Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
45,174 
2,600 
1,918 
acres 
9,225,892 
6,736,807 
1,442,343 
1,234,891 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,867 
2,570 
1,225 
1,151 
acres 
1,384,201 
657,465 
698,554 
645,153 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
45,174 
45,174 
- 
- 
acres 
6,736,807 
6,736,807 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,470 
- 
3,470 
2,525 
acres 
1,848,642 
- 
1,848,642 
1,564,084 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,525 
- 
2,525 
2,525 
acres 
1,564,084 
- 
1,564,084 
1,564,084 
Corporation 
farms 
2,662 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,171,108 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,352 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,103,710 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,331 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
310 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
67,398 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
290 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
888 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
192,007 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,620 
10,063 
1,643 
1,332 
workers 
83,451 
39,372 
17,120 
15,329 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,965 
3,585 
1,030 
875 
workers 
25,710 
9,306 
5,965 
5,385 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,784 
8,123 
1,231 
997 
workers 
57,741 
30,066 
11,155 
9,944 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
768 
412 
147 
133 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
94 
70 
6 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
22,501 
19,669 
1,481 
1,039 
workers 
53,797 
46,591 
3,840 
2,663 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,162 
3,643 
204 
142 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18,764 
17,030 
745 
521 
50 to 69 acres 
4,639 
4,093 
242 
161 
70 to 99 acres 
6,049 
5,433 
287 
185 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,225 
3,766 
217 
128 
140 to 179 acres 
2,721 
2,407 
160 
109 
180 to 219 acres 
1,934 
1,669 
137 
86 
220 to 259 acres 
1,340 
1,134 
114 
83 
260 to 499 acres 
3,766 
3,113 
375 
279 
500 to 999 acres 
2,574 
1,836 
423 
341 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,417 
812 
344 
285 
2,000 acres or more 
603 
238 
222 
205 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14,171 
12,304 
1,100 
806 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,737 
1,396 
191 
157 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,311 
1,807 
219 
195 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2,632 
1,822 
243 
201 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
13,687 
12,367 
581 
357 
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 
12,367 
581 
357 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,042 
5,634 
223 
155 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
344 
286 
42 
37 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,672 
1,161 
355 
283 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
686 
595 
54 
40 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,146 
1,001 
67 
46 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,419 
1,330 
53 
24 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,347 
5,471 
342 
224 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,626 
11,900 
1,092 
806 
number 
1,130,477 
605,116 
327,194 
294,222 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,268 
4,907 
195 
120 
1 0 to 49 
5,209 
4,736 
299 
201 
50 to 99 
1,193 
1,007 
137 
95 
100 to 199 
837 
654 
116 
92 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
