Table 5. Federal Government Payments and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Michigan 
Alcona 
Alger 
Allegan 
Alpena 
Antrim 
Arenac 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
....farms, 2012 
20,605 
57 
27 
379 
150 
129 
304 
2007 
23,239 
69 
28 
467 
182 
115 
348 
$1,000, 2012 
155,919 
263 
119 
3,286 
694 
1,324 
1,570 
2007 
118,871 
185 
64 
3,444 
332 
233 
1,657 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
7,567 
4,618 
4,392 
8,671 
4,629 
10,267 
5,166 
2007 
5,115 
2,686 
2,286 
7,374 
1,822 
2,027 
4,760 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
....farms, 2012 
6,545 
3 
- 
75 
6 
8 
173 
2007 
8,592 
9 
1 
104 
11 
19 
201 
$1,000, 2012 
18,024 
(D) 
- 
155 
13 
10 
642 
2007 
21,880 
10 
(D) 
205 
14 
30 
642 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
2,754 
(D) 
2,072 
2,236 
1,269 
3,709 
2007 
2,547 
1,153 
(D) 
1,975 
1,277 
1,581 
3,195 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
....farms, 2012 
17,776 
56 
27 
339 
150 
124 
237 
2007 
18,545 
68 
27 
392 
178 
107 
256 
$1,000, 2012 
137,896 
(D) 
119 
3,131 
681 
1,314 
929 
2007 
96,991 
175 
(D) 
3,238 
318 
203 
1,014 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
7,757 
(D) 
4,392 
9,236 
4,539 
10,599 
3,919 
2007 
5,230 
2,573 
(D) 
8,261 
1,784 
1,898 
3,962 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
....farms, 2012 
366 
_ 
_ 
25 
5 
_ 
1 
2007 
1,073 
- 
- 
45 
5 
1 
13 
$1,000, 2012 
47,247 
- 
- 
5,171 
20 
- 
(D) 
2007 
79,301 
- 
- 
6,949 
254 
(D) 
526 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
....farms, 2012 
285 
- 
- 
16 
2 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
28,407 
- 
- 
4,987 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Baraga 
Barry 
Bay 
Benzie 
Berrien 
Branch 
Calhoun 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
....farms, 2012 
15 
383 
521 
37 
313 
571 
488 
2007 
16 
511 
570 
29 
356 
718 
584 
$1,000, 2012 
79 
2,853 
2,628 
808 
3,303 
4,329 
3,618 
2007 
13 
2,204 
2,424 
74 
2,241 
3,804 
3,170 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
5,287 
7,449 
5,044 
21,846 
10,552 
7,582 
7,414 
2007 
828 
4,313 
4,253 
2,540 
6,295 
5,299 
5,428 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
....farms, 2012 
- 
191 
210 
1 
59 
229 
140 
2007 
2 
282 
271 
- 
91 
365 
193 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
478 
649 
(D) 
105 
544 
294 
2007 
(D) 
667 
713 
161 
865 
457 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
2,503 
3,089 
(D) 
1,777 
2,376 
2,098 
2007 
(D) 
2,367 
2,629 
1,771 
2,370 
2,370 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
....farms, 2012 
15 
301 
454 
37 
274 
438 
408 
2007 
14 
340 
450 
29 
289 
478 
467 
$1,000, 2012 
79 
2,375 
1,979 
(D) 
3,198 
3,785 
3,324 
2007 
(D) 
1,536 
1,711 
74 
2,080 
2,940 
2,713 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
5,287 
7,890 
4,359 
(D) 
11,671 
8,642 
8,148 
2007 
(D) 
4,519 
3,803 
2,540 
7,197 
6,150 
5,809 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
....farms, 2012 
1 
11 
30 
_ 
6 
11 
8 
2007 
- 
30 
31 
1 
20 
37 
25 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
1,335 
2,678 
- 
755 
1,393 
2,239 
2007 
2,926 
1,507 
(D) 
1,196 
3,725 
3,308 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
....farms, 2012 
- 
11 
16 
2 
13 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
406 
490 
- 
(D) 
617 
1,231 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
288 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
