.
In 2020, 51.1% of all farms had less than $10,000 in sales and 81.5% of all farms had less than $100,000 in sales. In 2020, 7.4% of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more.
USDA NASS reports the biggest change for 2020 is producers in Sales Class $10,000 – $99,999 operated 550,000 fewer acres than in 2019. In 2020, 30.1% of all farmland was operated by farms with less than $100,000 in sales, while 40.8% of all farmland was operated by farms with sales of $500,000 or more.
The average farm size in the US last year was 444 acres, unchanged from the previous year. Average farm size increased in the $250,000-$499,999, $500,000-$999,999, and $1,000,000 or more sales classes and remained unchanged in all others.
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