Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
52,194 
1,792 
1,690 
2,317 
3,597 
3,623 
percent 
100.0 
3.4 
3.2 
4.4 
6.9 
6.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
9,948,564 
3,069,432 
1,410,150 
1,153,032 
1,016,807 
598,143 
Average size of farm 
acres 
191 
1,713 
834 
498 
283 
165 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
52,194 
1,792 
1,690 
2,317 
3,597 
3,623 
$1,000 
8,833,970 
5,580,924 
1,225,164 
839,545 
593,096 
268,467 
Average per farm 
dollars 
169,253 
3,114,355 
724,949 
362,341 
164,886 
74,101 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
11,549 
. 
. 
_ 
_ 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
6,366 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,513 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,283 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,209 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,060 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,661 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,473 
$100,000 to $249,999 
3,668 
- 
- 
- 
3,511 
150 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,336 
" 
- 
2,250 
86 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,715 
- 
1,648 
67 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,834 
1,792 
42 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,269 
1,227 
42 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
348 
348 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
217 
217 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
52,194 
1,792 
1,690 
2,317 
3,597 
3,623 
$1,000 
8,678,050 
5,531,262 
1,197,498 
819,615 
575,489 
258,419 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
18,514 
1,438 
1,452 
1,937 
2,870 
2,683 
$1,000 
3,613,250 
1,756,547 
712,324 
513,795 
358,518 
153,698 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8,851 
1,377 
1,369 
1,738 
2,431 
1,936 
$1,000 
3,460,937 
1,754,938 
710,231 
509,639 
350,074 
136,055 
Corn 
farms 
14,282 
1,377 
1,378 
1,812 
2,514 
2,147 
$1,000 
2,069,927 
1,120,671 
381,976 
266,384 
175,884 
71,177 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
6,222 
1,319 
1,270 
1,558 
1,653 
422 
$1,000 
1,937,953 
1,119,116 
379,004 
260,139 
152,373 
27,321 
Wheat 
farms 
6,223 
861 
871 
979 
1,253 
873 
$1,000 
295,758 
127,789 
67,081 
43,003 
33,368 
13,332 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,655 
648 
544 
331 
118 
14 
$1,000 
214,768 
121,932 
58,025 
26,039 
7,957 
816 
Soybeans 
farms 
12,039 
1,069 
1,182 
1,580 
2,241 
1,959 
$1,000 
1,092,453 
423,284 
232,433 
185,191 
137,344 
64,524 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,013 
969 
1,043 
1,340 
1,295 
366 
$1,000 
960,199 
420,620 
228,257 
178,682 
109,271 
23,369 
Sorghum 
farms 
109 
15 
9 
13 
16 
9 
$1,000 
686 
173 
38 
44 
241 
34 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Barley 
farms 
307 
7 
20 
27 
46 
53 
$1,000 
1,769 
124 
360 
222 
422 
311 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
206 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
3,013 
360 
318 
395 
475 
425 
$1,000 
152,656 
84,507 
30,435 
18,951 
1 1 ,259 
4,320 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
698 
251 
201 
147 
79 
20 
$1,000 
134,848 
82,972 
28,698 
15,569 
6,260 
1,348 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
2,793 
204 
108 
170 
258 
314 
$1,000 
462,726 
355,201 
38,102 
22,861 
19,657 
11,015 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
646 
191 
90 
110 
150 
105 
$1,000 
438,527 
354,925 
37,682 
21,570 
17,537 
6,813 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
2,304 
84 
78 
151 
305 
308 
$1,000 
257,133 
118,234 
36,428 
35,770 
34,393 
16,624 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
711 
75 
66 
123 
229 
218 
$1,000 
238,259 
118,014 
36,203 
35,251 
33,449 
15,342 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,361 
50 
54 
92 
191 
180 
$1,000 
133,091 
46,806 
23,377 
20,332 
22,102 
10,308 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
448 
45 
45 
76 
147 
135 
$1,000 
120,571 
46,678 
23,193 
19,884 
21,486 
9,330 
Berries 
farms 
1,124 
41 
33 
82 
148 
153 
$1,000 
124,043 
71,428 
13,051 
15,439 
12,291 
6,316 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
272 
35 
25 
51 
82 
79 
$1,000 
116,641 
71,305 
12,926 
15,041 
11,662 
5,708 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
2,235 
155 
110 
165 
271 
326 
$1,000 
727,847 
553,646 
64,872 
45,832 
31,231 
17,367 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
839 
152 
103 
145 
209 
230 
$1,000 
709,328 
553,595 
64,827 
45,458 
30,218 
15,229 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
84 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
