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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,048 
728 
270 
50 
356 
692 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
3,984,296 
2,273,376 
1,708,615 
2,305 
2,456,141 
1,528,155 
sold 
farms 
116 
89 
23 
4 
34 
82 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
5,325,058 
3,526,806 
1,798,132 
120 
3,276,014 
2,049,044 
sold 
farms 
1,124 
761 
314 
49 
368 
756 
Farms with- 
number 
5,737,416 
240,556 
5,486,414 
10,446 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 1,999 
1,098 
754 
296 
48 
365 
733 
2,000 to 59,999 
14 
6 
7 
1 
2 
12 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
12 
1 
11 
- 
1 
11 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
838 
623 
187 
28 
306 
532 
number 
2,190,486 
697,060 
692,504 
800,922 
321,193 
1,869,293 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
486 
333 
128 
25 
156 
330 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
5,208,149 
1,624,355 
1,774,070 
1,809,724 
716,578 
4,491,571 
Barley for grain 
farms 
321 
94 
222 
5 
165 
156 
acres 
9,571 
2,521 
6,897 
153 
4,789 
4,782 
bushels 
422,456 
102,019 
314,777 
5,660 
201,988 
220,468 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
199 
67 
129 
3 
104 
95 
25 to 99 acres 
105 
24 
79 
2 
54 
51 
100 to 249 acres 
14 
1 
13 
- 
5 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
13,907 
4,541 
8,497 
869 
8,265 
5,642 
acres 
2,393,504 
269,154 
1,938,187 
186,163 
1,100,640 
1,292,864 
bushels 
313,802,471 
34,891,360 
253,946,369 
24,964,742 
141,658,612 
172,143,859 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,056 
219 
768 
69 
532 
524 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
308,372 
39,581 
234,798 
33,993 
118,991 
189,381 
1 to 24 acres 
3,930 
2,288 
1,457 
185 
2,425 
1,505 
25 to 99 acres 
4,741 
1,773 
2,628 
340 
3,053 
1,688 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,670 
342 
2,166 
162 
1,580 
1,090 
250 to 499 acres 
1,405 
75 
1,235 
95 
732 
673 
500 acres or more 
1,161 
63 
1,011 
87 
475 
686 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
3,074 
745 
2,208 
121 
1,448 
1,626 
acres 
309,709 
26,484 
269,733 
13,492 
109,015 
200,694 
tons 
4,861,484 
408,397 
4,252,585 
200,502 
1,627,667 
3,233,817 
Irrigated 
farms 
151 
24 
121 
6 
49 
102 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
19,791 
2,725 
16,500 
566 
6,192 
13,599 
1 to 24 acres 
1,233 
485 
703 
45 
664 
569 
25 to 99 acres 
1,094 
207 
845 
42 
520 
574 
1 00 to 249 acres 
451 
44 
385 
22 
174 
277 
250 to 499 acres 
172 
5 
159 
8 
51 
121 
500 acres or more 
124 
4 
116 
4 
39 
85 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,120 
204 
842 
74 
670 
450 
acres 
188,526 
18,636 
149,765 
20,125 
86,020 
102,506 
cwt 
3,471,642 
356,255 
2,729,038 
386,349 
1,570,476 
1,901,166 
Irrigated 
farms 
56 
6 
47 
3 
22 
34 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
7,100 
(D) 
5,577 
(D) 
2,039 
5,061 
1 to 24 acres 
142 
59 
73 
10 
102 
40 
25 to 99 acres 
417 
102 
294 
21 
277 
140 
1 00 to 249 acres 
323 
26 
281 
16 
195 
128 
250 to 499 acres 
155 
9 
136 
10 
71 
84 
500 acres or more 
83 
8 
58 
17 
25 
58 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,677 
602 
1,030 
45 
918 
759 
acres 
35,420 
8,826 
25,690 
904 
19,289 
16,131 
bushels 
2,001,826 
478,510 
1,472,065 
51,251 
1,094,419 
907,407 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
8 
5 
- 
9 
4 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
115 
75 
40 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1,305 
541 
728 
36 
738 
567 
25 to 99 acres 
324 
52 
263 
9 
159 
165 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
7 
34 
- 
15 
26 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
2 
2 
- 
3 
1 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
22 
14 
7 
1 
8 
14 
acres 
723 
504 
(D) 
(D) 
248 
475 
bushels 
46,961 
33,513 
(D) 
(D) 
13,801 
33,160 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
2 
1 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
6 
4 
1 
3 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
6 
3 
- 
5 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
12,059 
3,803 
7,409 
847 
7,500 
4,559 
acres 
1,983,444 
231,456 
1,616,699 
135,289 
1,013,612 
969,832 
bushels 
83,173,727 
9,436,547 
68,128,210 
5,608,970 
41,932,954 
41,240,773 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
226 Michigan 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
