Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,519 
5,355 
4,175 
3,993 
4,235 
14,216 
acres 
422,152 
460,221 
276,403 
218,226 
181,621 
783,055 
Partnership 
farms 
249 
302 
220 
158 
121 
605 
acres 
34,191 
27,971 
16,869 
14,008 
6,519 
43,598 
Registered under state law 
farms 
165 
229 
130 
103 
91 
370 
acres 
21,900 
21,382 
10,370 
8,081 
4,517 
29,497 
Corporation 
farms 
176 
198 
159 
100 
104 
581 
acres 
23,082 
17,970 
16,161 
4,756 
4,256 
46,393 
Family held 
farms 
154 
170 
148 
88 
87 
448 
acres 
21,185 
14,676 
15,739 
4,434 
3,773 
33,604 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
150 
169 
148 
86 
87 
446 
Other than family held 
farms 
22 
28 
11 
12 
17 
133 
acres 
1,897 
3,294 
422 
322 
483 
12,789 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
15 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
22 
26 
11 
12 
17 
118 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
42 
91 
55 
52 
70 
399 
acres 
8,557 
10,702 
4,908 
3,093 
10,941 
65,347 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,088 
1,295 
908 
685 
690 
2,354 
workers 
4,339 
4,620 
2,572 
1,888 
1,805 
6,491 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
237 
273 
230 
172 
168 
838 
workers 
503 
610 
357 
291 
302 
1,559 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
979 
1,157 
775 
576 
573 
1,767 
workers 
3,836 
4,010 
2,215 
1,597 
1,503 
4,932 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
40 
40 
24 
21 
1 
52 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
13 
19 
7 
1 
1 
15 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,691 
2,750 
2,111 
2,145 
2,207 
6,834 
workers 
4,037 
6,909 
5,320 
5,314 
5,549 
15,908 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
167 
373 
413 
530 
759 
1,608 
1 0 to 49 acres 
736 
2,132 
2,078 
2,158 
2,507 
8,285 
50 to 69 acres 
457 
806 
533 
458 
392 
1,675 
70 to 99 acres 
813 
972 
617 
574 
441 
1,962 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
671 
625 
439 
250 
204 
985 
140 to 1 79 acres 
404 
342 
215 
141 
99 
560 
180 to 219 acres 
238 
255 
129 
85 
52 
258 
220 to 259 acres 
159 
147 
70 
32 
31 
138 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
249 
92 
62 
37 
245 
500 to 999 acres 
59 
39 
20 
8 
6 
63 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
12 
6 
2 
4 
1 
16 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,037 
2,093 
1,120 
614 
388 
172 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
200 
385 
255 
172 
115 
128 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
241 
290 
177 
144 
90 
719 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
276 
371 
242 
194 
194 
503 
Other crop farming (1119) 
463 
1,041 
1,069 
1,278 
1,646 
7,671 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
463 
1,041 
1,069 
1,278 
1,646 
7,671 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
346 
955 
1,067 
1,018 
756 
1,381 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
92 
87 
9 
- 
1 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
34 
25 
12 
- 
- 
55 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
10 
37 
47 
77 
151 
175 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
11 
25 
30 
66 
212 
729 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
53 
161 
125 
168 
346 
532 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
223 
476 
456 
572 
631 
3,734 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,226 
1,968 
1,624 
1,332 
1,092 
2,076 
number 
34,657 
38,011 
22,372 
13,346 
8,349 
16,884 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
269 
647 
760 
820 
815 
1,583 
1 0 to 49 
758 
1,198 
840 
496 
267 
468 
50 to 99 
174 
111 
19 
14 
9 
18 
1 00 to 1 99 
24 
12 
3 
2 
1 
5 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
2 
" 
- 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
881 
1,527 
1,319 
1,023 
789 
1,509 
number 
15,393 
18,836 
1 1 ,042 
6,771 
4,162 
7,877 
Beef cows 
farms 
796 
1,425 
1,265 
982 
735 
1,425 
number 
14,487 
18,269 
10,802 
6,652 
4,017 
7,686 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
271 
660 
843 
771 
631 
1,212 
10 to 49 
485 
747 
417 
210 
101 
211 
50 to 99 
37 
17 
5 
1 
3 
1 
100 to 199 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Michigan 101 
