Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
45,174 
768 
1,049 
1,775 
2,969 
3,120 
acres 
6,736,807 
1,267,288 
896,203 
878,384 
842,718 
510,536 
Partnership 
farms 
3,470 
532 
362 
313 
341 
267 
acres 
1,848,642 
1,065,044 
318,351 
178,615 
98,093 
45,383 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,525 
479 
297 
244 
232 
185 
acres 
1,564,084 
974,243 
257,121 
137,059 
68,986 
30,928 
Corporation 
farms 
2,662 
474 
254 
210 
227 
179 
acres 
1,171,108 
705,851 
175,853 
85,388 
57,786 
33,612 
Family held 
farms 
2,352 
445 
241 
201 
210 
160 
acres 
1,103,710 
675,757 
168,595 
82,297 
52,336 
31,314 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
5 
- 
2 
4 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,331 
440 
241 
199 
206 
159 
Other than family held 
farms 
310 
29 
13 
9 
17 
19 
acres 
67,398 
30,094 
7,258 
3,091 
5,450 
2,298 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
290 
26 
13 
9 
17 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
888 
18 
25 
19 
60 
57 
acres 
192,007 
31,249 
19,743 
10,645 
18,210 
8,612 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,620 
1,609 
1,174 
1,219 
1,441 
1,157 
workers 
83,451 
33,411 
8,399 
8,046 
7,202 
4,678 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,965 
1,419 
888 
710 
673 
357 
workers 
25,710 
14,197 
2,863 
2,364 
1,841 
823 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,784 
1,131 
792 
900 
1,143 
991 
workers 
57,741 
19,214 
5,536 
5,682 
5,361 
3,855 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
768 
195 
85 
109 
116 
85 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
94 
3 
6 
4 
14 
11 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
22,501 
466 
549 
909 
1,419 
1,420 
workers 
53,797 
962 
1,152 
2,011 
3,237 
3,398 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,162 
42 
41 
41 
71 
117 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18,764 
98 
63 
99 
209 
399 
50 to 69 acres 
4,639 
15 
7 
31 
99 
166 
70 to 99 acres 
6,049 
23 
18 
57 
130 
442 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,225 
10 
21 
52 
264 
704 
140 to 179 acres 
2,721 
14 
20 
68 
293 
565 
180 to 219 acres 
1,934 
20 
20 
65 
406 
406 
220 to 259 acres 
1,340 
11 
30 
59 
392 
271 
260 to 499 acres 
3,766 
88 
179 
724 
1,363 
458 
500 to 999 acres 
2,574 
292 
690 
992 
322 
83 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,417 
631 
570 
123 
42 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
603 
548 
31 
6 
6 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14,171 
801 
1,004 
1,488 
2,277 
2,177 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,737 
95 
53 
59 
119 
156 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,311 
50 
52 
101 
217 
230 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
2,632 
139 
95 
137 
212 
269 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
13,687 
71 
72 
50 
115 
211 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
13,687 
71 
72 
50 
115 
211 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,042 
48 
58 
99 
136 
178 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
344 
34 
20 
17 
46 
36 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,672 
407 
277 
303 
375 
184 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
686 
88 
45 
24 
20 
12 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
1,146 
46 
1 
12 
5 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,419 
- 
2 
2 
10 
20 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,347 
13 
11 
25 
65 
141 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,626 
696 
623 
794 
1,164 
1,031 
number 
1,130,477 
641,062 
128,827 
99,967 
82,772 
44,230 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,268 
17 
26 
45 
111 
175 
10 to 49 
5,209 
33 
60 
159 
391 
539 
50 to 99 
1,193 
17 
71 
141 
391 
228 
100 to 199 
837 
47 
147 
304 
218 
74 
200 to 499 
703 
209 
297 
133 
48 
15 
500 or more 
416 
373 
22 
12 
5 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
10,113 
516 
433 
552 
828 
736 
number 
484,381 
289,419 
48,001 
35,213 
30,591 
17,076 
Beef cows 
farms 
8,016 
85 
117 
224 
440 
522 
number 
108,126 
5,613 
5,248 
9,443 
13,637 
12,272 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,791 
17 
28 
59 
124 
175 
1 0 to 49 
2,900 
40 
56 
108 
238 
287 
50 to 99 
216 
11 
16 
31 
49 
45 
100 to 199 
86 
11 
14 
19 
22 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
