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. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
1,413 
323 
427 
465 
69 
49 
26 
6 
48 
acres 
5,958 
247 
239 
488 
178 
246 
2,878 
1,247 
436 
Harvested for processing farms 
136 
31 
39 
46 
3 
3 
11 
1 
2 
acres 
2,990 
14 
(D) 
38 
3 
3 
2,170 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in orchards farms 
2,502 
715 
755 
604 
141 
134 
56 
6 
91 
acres 
111,372 
12,505 
8,936 
21,377 
13,556 
24,055 
18,205 
2,453 
10,285 
Irrigated farms 
530 
117 
147 
134 
41 
47 
23 
1 
20 
acres 
13,608 
901 
(D) 
2,225 
1,514 
4,207 
3,159 
(D) 
811 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
976 
342 
402 
200 
16 
4 
2 
- 
10 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
728 
241 
258 
167 
17 
10 
3 
2 
30 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
508 
101 
89 
174 
66 
37 
10 
1 
30 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
197 
28 
4 
54 
31 
55 
15 
- 
10 
250.0 acres or more 
93 
3 
2 
9 
11 
28 
26 
3 
11 
Apples farms 
1,584 
415 
480 
382 
96 
107 
42 
3 
59 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
43,240 
3,491 
3,238 
7,774 
4,484 
9,769 
10,023 
(D) 
(D) 
Grapes farms 
745 
257 
218 
150 
44 
27 
15 
3 
31 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
15,037 
2,260 
(D) 
1,713 
1,860 
2,722 
2,168 
(D) 
1,692 
Peaches, all farms 
607 
140 
172 
148 
48 
57 
21 
- 
21 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
4,002 
385 
290 
737 
696 
1,188 
374 
- 
332 
Almonds farms 
6 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pecans farms 
10 
5 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
5 
1 
2 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Walnuts, English farms 
47 
23 
19 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
239 
67 
149 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
1,444 
380 
428 
361 
86 
77 
34 
6 
72 
acres 
23,389 
2,035 
1,965 
2,451 
(D) 
3,949 
5,921 
(D) 
3,021 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 321 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
