Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Michigan 
Alcona 
Alger 
Allegan 
Alpena 
Antrim 
Arenac 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
37,479 
179 
75 
1,037 
349 
290 
226 
acres 
7,057,978 
20,896 
7,773 
210,987 
38,428 
27,548 
52,524 
Irrigated 
farms 
4,865 
11 
14 
214 
19 
71 
2 
acres 
589,020 
25 
31 
28,125 
38 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
321 
1 
6 
3 
15 
- 
- 
acres 
9,571 
(D) 
303 
(D) 
214 
- 
- 
bushels 
422,456 
(D) 
10,361 
(D) 
9,900 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
199 
1 
2 
2 
13 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
105 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
13,907 
25 
3 
341 
62 
57 
104 
acres 
2,393,504 
3,248 
(D) 
93,484 
5,304 
3,607 
13,279 
bushels 
313,802,471 
274,343 
(D) 
11,400,265 
557,114 
303,313 
1,902,046 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,056 
- 
51 
- 
4 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
308,372 
“ 
“ 
15,970 
“ 
103 
1 to 24 acres 
3,930 
9 
1 
94 
22 
27 
20 
25 to 99 acres 
4,741 
4 
1 
106 
30 
18 
43 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,670 
9 
- 
74 
5 
10 
26 
250 to 499 acres 
1,405 
1 
1 
30 
3 
1 
12 
500 to 999 acres 
797 
2 
- 
22 
2 
1 
3 
1 ,000 acres or more 
364 
- 
- 
15 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
3,074 
9 
6 
101 
41 
32 
22 
acres 
309,709 
881 
219 
17,742 
1,979 
1,317 
2,082 
tons 
4,861,484 
11,452 
1,994 
252,837 
26,746 
15,854 
32,910 
Irrigated 
farms 
151 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
19,791 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
1,233 
3 
2 
29 
20 
15 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
1,094 
1 
4 
29 
16 
14 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
451 
5 
- 
21 
4 
2 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
172 
- 
- 
12 
1 
1 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
87 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
37 
- 
2 
" 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1,120 
6 
1 
- 
10 
2 
22 
acres 
188,526 
980 
(D) 
- 
977 
(D) 
4,336 
cwt 
3,471,642 
11,106 
(D) 
- 
12,371 
(D) 
82,647 
Irrigated 
farms 
56 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
7,100 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
142 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
417 
2 
- 
- 
4 
1 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
323 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
12 
250 to 499 acres 
155 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
72 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
11 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
20,511 
140 
48 
573 
269 
149 
114 
acres 
1,061,932 
12,070 
6,401 
23,674 
19,843 
1 1 ,242 
6,266 
tons, dry equivalent 
2,457,625 
17,284 
6,480 
65,790 
27,493 
26,054 
21,508 
Irrigated 
farms 
415 
5 
- 
14 
4 
5 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
20,883 
5 
“ 
627 
7 
156 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
10,611 
49 
10 
340 
88 
55 
64 
25 to 99 acres 
7,318 
55 
18 
184 
116 
68 
30 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,891 
24 
12 
31 
53 
18 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
484 
9 
6 
14 
10 
6 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
173 
3 
2 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
34 
- 
" 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1,677 
12 
6 
17 
36 
17 
9 
acres 
35,420 
404 
285 
342 
664 
396 
300 
bushels 
2,001,826 
26,313 
19,207 
20,979 
34,959 
16,719 
27,062 
Irrigated 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
115 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
1,305 
9 
- 
12 
29 
11 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
324 
1 
6 
5 
7 
6 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
723 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
46,961 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
” 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
12,059 
12 
- 
279 
60 
8 
93 
acres 
1,983,444 
1,423 
- 
53,591 
5,581 
824 
13,579 
bushels 
83,173,727 
48,369 
- 
2,091,048 
179,791 
25,660 
649,056 
Irrigated 
farms 
645 
- 
- 
24 
- 
3 
- 
acres 
84,415 
- 
- 
2,806 
- 
311 
" 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Michigan 437 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
