Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,783 
5,247 
3,491 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
12,676,021 
9,034,335 
7,308,261 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
1,124 
725 
659 
416 
336 
386 
495 
636 
number 
5,737,416 
4,041,902 
4,027,972 
405,014 
393,028 
400,262 
702,431 
601,403 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
13,907 
13,768 
13,613 
18,089 
16,712 
18,962 
25,140 
30,792 
acres 
2,393,504 
2,350,668 
2,007,021 
2,190,146 
2,122,283 
2,221,271 
1,982,401 
2,568,541 
bushels 
313,802,471 
288,066,336 
234,709,542 
245,261,942 
238,319,129 
226,824,263 
189,779,819 
256,473,754 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
3,074 
3,352 
3,362 
5,054 
4,817 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
309,709 
297,381 
233,601 
282,015 
279,786 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
4,861,484 
4,350,145 
3,447,251 
4,027,278 
4,001,045 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
6,241 
6,263 
6,561 
9,525 
8,976 
12,433 
10,327 
15,416 
acres 
539,138 
523,153 
433,783 
517,669 
499,742 
583,245 
356,073 
513,445 
bushels 
(D) 
33,583,908 
28,248,938 
29,350,049 
28,432,159 
29,350,586 
16,465,394 
20,764,229 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
6,236 
6,217 
6,488 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
538,880 
520,601 
430,193 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
39,575,808 
33,481,512 
28,080,725 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
6 
55 
116 
133 
119 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
258 
2,552 
3,590 
4,948 
4,574 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
102,396 
168,213 
226,566 
211,185 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,677 
2,181 
2,756 
4,042 
3,707 
5,436 
11,392 
16,627 
acres 
35,420 
55,046 
63,485 
81,540 
77,588 
113,359 
259,445 
398,618 
bushels 
2,001,826 
2,972,519 
3,994,940 
4,854,346 
4,624,435 
6,650,151 
14,634,547 
24,770,648 
Barley for grain 
farms 
321 
376 
400 
649 
619 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
9,571 
12,953 
11,620 
19,549 
18,893 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
422,456 
642,216 
576,461 
1,069,485 
1,032,383 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
22 
26 
22 
18 
14 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
723 
658 
559 
541 
485 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
46,961 
41,825 
21,255 
22,334 
18,786 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
110 
126 
158 
118 
111 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,555 
2,635 
2,595 
2,623 
2,587 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
16,973 
32,419 
20,068 
25,317 
24,900 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
12,059 
10,461 
11,683 
13,574 
12,561 
13,175 
12,734 
14,905 
acres 
1,983,444 
1,715,427 
2,055,424 
1,768,996 
1,694,872 
1,332,114 
1,023,599 
1,122,617 
bushels 
83,173,727 
67,515,728 
78,197,248 
64,787,800 
62,242,411 
41,633,625 
36,267,622 
34,307,197 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,120 
1,183 
1,587 
2,243 
2,172 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
188,526 
195,419 
259,026 
307,589 
302,767 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
3,471,642 
3,207,689 
4,862,193 
4,992,441 
4,878,076 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
20,511 
21,853 
22,067 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,061,932 
1,160,467 
1,212,603 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
2,457,625 
2,966,956 
3,557,828 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
24 
67 
91 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,611 
5,888 
2,275 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
2,545,926 
7,206,293 
3,381,523 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
758 
737 
989 
1,164 
1,182 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
156,447 
150,054 
180,054 
160,145 
163,236 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
4,423,378 
3,532,941 
3,324,568 
3,003,671 
3,055,112 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
2,980 
2,878 
2,519 
2,682 
2,498 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
158,661 
174,685 
137,887 
133,254 
128,349 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
934 
600 
395 
351 
328 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
46,662 
42,267 
45,839 
46,105 
44,931 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
40 
22 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
219 
27 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
2,502 
2,712 
2,601 
3,262 
2,863 
3,531 
3,791 
4,280 
acres 
1 1 1 ,372 
115,284 
118,166 
148,296 
139,607 
162,183 
161,567 
165,238 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1 982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
