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 
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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,395 
1,569 
2,087 
625 
6 
8 
- 
- 
100 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,323 
1,639 
1,952 
618 
10 
1 
4 
- 
99 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,817 
2,810 
3,592 
1,194 
15 
18 
1 
- 
187 
$20,000 to $49,999 
13,797 
4,942 
5,800 
2,554 
131 
71 
8 
- 
291 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,639 
2,793 
3,309 
1,864 
292 
117 
22 
3 
239 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,709 
1,488 
1,742 
1,285 
613 
328 
52 
4 
197 
$200,000 to $499,999 
4,634 
682 
811 
617 
846 
1,182 
271 
21 
204 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
2,878 
70 
90 
85 
182 
1,014 
1,040 
148 
249 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
38,270 
1 1 ,073 
13,107 
6,833 
1,984 
2,662 
1,370 
172 
1,069 
number 
75,709 
16,174 
19,361 
11,589 
5,183 
9,726 
8,132 
2,084 
3,460 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
42,957 
13,151 
15,139 
7,244 
1,998 
2,668 
1,366 
170 
1,221 
number 
127,829 
32,769 
34,189 
20,191 
9,103 
14,364 
10,087 
1,865 
5,261 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
23,786 
7,951 
8,572 
4,109 
904 
1,065 
498 
62 
625 
number 
37,852 
12,334 
12,654 
6,534 
1,664 
2,032 
1,136 
285 
1,213 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
30,686 
9,299 
10,329 
5,252 
1,676 
2,072 
1,035 
117 
906 
number 
55,712 
15,669 
15,883 
9,708 
3,730 
4,909 
3,198 
513 
2,102 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
15,465 
3,205 
3,810 
2,454 
1,612 
2,374 
1,250 
146 
614 
number 
34,265 
4,766 
5,652 
3,949 
3,709 
7,423 
5,753 
1,067 
1,946 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
1 1 ,227 
2,201 
2,438 
1,780 
1,253 
1,991 
1,044 
89 
431 
number 
12,820 
2,428 
2,666 
1,989 
1,416 
2,302 
1,309 
172 
538 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,036 
374 
533 
321 
136 
271 
256 
35 
110 
number 
2,230 
405 
578 
360 
147 
305 
274 
40 
121 
Hay balers 
....farms 
17,204 
5,277 
6,001 
3,142 
849 
1,003 
451 
37 
444 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
22,645 
6,814 
7,715 
4,232 
1,216 
1,414 
611 
41 
602 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
23,463 
5,467 
6,814 
4,345 
1,890 
2,614 
1,328 
146 
859 
acres treated 
5,396,912 
340,188 
414,339 
307,896 
485,338 
1,384,226 
1,579,848 
445,254 
439,823 
Manure used 
....farms 
9,149 
2,063 
2,673 
1,912 
694 
914 
495 
72 
326 
acres treated 
761,437 
46,248 
56,448 
54,293 
55,062 
169,750 
221,075 
89,004 
69,557 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
11,136 
2,125 
2,593 
2,023 
1,020 
1,685 
1,003 
123 
564 
acres 
2,218,992 
97,258 
119,723 
95,539 
159,119 
547,933 
762,509 
224,432 
212,479 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
21,713 
4,885 
5,960 
4,040 
1,892 
2,607 
1,328 
148 
853 
acres 
5,767,291 
326,143 
399,518 
296,833 
500,522 
1,518,825 
1,799,321 
467,588 
458,541 
Nematodes 
....farms 
2,441 
491 
516 
487 
218 
322 
228 
41 
138 
acres 
376,530 
18,065 
20,485 
17,696 
23,618 
76,896 
114,424 
65,751 
39,595 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
5,141 
935 
1,026 
1,034 
483 
747 
561 
68 
287 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
781,472 
25,318 
32,373 
38,916 
50,544 
147,356 
328,083 
85,338 
73,544 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,893 
349 
333 
406 
168 
284 
211 
35 
107 
acres on which used 
230,525 
10,283 
9,525 
18,880 
17,548 
41,679 
72,841 
35,906 
23,863 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
13,140 
2,966 
3,687 
2,223 
1,163 
1,722 
798 
95 
486 
acres 
2,583,727 
166,747 
181,133 
135,347 
236,408 
699,842 
791,460 
161,134 
211,656 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
9,545 
2,717 
3,115 
1,535 
591 
826 
404 
56 
301 
acres 
1,212,253 
122,605 
127,611 
93,576 
104,004 
286,945 
287,613 
71,236 
118,663 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,993 
675 
638 
246 
87 
175 
99 
12 
61 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
125,856 
29,589 
26,098 
9,443 
6,641 
21,424 
27,973 
917 
3,771 
used 
....farms 
8,015 
1,624 
1,944 
1,292 
849 
1,300 
618 
55 
333 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,518,492 
100,507 
106,627 
77,812 
152,053 
478,004 
406,437 
91,732 
105,320 
used 
....farms 
6,333 
1,118 
1,387 
1,030 
653 
1,113 
690 
71 
271 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,775,246 
73,586 
93,542 
64,339 
119,630 
448,631 
637,577 
185,564 
152,377 
practices were used 
....farms 
15,943 
3,750 
4,787 
3,134 
1,243 
1,565 
810 
96 
558 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,595,097 
176,990 
226,626 
172,106 
238,165 
629,435 
766,286 
192,337 
193,152 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
5,530 
1,271 
1,404 
1,034 
449 
651 
432 
58 
231 
acres 
437,200 
29,697 
29,279 
26,013 
32,621 
84,810 
133,600 
66,467 
34,713 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,464 
350 
524 
242 
79 
112 
82 
9 
66 
Solar panels 
....farms 
577 
141 
221 
118 
18 
27 
28 
3 
21 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
366 
74 
96 
58 
33 
38 
38 
2 
27 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
7 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
401 
114 
164 
56 
18 
24 
15 
1 
9 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
17 
5 
4 
4 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
103 
21 
29 
12 
10 
19 
5 
- 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
314 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
