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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 20,659 7,044 9,063 3,653 190 137 78 16 478 
50 to 99 acres 5,259 1,768 1,853 1,301 127 74 6 1 129 
100 to 199 acres 4,039 1,048 1,155 1,251 292 152 25 2 114 
200 to 499 acres 3,847 550 683 570 1,136 642 88 9 169 
500 to 999 acres 2,065 50 59 31 263 1,240 287 17 118 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 1,143 - - 3 8 434 582 20 96 
2.000 acres or more 467 - - - 1 9 301 87 69 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 3,717 1,072 1,431 738 166 153 70 8 79 
acres 90,469 22,900 21,013 17,645 8,708 9,095 6,688 1,097 3,323 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,939 969 991 564 111 130 65 13 96 
acres 86,570 20,251 17,407 14,104 4,705 12,511 8,839 4,449 4,304 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 12,114 4,817 4,369 1,487 305 459 282 36 359 
acres 409,597 170,225 123,561 42,917 11,579 18,991 18,113 4,676 19,535 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,591 547 472 353 78 54 26 - 61 
acres 24,457 8,593 6,901 5,085 1,428 932 540 - 978 
Total woodland farms 27,381 9,185 9,892 4,411 1,054 1,307 705 71 756 
acres 1,175,893 365,555 312,240 154,501 56,799 100,012 86,068 17,550 83,168 
Woodland pastured farms 4,641 1,509 1,859 885 126 98 59 2 103 
acres 110,067 35,002 30,835 20,448 (D) 4,709 4,986 (D) 8,823 
Woodland not pastured farms 25,010 8,394 8,892 3,982 1,014 1,273 680 69 706 
acres 1,065,826 330,553 281,405 134,053 (D) 95,303 81,082 (D) 74,345 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 19,455 5,845 8,288 3,768 478 469 156 23 428 
acres 419,450 125,904 125,526 86,090 24,778 23,319 9,151 2,251 22,431 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 38,279 12,073 14,295 6,388 1,496 1,873 985 132 1,037 
acres 684,150 182,305 160,744 92,679 35,062 69,304 73,961 15,321 54,774 
Irrigated land farms 5,025 840 1,206 1,111 401 568 476 100 323 
acres 592,243 13,544 14,868 15,922 25,765 91,280 222,771 137,733 70,360 
Harvested cropland farms 4,865 810 1,132 1,073 394 562 476 100 318 
acres 589,020 (D) 14,405 15,290 25,406 (D) 222,643 (D) 69,924 
Pastureland and other land farms 238 42 97 60 13 14 3 1 8 
acres 3,223 (D) 463 632 359 (D) 128 (D) 436 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 6,545 2,729 2,170 519 185 408 280 29 225 
acres 210,675 97,430 63,974 14,101 4,431 9,464 11,160 1,032 9,083 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 8,276 1,117 1,389 1,220 1,122 1,878 1,029 109 412 
acres 4,098,004 133,757 179,728 133,822 333,201 1,176,298 1,444,968 360,973 335,257 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 421 52 98 146 55 30 14 3 23 
$1,000 53,503 883 1,841 5,684 8,041 9,101 15,198 3,942 8,813 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 52,194 15,993 19,383 8,844 2,095 2,739 1,398 176 1,566 
$1,000 39,988,344 5,434,890 6,077,200 3,632,994 2,780,204 7,539,932 8,958,642 2,571,535 2,992,947 
Average per farm dollars 766,148 339,829 313,532 410,786 1,327,067 2,752,805 6,408,184 14,610,994 1,911,205 
Average per acre dollars 4,020 3,692 4,232 3,962 3,736 3,891 4,138 4,641 4,142 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 3,454 1,107 1,600 592 14 19 12 2 108 
$50,000 to $99,999 4,854 1,714 2,125 855 15 18 6 1 120 
$100,000 to $199,999 11,570 4,071 5,330 1,816 68 34 14 1 236 
$200,000 to $499,999 17,620 6,237 7,296 3,256 270 144 36 10 371 
$500,000 to $999,999 6,829 1,985 2,165 1,619 542 235 52 5 226 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 3,582 681 693 565 781 586 97 9 170 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 2,896 191 162 130 384 1,405 425 25 174 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 943 4 8 9 17 281 499 37 88 
$10,000,000 or more 446 3 4 2 4 17 257 86 73 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 52,192 15,993 19,383 8,842 2,095 2,739 1,398 176 1,566 
$1,000 6,395,233 812,402 968,999 606,688 484,139 1,249,532 1,429,620 412,059 431,794 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 313 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
