Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



1982 operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less _ 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported - 



1 982 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Partnership farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Corporation: 



Family held _ farms. 1982__ 



1978_- 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Other than family held _ farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 

 acres, 1982.. 

 1978.. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 SELECTED FARM 

 PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 



Uvestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.. 



tons.. 

 $1.000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other agncultural chemicals* farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Hired farm labor farms 



$1,000._ 



Workers working 150 days or more farms.. 



number.. 



Contract lalwr farms- 



$1.000. _ 



Customwork, machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Energy and petroleum products farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest expense: 



Expenses reported __ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Expenses reported as 'No' farms.. 



MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment ___ fanns, 1982.. 



1978.. 



$1,000, 1982._ 



1978.. 



Average per farm dollars, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Iron 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms, 



number. 



Wheel tractors farms, 



numt)er. 



Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 

 only. farms. 



1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978- 



1982. 

 1978. 

 number, 1982. 

 1978. 



5 



2 



22 



20.8 

 4 



6 

 6 

 11 

 7 

 3 

 48.8 



30 



22 



16 304 



10 630 



1 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



Isabella 



2 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



9 

 27 

 25 



132 

 11 



440 

 72 



23 

 88 

 25 

 133 

 16 

 78 



19 

 264 



8 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



6 



4 



33 



231 



33 



171 



19 



115 



13 



33 



25 



1 833 



1 273 



55 554 



50 914 



29 

 24 

 85 

 60 

 30 

 24 

 101 

 78 



14 

 6 



14 

 6 



17 



26 



60 



295 



20.7 



107 



19 

 69 

 103 

 113 

 141 

 60 

 48.9 



423 



404 



120 907 



122 866 



79 



66 



36 690 



29 314 



3 



3 



1 384 



1 145 



131 

 3 997 



297 

 3 876 



197 

 11 631 



2 168 



494 



1 477 



468 



3 684 

 425 



1 686 



265 



1 817 

 111 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



239 

 288 

 505 

 3 348 

 505 



2 599 



356 



3 863 

 114 



505 

 482 

 36 257 

 28 195 

 71 797 

 58 495 



455 

 440 

 764 

 731 

 483 

 463 

 1 676 

 1 519 



299 

 287 

 348 

 310 



13 

 28 

 81 

 292 

 21.1 

 85 



9 

 73 

 101 

 116 

 123 

 77 

 50.1 



415 



343 



118 729 



118 966 



66 



66 



45 621 



34 539 



16 



9 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



Kalamazoo 



177 



4 795 



272 



3 077 

 185 



9 899 

 1 772 



490 



1 773 

 483 



4 815 

 447 



2 014 



212 



2 504 



94 



315 



12 



47 



183 

 361 

 499 



3 754 

 499 



3 007 



312 



5 653 

 168 



498 

 456 

 37 580 

 27 173 

 75 461 

 59 591 



477 

 436 

 983 

 812 

 459 

 453 

 1 692 

 1 665 



278 

 165 

 297 

 177 



21 

 26 

 69 

 271 

 18.8 

 61 



6 

 60 

 87 

 128 

 111 

 56 

 49.8 



2 



3 



4 



15 



20.9 



7 



2 

 6 

 7 

 9 

 7 

 52.5 



33 

 35 

 104 

 439 

 20.2 

 105 



17 

 94 

 159 

 177 

 188 

 81 

 49.2 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



MICHIGAN 339 



