Table 23. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Michigan: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
52,194 
15,993 
19,383 
8,844 
2,095 
2,739 
1,398 
176 
1 ,566 
percent 
100.0 
30.6 
37.1 
16.9 
4.0 
5.2 
2.7 
0.3 
3.0 
Land in farms 
....acres 
9,948,564 
1,472,057 
1,435,917 
916,846 
744,126 
1,937,911 
2,164,900 
554,135 
722,672 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
191 
92 
74 
104 
355 
708 
1,549 
3,148 
461 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
52,194 
15,993 
19,383 
8,844 
2,095 
2,739 
1,398 
176 
1 ,566 
$1,000 
8,833,970 
316,129 
387,257 
308,131 
507,591 
1,663,590 
2,686,654 
1,952,615 
1,012,003 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
169,253 
19,767 
19,979 
34,841 
242,287 
607,371 
1,921,784 
11,094,401 
646,234 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
11,549 
4,227 
5,402 
1,641 
7 
5 
2 
265 
$1,000 to $2,499 
6,366 
2,488 
2,946 
825 
- 
- 
- 
- 
107 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,513 
2,118 
2,529 
747 
- 
- 
- 
- 
119 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,283 
1,984 
2,360 
813 
4 
1 
- 
- 
121 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,209 
2,160 
2,574 
1,311 
14 
4 
- 
- 
146 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,060 
1,252 
1,525 
1,154 
14 
3 
_ 
_ 
112 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,661 
965 
1,044 
1,491 
38 
5 
- 
- 
118 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,668 
657 
825 
816 
1,207 
26 
- 
- 
137 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,336 
140 
168 
28 
773 
1,118 
2 
- 
107 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,715 
1 
9 
12 
18 
1,509 
38 
- 
128 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,834 
1 
1 
6 
20 
68 
1,356 
176 
206 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,269 
1 
- 
6 
19 
57 
1,054 
- 
132 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
348 
- 
1 
- 
1 
8 
292 
2 
44 
$5,000,000 or more 
217 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
10 
174 
30 
Total sales 
....farms 
52,194 
15,993 
19,383 
8,844 
2,095 
2,739 
1,398 
176 
1 ,566 
$1,000 
8,678,050 
296,002 
370,303 
296,234 
494,218 
1,626,182 
2,647,394 
1,946,112 
1,001,605 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
18,514 
4,040 
5,175 
3,364 
1,660 
2,338 
1,171 
108 
658 
$1,000 
3,613,250 
169,933 
220,211 
137,695 
285,224 
960,932 
1,246,091 
310,158 
283,005 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
8,851 
1,103 
1,374 
1,140 
1,414 
2,168 
1,120 
104 
428 
$1,000 
3,460,937 
125,006 
164,436 
99,942 
280,374 
956,780 
1,244,776 
310,068 
279,555 
Corn 
....farms 
14,282 
2,745 
3,627 
2,431 
1,493 
2,215 
1,125 
100 
546 
$1,000 
2,069,927 
77,598 
110,603 
64,065 
139,622 
516,273 
760,979 
220,970 
179,819 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
6,222 
493 
712 
390 
1,097 
2,012 
1,076 
99 
343 
$1,000 
1,937,953 
43,991 
67,920 
(□) 
129,402 
510,851 
759,665 
(D) 
176,375 
Wheat 
....farms 
6,223 
1,087 
1,108 
883 
812 
1,294 
711 
64 
264 
$1,000 
295,758 
17,079 
17,541 
13,199 
27,239 
84,067 
97,596 
18,945 
20,093 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1,655 
46 
48 
21 
148 
686 
529 
55 
122 
$1,000 
214,768 
3,312 
3,060 
1,284 
10,920 
67,946 
92,485 
18,651 
17,109 
Soybeans 
....farms 
12,039 
2,444 
3,021 
1,974 
1,319 
1,889 
889 
67 
436 
$1,000 
1,092,453 
70,333 
86,398 
55,186 
105,299 
321,258 
323,406 
63,357 
67,215 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
5,013 
426 
526 
311 
951 
1,653 
812 
63 
271 
$1,000 
960,199 
35,872 
44,627 
21,971 
95,032 
314,280 
321,353 
63,286 
63,778 
Sorghum 
....farms 
109 
32 
17 
16 
10 
17 
10 
1 
6 
$1,000 
686 
238 
126 
(D) 
48 
59 
98 
(D) 
56 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
307 
60 
82 
80 
37 
26 
6 
1 
15 
$1,000 
1,769 
182 
272 
(D) 
350 
359 
103 
(D) 
141 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
206 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
3,013 
550 
573 
628 
338 
493 
298 
21 
112 
$1,000 
152,656 
4,504 
5,272 
(D) 
12,666 
38,916 
63,910 
(D) 
15,680 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
698 
25 
27 
20 
89 
273 
204 
12 
48 
$1,000 
134,848 
1,807 
2,136 
1,376 
9,237 
35,713 
62,669 
6,699 
15,210 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
2,793 
590 
765 
759 
166 
193 
153 
26 
141 
$1,000 
462,726 
9,553 
10,694 
15,404 
14,778 
45,733 
165,187 
156,165 
45,213 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
646 
43 
40 
92 
103 
140 
142 
26 
60 
$1,000 
438,527 
4,321 
3,520 
7,122 
13,693 
44,726 
164,934 
156,165 
44,047 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
2,304 
589 
577 
584 
185 
169 
76 
9 
115 
$1,000 
257,133 
16,917 
13,187 
17,067 
23,094 
(D) 
81,525 
22,596 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
711 
108 
75 
136 
128 
138 
68 
8 
50 
$1,000 
238,259 
1 1 ,778 
7,945 
11,236 
22,301 
(D) 
81,372 
(D) 
(□) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
1,361 
357 
299 
336 
125 
121 
51 
5 
67 
$1,000 
133,091 
11,126 
6,853 
9,904 
14,694 
34,019 
42,168 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
448 
77 
38 
72 
87 
97 
45 
5 
27 
$1,000 
120,571 
7,643 
(D) 
5,846 
14,102 
33,439 
42,027 
(D) 
11,310 
Berries 
....farms 
1,124 
278 
301 
290 
84 
73 
32 
6 
60 
$1,000 
124,043 
5,791 
6,334 
7,163 
8,400 
(D) 
39,357 
(D) 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
272 
30 
36 
61 
43 
45 
28 
4 
25 
$1,000 
116,641 
3,999 
3,959 
5,207 
8,045 
(D) 
39,334 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
308 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
