Table 6. Income From Farm-Related Sources: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Michigan 
Alcona 
Alger 
Allegan 
Alpena 
Antrim 
Arenac 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
20,264 
56 
30 
534 
155 
134 
169 
2007 
17,728 
55 
28 
607 
130 
111 
145 
$1,000, 2012 
338,828 
666 
127 
8,205 
935 
2,089 
1,740 
2007 
223,607 
253 
240 
9,443 
942 
621 
761 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
16,721 
11,900 
4,233 
15,365 
6,034 
15,592 
10,295 
2007 
12,613 
4,607 
8,573 
15,558 
7,243 
5,598 
5,251 
Customwork and other agricultural services farms, 2012 
2,947 
7 
6 
59 
29 
11 
15 
2007 
3,006 
11 
2 
120 
22 
16 
9 
$1,000, 2012 
48,281 
(D) 
12 
617 
402 
(D) 
295 
2007 
42,258 
24 
(D) 
1,433 
630 
115 
39 
Gross cash rent or share payments (see text) farms, 2012 
8,662 
23 
7 
257 
70 
28 
95 
2007 
7,532 
24 
5 
284 
47 
25 
89 
$1,000, 2012 
81,864 
85 
3 
2,574 
157 
36 
587 
2007 
47,264 
51 
9 
2,244 
84 
26 
420 
Sales of forest products, excluding Christmas 
trees, short rotation woody crops, and 
maple products farms, 2012 
1,819 
13 
9 
20 
29 
43 
15 
2007 
1,524 
6 
6 
34 
12 
27 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
13,886 
70 
97 
120 
148 
496 
116 
2007 
12,551 
11 
171 
331 
26 
248 
21 
Agri-tourism and recreational services farms, 2012 
802 
5 
4 
31 
6 
6 
8 
2007 
645 
3 
- 
20 
8 
4 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
18,995 
(D) 
(D) 
567 
20 
(D) 
11 
2007 
22,899 
(D) 
1,133 
(D) 
17 
4 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms, 2012 
5,863 
10 
10 
159 
29 
40 
40 
2007 
4,698 
3 
8 
196 
31 
41 
22 
$1,000, 2012 
28,112 
7 
7 
1,048 
32 
175 
519 
2007 
16,161 
14 
(D) 
1,170 
86 
84 
48 
Crop and livestock insurance payments farms, 2012 
2,076 
6 
1 
50 
10 
15 
11 
2007 
1,560 
5 
6 
43 
6 
7 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
86,591 
214 
(D) 
2,217 
131 
581 
125 
2007 
21,075 
(D) 
27 
808 
21 
53 
142 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms, 2012 
550 
- 
- 
13 
2 
1 
10 
2007 
607 
- 
- 
5 
3 
3 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
2,682 
- 
- 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
33 
2007 
1,908 
- 
- 
13 
(D) 
7 
35 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
4,877 
- 
- 
1,903 
(D) 
(D) 
3,303 
2007 
3,143 
- 
- 
2,636 
(D) 
2,217 
4,346 
Other farm-related income sources (see text) farms, 2012 
3,259 
3 
1 
87 
14 
23 
8 
2007 
3,356 
11 
9 
103 
29 
17 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
58,353 
(D) 
(D) 
1,038 
(D) 
333 
54 
2007 
59,490 
34 
23 
2,310 
83 
72 
54 
-continued 
294 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
