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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
2 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
199 
50 
61 
60 
14 
4 
2 
. 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
105 
12 
20 
24 
20 
17 
3 
1 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
- 
3 
- 
2 
4 
2 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
13,907 
2,663 
3,460 
2,354 
1,469 
2,204 
1,115 
100 
542 
acres 
2,393,504 
116,770 
157,261 
103,439 
189,477 
635,719 
784,063 
203,365 
203,410 
bushels 
313,802,471 
12,031,789 
17,170,608 
10,203,282 
21,801,004 
79,803,972 
112,762,961 
32,170,674 
27,858,181 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,056 
83 
123 
92 
119 
263 
256 
49 
71 
acres 
308,372 
4,750 
5,264 
4,193 
11,776 
49,607 
125,429 
69,290 
38,063 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,930 
1,171 
1,591 
938 
89 
43 
5 
93 
25 to 99 acres 
4,741 
1,190 
1,437 
1,192 
527 
239 
32 
4 
120 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,670 
283 
391 
217 
709 
794 
150 
7 
119 
250 to 499 acres 
1,405 
19 
41 
6 
140 
807 
276 
16 
100 
500 acres or more 
1,161 
- 
1 
4 
321 
652 
73 
110 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
3,074 
336 
417 
624 
384 
653 
435 
65 
160 
acres 
309,709 
8,578 
8,445 
13,543 
19,667 
62,179 
107,893 
63,816 
25,588 
tons 
4,861,484 
101,849 
100,704 
156,324 
241,687 
916,332 
1,756,396 
1,150,854 
437,338 
Irrigated 
farms 
151 
7 
14 
6 
7 
30 
48 
25 
14 
acres 
19,791 
160 
157 
111 
193 
1,642 
5,565 
9,521 
2,442 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,233 
223 
311 
443 
114 
83 
13 
46 
25 to 99 acres 
1,094 
99 
102 
172 
230 
341 
100 
1 
49 
1 00 to 249 acres 
451 
14 
3 
8 
34 
193 
157 
2 
40 
250 to 499 acres 
172 
- 
1 
1 
6 
29 
113 
12 
10 
500 acres or more 
124 
- 
" 
- 
" 
7 
52 
50 
15 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,120 
97 
122 
134 
167 
325 
208 
11 
56 
acres 
188,526 
4,729 
5,189 
4,841 
15,632 
53,129 
78,350 
7,038 
19,618 
cwt 
3,471,642 
86,379 
94,542 
82,076 
265,807 
934,822 
1,507,113 
151,810 
349,093 
Irrigated 
farms 
56 
2 
3 
6 
4 
15 
16 
1 
9 
acres 
7,100 
(D) 
(D) 
234 
183 
2,094 
2,963 
(D) 
1,126 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
142 
33 
36 
52 
13 
3 
1 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
417 
55 
79 
75 
78 
108 
14 
2 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
323 
9 
7 
7 
70 
153 
58 
1 
18 
250 to 499 acres 
155 
- 
- 
- 
6 
56 
78 
- 
15 
500 acres or more 
83 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
57 
8 
13 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,677 
406 
385 
468 
156 
145 
57 
4 
56 
acres 
35,420 
5,332 
6,840 
6,456 
5,590 
5,782 
2,908 
299 
2,213 
bushels 
2,001,826 
270,937 
337,434 
351,435 
324,543 
368,883 
194,633 
23,421 
130,540 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
2 
5 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
115 
(D) 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,305 
359 
336 
406 
88 
67 
15 
1 
33 
25 to 99 acres 
324 
47 
42 
60 
60 
61 
37 
2 
15 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
- 
4 
2 
6 
17 
4 
1 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
22 
11 
2 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
4 
acres 
723 
419 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
106 
bushels 
46,961 
29,130 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
5 
1 
_ 
. 
2 
. 
. 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
4 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
12,059 
2,452 
3,021 
1,984 
1,319 
1,890 
889 
67 
437 
acres 
1,983,444 
149,543 
179,897 
126,401 
203,847 
577,301 
527,183 
98,789 
120,483 
bushels 
83,173,727 
5,464,035 
6,616,208 
4,375,939 
8,111,142 
24,454,015 
24,392,247 
4,569,148 
5,190,993 
Irrigated 
farms 
645 
63 
77 
53 
82 
162 
142 
17 
49 
acres 
84,415 
2,945 
3,187 
1,983 
6,483 
18,252 
36,644 
8,431 
6,490 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,352 
753 
963 
483 
57 
31 
12 
2 
51 
25 to 99 acres 
4,654 
1,269 
1,509 
1,099 
363 
230 
63 
1 
120 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,759 
375 
490 
374 
691 
555 
146 
13 
115 
250 to 499 acres 
1,385 
51 
55 
28 
192 
768 
211 
6 
74 
500 acres or more 
909 
4 
4 
- 
16 
306 
457 
45 
77 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
758 
23 
56 
29 
90 
259 
231 
17 
53 
acres 
156,447 
830 
2,068 
919 
5,090 
33,946 
79,452 
16,006 
18,136 
tons 
4,423,378 
23,050 
56,198 
24,849 
140,545 
945,347 
2,258,263 
456,022 
519,104 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
- 
1 
2 
1 
4 
13 
2 
4 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
516 
1,002 
(D) 
(D) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
24 
6 
2 
4 
4 
8 
_ 
- 
- 
acres 
1,611 
243 
(D) 
(D) 
163 
1,129 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
2,545,926 
324,600 
(D) 
(D) 
206,760 
1,980,506 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 319 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
