Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
2,226 
2,037 
2,019 
189 
183 
628 
acres 
936,456 
900,416 
888,040 
36,040 
31,579 
110,286 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
72 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
28,182 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
2,662 
2,352 
2,331 
310 
290 
- 
acres 
1,171,108 
1,103,710 
1,089,440 
67,398 
57,089 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,352 
2,352 
2,331 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,103,710 
1,103,710 
1,089,440 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,331 
2,331 
2,331 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
310 
- 
- 
310 
290 
- 
acres 
67,398 
- 
- 
67,398 
57,089 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
20 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
290 
- 
" 
290 
290 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
888 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
192,007 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,618 
1,467 
1,456 
151 
140 
296 
workers 
25,466 
22,816 
22,283 
2,650 
2,175 
1,493 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,194 
1,080 
1,070 
114 
104 
156 
workers 
9,906 
8,458 
8,140 
1,448 
1,400 
533 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,221 
1,119 
1,112 
102 
93 
209 
workers 
15,560 
14,358 
14,143 
1,202 
775 
960 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
200 
179 
178 
21 
18 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
13 
13 
2 
2 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,000 
898 
892 
102 
94 
351 
workers 
2,456 
2,212 
2,177 
244 
217 
910 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
241 
210 
208 
31 
31 
74 
1 0 to 49 acres 
729 
612 
609 
117 
114 
260 
50 to 69 acres 
215 
182 
179 
33 
33 
89 
70 to 99 acres 
203 
179 
178 
24 
17 
126 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
171 
145 
145 
26 
25 
71 
140 to 1 79 acres 
96 
82 
79 
14 
12 
58 
180 to 219 acres 
90 
72 
71 
18 
18 
38 
220 to 259 acres 
62 
56 
56 
6 
6 
30 
260 to 499 acres 
216 
204 
203 
12 
10 
62 
500 to 999 acres 
274 
260 
259 
14 
13 
41 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
231 
224 
220 
7 
5 
30 
2,000 acres or more 
134 
126 
124 
8 
6 
9 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
593 
565 
557 
28 
28 
174 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
125 
114 
113 
11 
11 
25 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
247 
223 
222 
24 
21 
38 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
515 
455 
453 
60 
59 
52 
Other crop farming (1119) 
368 
300 
294 
68 
53 
371 
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) 
368 
300 
294 
68 
53 
371 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
114 
104 
103 
10 
10 
71 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
12 
11 
11 
1 
1 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
135 
123 
121 
12 
12 
21 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
24 
20 
20 
4 
4 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
63 
55 
55 
8 
8 
15 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15 
15 
15 
- 
- 
21 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
451 
367 
367 
84 
83 
83 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
478 
439 
433 
39 
39 
156 
number 
188,504 
183,454 
174,749 
5,050 
5,050 
9,663 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
109 
92 
92 
17 
17 
57 
10 to 49 
106 
90 
90 
16 
16 
68 
50 to 99 
40 
40 
39 
- 
- 
9 
1 00 to 1 99 
58 
56 
55 
2 
2 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Michigan 153 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
