Principal counties for field crops, 2008 1
Rank
Corn for 
grain
Dry 
beans
Hay 2
Oats
Soybeans
Sugarbee
ts
Wheat
1
Huron
Huron
Sanilac
Presque 
Isle
Sanilac
Huron
Huron
2
Saginaw
Tuscola
Osceola
Sanilac
Saginaw
Sanilac
Sanila
c
3
Sanilac
Bay
Isabell
a
Shiawasse
e
Lenawee
Tuscola
Lenawe
e
4
Tuscola
Sanilac
Lapeer
Grand 
Traverse
Tuscola
Saginaw
Tuscol
a
5
Lenawee
Gratiot
Ottawa
Isabella
Gratiot
Bay
Sagina
w
1 Based on total production.
2 Based on 2007 Census of Agriculture.
                                                                                
Principal counties for livestock 1
Rank
January 1, 2009
Cattle and Calves
January 1, 2008
Hogs and pigs
January 1, 2009
Milk cows
1
Huron
Allegan
Huron
2
Allegan
Cass
Clinton
3
Sanilac
Branch
Allegan
4
Clinton
Gratiot
Sanilac
5
Ionia
Ottawa
Ionia
1 Based on number of head.
                                                                                
Principal counties for fruits and vegetables, 2007 1
Ran
k
Apples
Blueberrie
s
Grapes
Tart 
Cherries
Asparagu
s
Cucumbers
, 
processin
g
Snap 
beans, 
processin
g
1
Kent
Van Buren
Berrien
Oceana
Oceana
Saginaw
St. 
Joseph
2
Berrie
n
Ottawa
Van 
Buren
Leelanau
Mason
Bay
Branch
3
Ottawa
Allegan
Cass
Antrim
Van 
Buren
St. 
Joseph
Oceana
4
Van 
Buren
Muskegon
Leelanau
Grand 
Traverse
Cass
Montcalm
Tuscola
5
Oceana
Berrien
Kalamazo
o
Berrien
Manistee
Branch
Genesee
1 Based on acres from 2007 Census of Agriculture.