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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
13,620 
3,013 
3,285 
2,401 
975 
1,760 
1,249 
175 
workers 
83,451 
8,873 
9,682 
9,525 
5,238 
12,649 
19,750 
9,092 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
5,965 
793 
839 
841 
526 
1,213 
1,092 
173 
workers 
25,710 
1,388 
1,608 
1,830 
1,485 
3,937 
6,852 
4,851 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
10,784 
2,517 
2,783 
1,952 
733 
1,226 
897 
113 
workers 
57,741 
7,485 
8,074 
7,695 
3,753 
8,712 
12,898 
4,241 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
768 
82 
76 
122 
84 
163 
145 
25 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
94 
19 
16 
30 
13 
7 
3 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
22,501 
6,448 
9,202 
4,096 
812 
988 
396 
25 
workers 
53,797 
14,225 
22,777 
10,503 
1,845 
2,072 
807 
58 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,162 
918 
2,153 
852 
44 
50 
21 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18,764 
6,338 
8,742 
3,058 
104 
87 
62 
16 
50 to 69 acres 
4,639 
1,691 
2,015 
702 
60 
20 
6 
6 
70 to 99 acres 
6,049 
2,364 
2,361 
1,065 
67 
33 
14 
5 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,225 
1,650 
1,411 
914 
86 
61 
5 
5 
140 to 1 79 acres 
2,721 
988 
852 
631 
105 
52 
7 
1 
180 to 219 acres 
1,934 
617 
538 
501 
144 
52 
14 
2 
220 to 259 acres 
1,340 
405 
362 
340 
129 
56 
4 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
3,766 
792 
754 
643 
912 
424 
58 
10 
500 to 999 acres 
2,574 
198 
175 
117 
402 
1,279 
255 
14 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,417 
28 
16 
18 
37 
600 
568 
24 
2,000 acres or more 
603 
4 
4 
3 
5 
25 
384 
90 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14,171 
3,348 
4,260 
2,464 
1,260 
1,680 
712 
32 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,737 
412 
547 
469 
66 
80 
72 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,311 
671 
702 
531 
133 
117 
47 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2,632 
752 
851 
505 
116 
152 
90 
20 
Other crop farming (1119) 
13,687 
6,084 
5,535 
1,479 
49 
105 
55 
3 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
13,687 
6,084 
5,535 
1,479 
49 
105 
55 
3 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,042 
1,872 
2,790 
1,080 
81 
89 
30 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
344 
87 
93 
76 
22 
22 
20 
7 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1 21 2) 
1,672 
94 
113 
293 
283 
411 
317 
66 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
686 
91 
328 
122 
29 
42 
29 
15 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,146 
313 
543 
214 
6 
13 
15 
15 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,419 
344 
779 
274 
9 
2 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,347 
1,925 
2,842 
1,337 
41 
26 
11 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
13,626 
3,363 
4,985 
2,627 
713 
942 
548 
75 
number 
1,130,477 
65,904 
80,505 
80,896 
70,189 
171,592 
312,249 
255,644 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,268 
1,523 
2,657 
893 
54 
47 
11 
10 to 49 
5,209 
1,550 
2,026 
1,219 
157 
117 
31 
- 
50 to 99 
1,193 
212 
213 
385 
198 
129 
18 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
837 
74 
75 
90 
243 
276 
37 
- 
200 to 499 
703 
2 
14 
36 
54 
338 
199 
1 
500 or more 
416 
2 
- 
4 
7 
35 
252 
74 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
10,113 
2,547 
3,691 
1,966 
491 
661 
408 
67 
number 
484,381 
30,889 
35,501 
30,954 
24,047 
61,836 
125,103 
140,353 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
8,016 
2,402 
3,420 
1,548 
192 
213 
74 
4 
number 
108,126 
27,287 
32,709 
22,186 
(D) 
9,308 
4,619 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,791 
1,428 
2,355 
810 
57 
58 
15 
10 to 49 
2,900 
922 
1,006 
671 
90 
98 
35 
2 
50 to 99 
216 
45 
46 
50 
26 
30 
10 
- 
100 to 199 
86 
6 
13 
16 
13 
20 
9 
1 
200 to 499 
22 
1 
- 
1 
6 
7 
5 
- 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
2,409 
186 
360 
486 
326 
489 
358 
66 
number 
376,255 
3,602 
2,792 
8,768 
(D) 
52,528 
120,484 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
609 
92 
290 
187 
13 
9 
3 
10 to 49 
607 
74 
53 
275 
141 
34 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
431 
19 
14 
24 
157 
180 
9 
- 
100 to 199 
363 
1 
3 
- 
14 
238 
77 
- 
200 to 499 
250 
- 
- 
- 
1 
28 
196 
- 
500 or more 
149 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
72 
66 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
11,023 
2,601 
3,810 
2,144 
670 
889 
522 
73 
number 
646,096 
35,015 
45,004 
49,942 
46,142 
109,756 
187,146 
115,291 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
10,677 
2,473 
3,678 
2,039 
671 
899 
528 
75 
number 
681,128 
32,397 
45,603 
53,261 
42,994 
107,437 
179,377 
146,815 
$1,000 
603,653 
29,052 
39,588 
36,264 
36,090 
105,101 
170,502 
125,777 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
762 
8,642 
488 
3,759 
563 
4,883 
71 
6 
534 
1,510 
123 
357 
139 
140 
93 
85 
66 
42 
173 
134 
126 
88 
415 
76 
107 
146 
377 
377 
100 
17 
95 
30 
27 
11 
165 
373 
93,498 
83 
109 
38 
42 
59 
42 
282 
35,698 
163 
4,034 
68 
76 
9 
8 
2 
138 
31,664 
15 
29 
28 
30 
25 
11 
314 
57,800 
314 
73,244 
61,279 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 317 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
