Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
34,320 
14,351 
1,957 
28,321 
22,307 
acres 
9,225,892 
2,648,624 
6,151,514 
425,754 
4,652,218 
4,573,674 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,867 
2,279 
1,312 
276 
1,664 
2,203 
acres 
1,384,201 
227,580 
1,077,159 
79,462 
477,079 
907,122 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
45,174 
31,305 
12,287 
1,582 
26,481 
18,693 
acres 
6,736,807 
2,263,130 
4,277,000 
196,677 
4,096,787 
2,640,020 
Partnership 
farms 
3,470 
1,715 
1,550 
205 
878 
2,592 
acres 
1,848,642 
257,361 
1,472,285 
118,996 
293,755 
1,554,887 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,525 
1,149 
1,209 
167 
576 
1,949 
acres 
1,564,084 
193,613 
1,263,732 
106,739 
223,530 
1,340,554 
Corporation 
farms 
2,662 
1,498 
889 
275 
1,073 
1,589 
acres 
1,171,108 
183,683 
779,885 
207,540 
326,667 
844,441 
Family held 
farms 
2,352 
1,283 
831 
238 
889 
1,463 
acres 
1,103,710 
162,704 
749,247 
191,759 
295,973 
807,737 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
21 
11 
6 
4 
9 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,331 
1,272 
825 
234 
880 
1,451 
Other than family held 
farms 
310 
215 
58 
37 
184 
126 
acres 
67,398 
20,979 
30,638 
15,781 
30,694 
36,704 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
12 
5 
3 
6 
14 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
290 
203 
53 
34 
178 
112 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
888 
716 
135 
37 
479 
409 
acres 
192,007 
117,992 
64,508 
9,507 
106,562 
85,445 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
13,620 
7,118 
5,792 
710 
6,760 
6,860 
workers 
83,451 
35,230 
40,378 
7,843 
29,106 
54,345 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,965 
2,602 
2,997 
366 
2,495 
3,470 
workers 
25,710 
9,199 
14,005 
2,506 
7,534 
18,176 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,784 
5,776 
4,453 
555 
5,451 
5,333 
workers 
57,741 
26,031 
26,373 
5,337 
21,572 
36,169 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
768 
300 
413 
55 
338 
430 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
94 
67 
27 
- 
57 
37 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
22,501 
15,253 
6,451 
797 
10,067 
12,434 
workers 
53,797 
36,351 
15,568 
1,878 
21,336 
32,461 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,162 
3,647 
191 
324 
2,097 
2,065 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18,764 
16,186 
1,963 
615 
10,023 
8,741 
50 to 69 acres 
4,639 
3,451 
1,022 
166 
2,625 
2,014 
70 to 99 acres 
6,049 
4,648 
1,201 
200 
3,660 
2,389 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,225 
2,673 
1,410 
142 
2,488 
1,737 
140 to 179 acres 
2,721 
1,526 
1,124 
71 
1,631 
1,090 
180 to 219 acres 
1,934 
922 
903 
109 
1,147 
787 
220 to 259 acres 
1,340 
576 
698 
66 
789 
551 
260 to 499 acres 
3,766 
1,109 
2,503 
154 
2,246 
1,520 
500 to 999 acres 
2,574 
336 
2,116 
122 
1,380 
1,194 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,417 
110 
1,232 
75 
639 
778 
2,000 acres or more 
603 
50 
498 
55 
186 
417 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14,171 
5,617 
7,581 
973 
9,149 
5,022 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,737 
1,147 
449 
141 
778 
959 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,311 
1,873 
340 
98 
1,187 
1,124 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2,632 
2,245 
235 
152 
1,294 
1,338 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
13,687 
11,465 
1,972 
250 
8,381 
5,306 
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 
11,465 
1,972 
250 
8,381 
5,306 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,042 
4,181 
1,716 
145 
3,206 
2,836 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
344 
146 
180 
18 
206 
138 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,672 
408 
1,209 
55 
703 
969 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
686 
496 
155 
35 
312 
374 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,146 
996 
114 
36 
433 
713 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,419 
1,221 
169 
29 
574 
845 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,347 
5,439 
741 
167 
2,688 
3,659 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,626 
7,138 
6,085 
403 
6,873 
6,753 
number 
1,130,477 
254,755 
837,404 
38,318 
438,552 
691,925 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,268 
3,910 
1,225 
133 
2,652 
2,616 
10 to 49 
5,209 
2,535 
2,504 
170 
2,785 
2,424 
50 to 99 
1,193 
327 
832 
34 
612 
581 
100 to 199 
837 
178 
635 
24 
394 
443 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
