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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
50,628 
1,628 
1,587 
2,229 
3,531 
3,543 
acres 
9,225,892 
2,740,560 
1,296,609 
1,096,806 
971,820 
573,841 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,867 
433 
281 
281 
313 
274 
acres 
1,384,201 
751,440 
220,935 
138,835 
82,609 
31,366 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
45,174 
790 
1,081 
1,790 
3,026 
3,163 
acres 
6,736,807 
1,297,425 
901,994 
880,083 
836,130 
513,497 
Partnership 
farms 
3,470 
544 
359 
315 
348 
265 
acres 
1,848,642 
1,082,583 
307,683 
177,377 
98,971 
42,065 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,525 
490 
291 
245 
240 
181 
acres 
1,564,084 
990,493 
244,207 
137,155 
71,194 
27,881 
Corporation 
farms 
2,662 
482 
248 
214 
232 
177 
acres 
1,171,108 
717,493 
166,220 
87,711 
56,095 
32,508 
Family held 
farms 
2,352 
453 
235 
205 
214 
158 
acres 
1,103,710 
687,399 
158,962 
84,620 
50,159 
30,206 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
5 
- 
3 
3 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,331 
448 
235 
202 
211 
157 
Other than family held 
farms 
310 
29 
13 
9 
18 
19 
acres 
67,398 
30,094 
7,258 
3,091 
5,936 
2,302 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
290 
26 
13 
9 
18 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
888 
18 
27 
17 
62 
56 
acres 
192,007 
31,249 
21,423 
8,965 
18,610 
8,423 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,620 
1,643 
1,176 
1,230 
1,466 
1,156 
workers 
83,451 
33,563 
8,393 
8,132 
7,311 
4,637 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,965 
1,447 
884 
716 
660 
361 
workers 
25,710 
14,272 
2,851 
2,362 
1,815 
841 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,784 
1,153 
795 
901 
1,182 
989 
workers 
57,741 
19,291 
5,542 
5,770 
5,496 
3,796 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
768 
196 
86 
114 
123 
82 
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 
480 
568 
908 
1,453 
1,440 
workers 
53,797 
993 
1,186 
2,016 
3,313 
3,446 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,162 
42 
41 
41 
72 
120 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18,764 
98 
64 
98 
216 
399 
50 to 69 acres 
4,639 
15 
7 
31 
100 
177 
70 to 99 acres 
6,049 
23 
18 
57 
134 
461 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,225 
10 
21 
57 
272 
731 
140 to 179 acres 
2,721 
14 
20 
71 
315 
567 
180 to 219 acres 
1,934 
20 
21 
66 
436 
400 
220 to 259 acres 
1,340 
11 
30 
61 
404 
270 
260 to 499 acres 
3,766 
89 
197 
741 
1,377 
440 
500 to 999 acres 
2,574 
298 
720 
985 
302 
84 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,417 
661 
550 
120 
36 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
603 
553 
26 
8 
4 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14,171 
836 
1,012 
1,499 
2,327 
2,181 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,737 
95 
54 
60 
123 
161 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,311 
51 
52 
105 
236 
233 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
2,632 
139 
95 
137 
212 
271 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
13,687 
71 
78 
51 
113 
225 
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 
71 
78 
51 
113 
225 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,042 
48 
59 
100 
141 
189 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
344 
34 
20 
19 
48 
36 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,672 
413 
286 
301 
366 
182 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
686 
88 
45 
24 
20 
12 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,146 
46 
1 
12 
5 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,419 
- 
2 
3 
11 
19 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,347 
13 
11 
25 
66 
142 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,626 
709 
640 
808 
1,164 
1,046 
number 
1,130,477 
644,719 
129,566 
99,622 
81,016 
44,193 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,268 
17 
27 
45 
122 
169 
10 to 49 
5,209 
33 
66 
166 
390 
560 
50 to 99 
1,193 
18 
74 
152 
389 
235 
100 to 199 
837 
50 
155 
302 
216 
67 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
