Principal counties for field crops, 2000 1/

Rank Corn           Dry beans   Hay           Oats          Soybeans       Sugarbeets     Wheat
1    Huron          Huron       Sanilac       Sanilac       Lenawee        Huron          Sanilac
2    Lenawee, 2/    Tuscola     Huron, 2/     Presque Isle  Sanilac        Tuscola        Huron
3    St. Joseph 2/  Montcalm    Isabella 2/   Alpena        Monroe         Sanilac        Lenawee
4    Sanilac        Bay         Missaukee     Huron         Saginaw        Saginaw        Saginaw
5    Saginaw        Gratiot     Osceola 2/    Gr.Traverse   Tuscola        Bay            Shiawasse
                                Ogemaw 2/

1/ Based on total production.
2/ Equal in rank.



Principal counties for livestock, 2000 1/

Rank Cattle & Calves Hogs       Milk cows     Sheep
1    Huron          Cass        Sanilac       Washtenaw
2    Sanilac        Allegan     Clinton       Kalamazoo
3    Clinton        Ottawa      Allegan       Jackson
4    Allegan        Branch      Huron         Eaton
5    Ottawa         Huron       Ottawa        St. Joseph

1/ Based on number of head



Principal counties for fruit and vegetables, 2000 1/

Rank Apples         Blueberries Grapes        Tart Cherries Asparagus      Cucumbers      Snap Beans
1    Kent           Van Buren   Berrien       Leelanau      Oceana         Van Buren      St Joseph
2    Berrien        Ottawa      Van Buren     Oceana        Mason          Muskegon       Montcalm
3    Van Buren      Allegan     Cass          Gr Traverse   Van Buren      St Joseph      Mason
4    Ottawa         Berrien     Kalamazoo     Antrim        Manistee       Cass           Oceana
5    Oceana         Muskegon    Leelanau      Berrien       Berrien        Lenawee        Kalamazoo

1/ Based on acres from rotational surveys