Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,407 
314 
1,833 
524 
692 
448 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,896 
204 
953 
348 
457 
344 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,037 
183 
962 
409 
682 
541 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,084 
113 
488 
176 
353 
456 
$50,000 or more 
7,734 
158 
530 
177 
219 
336 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
28,188 
2,935 
13,193 
2,797 
3,404 
1,947 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
18,443 
10,937 
12,024 
13,124 
12,947 
16,832 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,264 
265 
1,161 
224 
296 
121 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,027 
1,128 
4,643 
875 
1,058 
580 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,524 
729 
3,231 
662 
805 
442 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,523 
561 
2,925 
724 
877 
482 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,120 
148 
800 
213 
229 
196 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
1,730 
104 
433 
99 
139 
126 
Total 
... farms 
366 
- 
7 
7 
12 
10 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
47,247 
(D) 
15 
18 
87 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
20,264 
959 
5,922 
1,738 
2,069 
1,829 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
338,828 
6,291 
52,486 
19,903 
18,244 
23,155 
services 
... farms 
2,947 
74 
386 
143 
201 
270 
$1,000 
48,281 
847 
3,873 
988 
1,923 
2,421 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
8,662 
441 
3,310 
1,065 
1,094 
821 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
81,864 
2,104 
17,920 
7,246 
7,353 
6,571 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
1,819 
22 
419 
161 
266 
183 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
13,886 
34 
1,257 
781 
1,567 
1,232 
(see text) 
... farms 
802 
58 
247 
82 
104 
65 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
18,995 
753 
4,037 
2,996 
1,372 
2,895 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
5,863 
176 
779 
264 
356 
451 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
28,112 
300 
1,776 
244 
433 
823 
payments received 
... farms 
2,076 
37 
134 
64 
105 
150 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
86,591 
192 
1,528 
1,299 
1,948 
4,080 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
550 
15 
144 
51 
62 
58 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
2,682 
8 
292 
194 
127 
129 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
3,259 
234 
1,252 
231 
265 
265 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
58,353 
2,053 
21,802 
6,155 
3,520 
5,004 
Total cropland 
... farms 
44,668 
2,211 
14,643 
4,222 
5,571 
4,031 
acres 
7,669,071 
7,395 
249,250 
147,942 
274,172 
294,667 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
37,479 
1,922 
11,389 
3,323 
4,346 
3,382 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
7,057,978 
5,895 
164,252 
102,440 
187,762 
226,941 
1 to 49 acres 
20,659 
1,922 
11,389 
2,609 
2,519 
1,169 
50 to 99 acres 
5,259 
- 
- 
714 
1,827 
1,388 
100 to 199 acres 
4,039 
- 
- 
- 
- 
825 
200 to 499 acres 
3,847 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,065 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,143 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
467 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
3,717 
187 
1,305 
299 
423 
397 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
90,469 
511 
10,678 
4,982 
7,739 
9,251 
were abandoned 
... farms 
2,939 
71 
920 
324 
387 
317 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
86,570 
139 
7,908 
4,317 
6,878 
7,182 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
12,114 
258 
4,163 
1,414 
1,908 
1,207 
acres 
409,597 
817 
63,132 
33,783 
68,188 
47,780 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
1,591 
9 
296 
186 
244 
228 
acres 
24,457 
33 
3,280 
2,420 
3,605 
3,513 
Total woodland 
... farms 
27,381 
560 
8,465 
2,782 
3,886 
2,782 
acres 
1,175,893 
1,349 
87,888 
59,100 
110,514 
104,958 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
4,641 
205 
1,600 
429 
568 
445 
acres 
110,067 
449 
11,209 
5,530 
8,390 
9,389 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
25,010 
402 
7,494 
2,560 
3,603 
2,563 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,065,826 
900 
76,679 
53,570 
102,124 
95,569 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
19,455 
1,537 
8,373 
1,823 
2,198 
1,503 
acres 
419,450 
5,092 
76,392 
27,259 
44,255 
37,844 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
66 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
