Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delta 
Dickinson 
Eaton 
Emmet 
Genesee 
Gladwin 
Gogebic 
Farms 
number 
283 
162 
1,163 
287 
835 
533 
62 
Land in farms 
acres 
70,832 
28,614 
223,239 
39,805 
123,276 
67,150 
6,078 
Average size of farm 
acres 
250 
177 
192 
139 
148 
126 
98 
Median size of farm 
acres 
120 
113 
68 
80 
38 
79 
60 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
488,407 
390,514 
714,449 
438,456 
570,910 
355,312 
257,198 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,951 
2,211 
3,722 
3,161 
3,867 
2,820 
2,624 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
23,548 
12,547 
139,007 
15,895 
90,167 
32,691 
2,122 
Average per farm 
dollars 
83,208 
77,451 
119,524 
55,383 
107,985 
61,334 
34,233 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
10 
10 
85 
25 
63 
16 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
56 
34 
391 
70 
426 
173 
17 
50 to 1 79 acres 
109 
65 
413 
118 
226 
256 
32 
180 to 499 acres 
62 
40 
147 
64 
68 
71 
10 
500 to 999 acres 
32 
12 
82 
7 
23 
12 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
14 
1 
45 
3 
29 
5 
- 
Total cropland 
farms 
243 
147 
1,009 
245 
696 
475 
53 
acres 
35,030 
15,485 
176,088 
17,872 
102,603 
40,121 
2,369 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
213 
129 
844 
218 
629 
370 
44 
acres 
28,864 
12,416 
166,769 
14,399 
94,975 
31,246 
1,891 
Irrigated land 
farms 
12 
11 
48 
36 
70 
17 
5 
acres 
625 
307 
1,458 
289 
1,547 
461 
7 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
14,966 
5,631 
119,049 
6,724 
91,340 
19,348 
497 
Average per farm 
dollars 
52,883 
34,759 
102,364 
23,430 
109,389 
36,299 
8,016 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
7,632 
2,904 
99,774 
4,444 
81,039 
13,658 
362 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
7,334 
2,727 
19,275 
2,280 
10,301 
5,689 
135 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
125 
72 
439 
116 
349 
212 
35 
$2,500 to $4,999 
25 
11 
87 
35 
76 
69 
5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
24 
24 
92 
38 
89 
68 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
39 
26 
128 
51 
92 
80 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10 
17 
90 
22 
61 
39 
6 
$50,000 to $99,999 
23 
- 
97 
11 
60 
40 
2 
$100,000 or more 
37 
12 
230 
14 
108 
25 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
101 
49 
542 
36 
269 
204 
2 
$1,000 
588 
186 
3,008 
117 
2,131 
599 
(D) 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
88 
59 
550 
86 
292 
169 
9 
$1,000 
644 
368 
5,608 
318 
6,639 
922 
(D) 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
12,185 
5,457 
90,254 
8,473 
75,566 
16,714 
686 
Average per farm 
dollars 
43,058 
33,683 
77,604 
29,522 
90,498 
31,358 
11,065 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
283 
162 
1,163 
287 
835 
533 
62 
$1,000 
4,012 
728 
37,411 
-1,313 
24,545 
4,154 
-110 
Average per farm 
dollars 
14,177 
4,494 
32,167 
-4,575 
29,395 
7,794 
-1,767 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
165 
57 
577 
129 
418 
223 
17 
Other 
number 
118 
105 
586 
158 
417 
310 
45 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
165 
125 
628 
172 
450 
306 
47 
200 days or more 
number 
110 
80 
454 
115 
296 
228 
28 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
109 
61 
313 
109 
160 
232 
18 
number 
6,917 
2,650 
11,969 
3,009 
4,810 
6,043 
214 
Beef cows 
farms 
72 
49 
208 
87 
107 
154 
15 
number 
1,906 
704 
2,431 
1,201 
1,185 
1,975 
108 
Milk cows 
farms 
24 
6 
49 
7 
19 
47 
- 
number 
1,481 
434 
2,100 
279 
1,285 
961 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
92 
43 
245 
96 
118 
168 
14 
number 
3,156 
999 
7,215 
1,297 
2,369 
2,417 
82 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
23 
18 
45 
13 
24 
36 
2 
number 
276 
138 
10,992 
163 
123 
330 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
21 
19 
39 
15 
28 
31 
3 
number 
291 
163 
22,363 
222 
160 
631 
32 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
8 
1 
56 
20 
59 
17 
2 
number 
132 
(D) 
2,809 
231 
1,153 
451 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
45 
23 
173 
65 
129 
78 
17 
number 
1,023 
546 
4,464 
1,774 
2,920 
2,063 
371 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
4 
4 
16 
7 
14 
6 
- 
number 
68 
380 
1,063 
1,250 
2,356 
233 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
37 
13 
393 
28 
172 
134 
4 
acres 
2,765 
875 
61,995 
816 
30,230 
6,787 
44 
bushels 
282,164 
87,832 
7,537,074 
72,596 
3,927,755 
859,458 
4,960 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
19 
20 
40 
23 
19 
38 
- 
acres 
723 
738 
1,486 
849 
1,508 
670 
- 
tons 
8,386 
10,160 
14,520 
10,709 
24,514 
8,832 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
8 
2 
189 
3 
91 
31 
2 
acres 
447 
(D) 
16,264 
47 
7,191 
1,399 
(D) 
bushels 
15,505 
(D) 
1,147,081 
2,015 
450,289 
101,372 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
7 
2 
189 
3 
91 
31 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
16,264 
47 
7,191 
1,399 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
1,147,081 
2,015 
450,289 
101,372 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
bushels 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
232 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
