Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Grand 
T raverse 
Gratiot 
Hillsdale 
Houghton 
Huron 
Ingham 
Ionia 
Iosco 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
255 
487 
540 
71 
731 
417 
540 
106 
2007 
299 
584 
609 
63 
795 
451 
600 
120 
acres treated, 2012 
24,351 
201,967 
148,098 
2,401 
321,755 
129,050 
157,333 
11,051 
2007 
27,068 
213,476 
150,953 
3,080 
336,453 
127,127 
153,219 
15,901 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
247 
475 
524 
66 
719 
391 
524 
97 
2007 
280 
565 
581 
56 
782 
407 
584 
114 
acres treated, 2012 
23,180 
201,296 
147,141 
2,258 
321,372 
128,311 
156,340 
10,837 
2007 
26,348 
212,804 
149,177 
2,821 
335,625 
125,874 
152,443 
15,798 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
23 
20 
59 
11 
30 
48 
45 
15 
2007 
42 
38 
78 
15 
28 
81 
56 
7 
acres treated, 2012 
1,171 
671 
957 
143 
383 
739 
993 
214 
2007 
720 
672 
1,776 
259 
828 
1,253 
776 
103 
Manure farms, 2012 
98 
159 
212 
38 
289 
149 
271 
54 
2007 
114 
197 
269 
39 
350 
217 
297 
56 
acres treated, 2012 
5,163 
28,097 
16,535 
1,604 
59,570 
10,659 
35,984 
3,569 
2007 
3,582 
27,542 
18,509 
675 
54,166 
14,304 
31,615 
4,109 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
180 
206 
239 
31 
452 
145 
295 
24 
2007 
178 
163 
198 
17 
340 
121 
236 
11 
acres, 2012 
8,449 
65,157 
56,064 
211 
189,723 
31,439 
58,402 
1,048 
2007 
11,238 
56,317 
40,759 
134 
102,824 
29,101 
40,769 
379 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
229 
469 
527 
48 
732 
393 
535 
71 
2007 
203 
444 
484 
26 
629 
304 
454 
57 
acres, 2012 
19,610 
219,385 
160,592 
1,548 
357,488 
143,626 
165,484 
9,229 
2007 
17,572 
192,285 
139,346 
899 
294,112 
113,362 
127,429 
10,722 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
52 
39 
64 
10 
107 
21 
43 
4 
2007 
36 
21 
21 
2 
19 
18 
23 
- 
acres, 2012 
1,464 
11,480 
12,454 
101 
24,686 
1,520 
9,753 
12 
2007 
953 
5,398 
3,295 
(D) 
4,944 
661 
2,099 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
142 
78 
60 
15 
219 
58 
98 
11 
2007 
123 
34 
38 
9 
157 
35 
39 
6 
acres, 2012 
6,634 
18,317 
6,427 
112 
77,195 
8,084 
15,299 
467 
2007 
6,948 
10,064 
3,614 
28 
45,942 
2,908 
2,782 
36 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
97 
16 
11 
7 
130 
14 
13 
3 
2007 
90 
7 
7 
2 
77 
11 
17 
2 
acres on which used, 2012 
6,249 
3,756 
438 
88 
27,612 
355 
1,665 
45 
2007 
4,914 
340 
538 
(D) 
14,900 
40 
1,056 
(D) 
Item 
Iron 
Isabella 
Jackson 
Kalamazoo 
Kalkaska 
Kent 
Keweenaw 
Lake 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
34 
420 
418 
326 
76 
528 
- 
51 
2007 
28 
482 
495 
411 
92 
584 
2 
61 
acres treated, 2012 
2,516 
100,308 
100,468 
87,688 
5,472 
84,666 
- 
4,645 
2007 
3,273 
111,157 
102,458 
93,306 
5,444 
93,998 
(D) 
2,131 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
33 
403 
403 
301 
65 
487 
42 
2007 
24 
464 
461 
393 
82 
529 
- 
54 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
99,107 
99,076 
87,256 
5,051 
83,376 
- 
4,296 
2007 
2,821 
110,263 
100,730 
92,813 
5,001 
92,328 
- 
1,945 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
2 
41 
49 
42 
16 
73 
- 
13 
2007 
9 
55 
73 
45 
19 
95 
2 
15 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
1,201 
1,392 
432 
421 
1,290 
- 
349 
2007 
452 
894 
1,728 
493 
443 
1,670 
(D) 
186 
Manure farms, 2012 
9 
213 
153 
118 
28 
209 
2 
42 
2007 
22 
236 
206 
137 
48 
247 
4 
23 
acres treated, 2012 
215 
16,929 
10,156 
9,560 
607 
15,858 
(D) 
2,222 
2007 
616 
16,199 
13,741 
8,579 
1,106 
20,687 
(D) 
1,516 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
8 
129 
201 
195 
24 
310 
- 
10 
2007 
6 
113 
152 
194 
21 
279 
- 
14 
acres, 2012 
583 
36,639 
51,671 
51,042 
2,065 
52,283 
- 
129 
2007 
359 
28,040 
33,188 
43,018 
2,326 
42,483 
- 
234 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
20 
389 
367 
308 
44 
480 
- 
46 
2007 
11 
366 
376 
284 
31 
416 
- 
24 
acres, 2012 
1,695 
109,026 
104,488 
95,374 
4,924 
89,345 
- 
4,095 
2007 
792 
92,493 
93,073 
80,797 
1,345 
82,802 
- 
1,042 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
4 
22 
27 
33 
5 
48 
- 
1 
2007 
1 
8 
15 
12 
1 
16 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
262 
18,228 
13,536 
4,196 
1,714 
9,479 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
1,149 
1,962 
1,681 
(D) 
2,412 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
7 
75 
58 
84 
12 
170 
- 
1 
2007 
5 
32 
25 
79 
6 
138 
- 
6 
acres, 2012 
423 
15,021 
9,860 
23,423 
2,041 
19,616 
- 
(D) 
2007 
343 
4,032 
3,392 
5,750 
(D) 
11,157 
- 
43 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
4 
10 
12 
52 
5 
85 
- 
2 
2007 
3 
5 
8 
41 
1 
89 
- 
4 
acres on which used, 2012 
262 
1,873 
737 
3,657 
1,715 
9,182 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
108 
407 
294 
(D) 
6,977 
- 
38 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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