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News Release
NR-12-14
February 21, 2012

U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Michigan Field Office
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Post Office Box 30239
Lansing, MI  48909-6248

Phone:      (517) 324-5300
Facsimile:  (517) 324-5299
E-mail:     nass-mi@nass.usda.gov
Web site:   www.nass.usda.gov

Jay V. Johnson, Director

Michigan Farm Numbers

The estimated number of farms in Michigan in 2011 was 54,900, according to 
the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. Land in farms was estimated to be 10.0 
million acres, unchanged from last year. The average size farm in Michigan 
was 182 acres per farm, also unchanged from 2010. 

The number of farms in the United States in 2011 is estimated at 2.2 million, 
down fractionally from 2010. Total land in farms, at 917 million acres, 
decreased 1.9 million acres from 2010. The average farm size was 420 acres, 
up 1 acre from the previous year.

                        Number of farms by economic sales class, 2010-2011                        
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     State    :   $1,000-   :  $10,000-   :  $100,000-  :  $250,000-  :             :             
   and  year  :   $9,999    :   $99,999   :  $249,999   :  $499,999   :  $500,000+  :    Total    
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              :                                      Number                                       
              :                                                                                   
Michigan      :                                                                                   
  2010        :     32,200       14,400         3,500         2,200         2,600         54,900  
  2011        :     32,300       14,000         3,700         2,200         2,700         54,900  
United States :                                                                                   
  2010        :  1,227,200      592,420       147,290        98,980       126,110      2,192,000  
  2011        :  1,200,550      600,350       145,640       100,890       133,570      2,181,000  
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                         Land in farms by economic sales class, 2010-2011                         
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     State    :   $1,000-   :  $10,000-   :  $100,000-  :  $250,000-  :             :             
   and year   :   $9,999    :   $99,999   :  $249,999   :  $499,999   :  $500,000+  :    Total    
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              :                                    1,000 acres                                    
              :                                                                                   
Michigan      :                                                                                   
  2010        :     1,700         1,900         1,300         1,500         3,600        10,000   
  2011        :     1,650         1,800         1,350         1,500         3,700        10,000   
United States :                                                                                   
  2010        :   104,380       225,130       143,710       147,295       298,325       918,840   
  2011        :   100,680       225,050       138,730       146,805       305,725       916,990   
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A farm is defined as any establishment from which $1,000 or more of 
agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been 
sold during the year. The $1,000 threshold can be met by any combination of 
sales and government payments. Land in farms includes: crop and livestock 
acreage, wasteland, woodland, pasture, land in summer fallow, idle cropland, 
land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, and other set-aside or 
commodity acreage programs.