Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,848 
i 
4 
11 
29 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,407 
3 
8 
19 
71 
128 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,896 
2 
6 
24 
66 
189 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,037 
8 
22 
66 
262 
727 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,084 
31 
48 
156 
679 
1,252 
$50,000 or more 
7,734 
1,611 
1,470 
1,778 
2,052 
600 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
28,188 
178 
161 
289 
527 
736 
Average net loss 
dollars 
18,443 
479,498 
126,281 
114,247 
68,798 
40,544 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,264 
1 
5 
11 
41 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,027 
2 
5 
8 
35 
94 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,524 
3 
10 
14 
49 
80 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,523 
9 
23 
40 
105 
179 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,120 
10 
22 
62 
124 
162 
$50,000 or more 
1,730 
154 
100 
160 
203 
180 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
366 
152 
67 
60 
40 
19 
$1,000 
47,247 
36,708 
5,951 
3,613 
752 
104 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,264 
1,188 
1,083 
1,440 
1,899 
1,730 
$1,000 
338,828 
85,765 
39,622 
38,622 
32,547 
21,698 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,947 
371 
336 
393 
395 
346 
$1,000 
48,281 
20,153 
7,639 
7,107 
5,036 
2,473 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
8,662 
191 
149 
204 
349 
481 
$1,000 
81,864 
13,506 
4,777 
5,777 
5,897 
4,785 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,819 
46 
45 
84 
127 
140 
$1,000 
13,886 
574 
364 
1,085 
1,058 
1,438 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
802 
16 
16 
27 
47 
70 
$1,000 
18,995 
184 
1,091 
1,213 
1,555 
2,172 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
5,863 
889 
761 
879 
1,052 
674 
$1,000 
28,112 
16,903 
3,949 
2,694 
2,059 
1,212 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,076 
296 
264 
361 
423 
267 
$1,000 
86,591 
24,248 
16,877 
16,640 
12,815 
5,641 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
550 
38 
30 
42 
53 
43 
$1,000 
2,682 
735 
304 
337 
322 
202 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,259 
177 
143 
214 
248 
268 
$1,000 
58,353 
9,429 
4,620 
3,738 
3,804 
3,775 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
44,668 
1,762 
1,673 
2,298 
3,600 
3,545 
acres 
7,669,071 
2,889,842 
1,267,232 
1,000,747 
816,581 
436,822 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
37,479 
1,752 
1,671 
2,286 
3,584 
3,503 
acres 
7,057,978 
2,836,652 
1,242,507 
968,484 
777,841 
403,921 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
20,659 
113 
86 
166 
415 
714 
50 to 99 acres 
5,259 
14 
27 
102 
288 
883 
100 to 199 acres 
4,039 
36 
60 
173 
986 
1,474 
200 to 499 acres 
3,847 
125 
302 
996 
1,756 
414 
500 to 999 acres 
2,065 
340 
761 
805 
133 
17 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,143 
668 
426 
42 
6 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
467 
456 
9 
2 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,717 
87 
92 
146 
284 
257 
acres 
90,469 
10,484 
4,801 
7,640 
12,543 
7,705 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,939 
90 
75 
122 
150 
206 
acres 
86,570 
14,874 
6,798 
9,449 
6,036 
5,552 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
12,114 
373 
284 
352 
514 
506 
acres 
409,597 
27,245 
12,515 
14,047 
17,863 
17,042 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,591 
27 
36 
59 
124 
166 
acres 
24,457 
587 
611 
1,127 
2,298 
2,602 
Total woodland 
farms 
27,381 
870 
815 
1,114 
1,891 
1,879 
acres 
1,175,893 
123,561 
64,001 
76,850 
97,442 
80,073 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,641 
68 
71 
100 
236 
249 
acres 
110,067 
7,456 
4,163 
5,796 
9,788 
8,784 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
25,010 
839 
786 
1,085 
1,795 
1,753 
acres 
1,065,826 
116,105 
59,838 
71,054 
87,654 
71,289 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
