Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iron 
Isabella 
Jackson 
Kalamazoo 
Kalkaska 
Kent 
Keweenaw 
Lake 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
10 
44 
28 
12 
8 
35 
- 
7 
acres 
453 
961 
408 
115 
137 
538 
- 
132 
bushels 
26,698 
73,070 
23,270 
5,520 
7,795 
23,706 
- 
6,040 
Barley for grain 
farms 
5 
9 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
57 
281 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
2,520 
16,574 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
244 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
20,123 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
8 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
424 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
2,369 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
272 
251 
169 
- 
162 
- 
6 
acres 
- 
50,391 
42,590 
29,444 
- 
22,454 
- 
466 
bushels 
- 
2,211,020 
1,346,470 
1,114,403 
- 
1,001,480 
- 
15,494 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
14 
- 
1 
- 
7 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
1,752 
- 
(D) 
- 
1,351 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
33,565 
- 
(D) 
- 
27,656 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
78 
410 
445 
247 
68 
449 
- 
103 
acres 
5,990 
22,775 
18,014 
9,954 
2,901 
19,812 
- 
6,195 
tons, dry 
6,921 
59,656 
38,129 
23,656 
4,531 
57,906 
- 
10,261 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
12 
23 
38 
52 
12 
86 
- 
11 
acres 
584 
536 
378 
1,910 
1,939 
2,397 
- 
20 
Potatoes 
farms 
11 
6 
13 
17 
4 
21 
- 
1 
acres 
582 
4 
8 
8 
1,343 
18 
- 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
8 
15 
16 
33 
6 
128 
- 
3 
acres 
6 
90 
106 
642 
12 
12,174 
- 
7 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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