Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,867 
380 
1,180 
300 
339 
226 
acres 
1,384,201 
1,667 
29,166 
17,383 
27,541 
26,329 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
45,174 
3,643 
17,030 
4,093 
5,433 
3,766 
acres 
6,736,807 
17,679 
454,462 
238,952 
442,050 
438,969 
Partnership 
farms 
3,470 
204 
745 
242 
287 
217 
acres 
1,848,642 
948 
19,201 
14,069 
23,214 
24,954 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,525 
142 
521 
161 
185 
128 
acres 
1,564,084 
647 
13,157 
9,349 
15,047 
14,582 
Corporation 
farms 
2,662 
241 
729 
215 
203 
171 
acres 
1,171,108 
1,104 
17,347 
12,490 
16,326 
19,945 
Family held 
farms 
2,352 
210 
612 
182 
179 
145 
acres 
1,103,710 
949 
14,482 
10,627 
14,346 
16,992 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
2 
3 
3 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,331 
208 
609 
179 
178 
145 
Other than family held 
farms 
310 
31 
117 
33 
24 
26 
acres 
67,398 
155 
2,865 
1,863 
1,980 
2,953 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
3 
- 
7 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
290 
31 
114 
33 
17 
25 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
888 
74 
260 
89 
126 
71 
acres 
192,007 
287 
6,563 
5,252 
10,320 
8,208 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,620 
854 
3,463 
959 
1,260 
993 
workers 
83,451 
4,379 
15,213 
5,010 
5,357 
5,147 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,965 
339 
1,195 
297 
354 
337 
workers 
25,710 
1,242 
4,116 
1,122 
1,164 
999 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,784 
703 
2,808 
806 
1,079 
822 
workers 
57,741 
3,137 
11,097 
3,888 
4,193 
4,148 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
768 
20 
80 
45 
61 
71 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
94 
10 
29 
11 
15 
11 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
22,501 
1,933 
8,693 
2,037 
2,535 
1,771 
workers 
53,797 
4,790 
21,107 
5,054 
5,939 
4,355 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,162 
4,162 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18,764 
- 
18,764 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,639 
- 
- 
4,639 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
6,049 
- 
- 
- 
6,049 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,225 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,225 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,721 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,934 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,340 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,766 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,574 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,417 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
603 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14,171 
156 
2,329 
1,025 
1,542 
1,414 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,737 
399 
696 
134 
134 
77 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
2,311 
271 
942 
204 
260 
199 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2,632 
669 
1,165 
178 
192 
138 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
13,687 
237 
5,446 
1,766 
2,364 
1,382 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
13,687 
237 
5,446 
1,766 
2,364 
1,382 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,042 
600 
2,470 
591 
765 
484 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
344 
16 
75 
22 
36 
38 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,672 
28 
114 
35 
114 
151 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
686 
137 
301 
32 
57 
28 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,146 
259 
607 
73 
86 
36 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,419 
384 
755 
87 
77 
40 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,347 
1,006 
3,864 
492 
422 
238 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,626 
763 
3,733 
1,097 
1,588 
1,299 
number 
1,130,477 
16,192 
79,345 
21,548 
42,177 
46,665 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,268 
631 
2,555 
539 
615 
358 
1 0 to 49 
5,209 
104 
1,057 
501 
854 
740 
50 to 99 
1,193 
- 
44 
32 
78 
148 
100 to 199 
837 
13 
30 
13 
21 
43 
200 to 499 
703 
8 
23 
10 
15 
7 
500 or more 
416 
7 
24 
2 
5 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
10,113 
457 
2,634 
837 
1,259 
995 
number 
484,381 
3,939 
31,737 
8,871 
20,320 
23,600 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
74 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
