Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
1,151 
78,995 
870 
74,362 
Llamas 
462 
2,338 
698 
3,698 
Bison 
89 
1,901 
150 
3,629 
Mink, live 
8 
16,465 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
199 
14,658 
304 
20,801 
Rabbits, live 
740 
27,193 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
43 
1,170 
104 
2,955 
Other livestock (see text) 
39 
(X) 
80 
(X) 
Alpacas 
360 
4,811 
318 
4,409 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
737 
3,973,247 
6,874 
575 
4,938,440 
Milk from sheep and goats 
178 
(NA) 
1,677 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
44 
493 
871 
51 
912 
Deer in captivity 
75 
2,293 
3,217 
144 
2,690 
Elk in captivity 
25 
199 
418 
59 
874 
Alpacas 
87 
513 
595 
119 
592 
Llamas 
47 
143 
96 
108 
433 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
255 
45,077 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
15 
(X) 
3,620 
32 
(X) 
Other livestock products 1 
422 
(X) 
5,642 
130 
(X) 
Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
318 
(D) 
44.1 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
249 
61,603 
172.7 
807 
246,769 
298,306 
140.2 
12,851 
1,786,826 
126.9 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
37 
3,483 
26.3 
114 
16,308 
36,363 
18.4 
2,923 
253,555 
15.0 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
13 
1,101 
15.9 
43 
5,999 
7,633 
16.8 
1,064 
173,793 
18.6 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
5 
90 
46.4 
8 
25 
246 
71.0 
1,664 
35,059 
56.4 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
142 
17,486 
48.9 
503 
66,929 
125,291 
42.4 
11,414 
1,773,738 
41.8 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
6 
689 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
29.2 
731 
148,837 
(D) 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
24 
4,781 
(D) 
78 
4,889 
8,027 
70.8 
6,139 
521,441 
73.5 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
24 
4,781 
71.5 
78 
4,889 
8,027 
70.8 
6,134 
521,183 
73.5 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
258 
(D) 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
84 
4,574 
(X) 
331 
16,309 
42,126 
(X) 
20,096 
998,923 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
72 
1,890 
2.4 
206 
6,473 
15,983 
3.8 
14,640 
576,848 
2.0 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
5 
99 
0.7 
7 
119 
372 
1.5 
655 
19,519 
1.7 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
16 
119 
2.1 
30 
841 
1,158 
1.2 
4,109 
185,248 
1.3 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
7 
21 
1.7 
19 
29 
278 
1.0 
1,936 
52,814 
1.1 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
13 
3,519 
(D) 
98 
8,567 
19,353 
(D) 
1,740 
187,947 
6.9 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
4 
69 
5.7 
11 
236 
404 
4.5 
599 
28,002 
4.2 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
739 
62,920 
(X) 
499 
28,745 
20,411 
(X) 
1,742 
44,133 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
248 
3,642 
(X) 
282 
9,966 
22,617 
(X) 
1,972 
75,147 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
477 
9,194 
(X) 
198 
7,254 
2,305 
(X) 
769 
4,637 
(X) 
26 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
