Principal counties for field crops, 2001 1/ Rank Corn Dry beans Hay Oats Soybeans Sugarbeets Wheat 1 Lenawee Huron Sanilac Sanilac Lenawee Huron Sanilac 2 St. Joseph Gratiot Isabella Alpena Sanilac Tuscola Huron 3 Branch Tuscola Huron Tuscola Branch Saginaw Lenawee 4 Allegan Montcalm Kent Lapeer, Gratiot Sanilac Monroe Shiawassee 5 Gratiot Bay Osceola Shiawassee Gratiot Shiawassee 1/ Based on total production. Principal counties for livestock, 2001 1/ Rank Cattle & Calves Hogs Milk cows Sheep 1 Huron Cass, Allegan Sanilac Washtenaw 2 Sanilac Clinton Jackson 3 Clinton Ottawa Allegan Kalamazoo 4 Allegan Branch Huron Eaton 5 Ionia Calhoun Ottawa St. Joseph 1/ Based on number of head Principal counties for fruit and vegetables, 2001 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 Grand 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