| Table
14-1.-Michigan's top ten agricultural counties, 1996
|
| [Rankings
based on most current county estimates] |
| Rank
|
Corn 1
|
Soybeans 2
|
Dry bean 2
|
All cattle
3 |
Milk cows 3
|
All hogs 3
|
Farms 4
|
| 1 |
Huron |
Lenawee |
Huron |
Huron |
Sanilac |
Cass |
Allegan |
| 2 |
St. Joseph
|
Saginaw |
Tuscola |
Sanilac |
Clinton & Huron
|
Allegan |
Sanilac |
| 3 |
Lenawee |
Gratiot |
Bay |
Allegan |
|
Branch |
Ottawa |
| 4 |
Tuscola |
Clinton |
Gratiot |
Clinton |
Allegan |
Ottawa |
Huron |
| 5 |
Sanilac |
Shiawassee
|
Sanilac |
Ottawa |
Ottawa |
Huron |
Berrien |
| 6 |
Gratiot |
Sanilac |
Montcalm
|
Isabella
|
Ionia |
Van Buren
|
Saginaw |
| 7 |
Saginaw |
Monroe |
Saginaw |
Ionia |
Isabella
|
Calhoun &
St. Joseph |
Lenawee |
| 8 |
Branch |
Tuscola |
Arenac |
Kent |
Kent |
|
Clinton |
| 9 |
Monroe & Clinton
|
Eaton |
Midland |
Gratiot & Montcalm
|
Montcalm
|
Hillsdale
|
Kent |
| 10 |
|
Berrien |
Isabella
|
|
Missaukee
|
Clinton |
Van Buren
|
| 1
Based on grain production. |
| 2
Based on production. |
| 3
Based on number of head. |
Table
14-2.- Distribution of selected Michigan crop and livestock items
by agricultural statistics districts, 1996-97
|
| [Totals
may not add to 100 percent because of rounding or districts not published
due to insufficient data] |
| Item
|
Agricultural statistics
district |
| 1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
| |
Percent of state total
|
| Crop acreage,
1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Corn,
all
|
0.9 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
10.2 |
19.6 |
16.4 |
30.7 |
16.2 |
| Corn
for grain
|
0.5 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
16.4 |
31.8 |
16.8 |
| Corn
for silage
|
4.2 |
6.1 |
4.8 |
5.2 |
11.6 |
17.1 |
16.1 |
22.6 |
12.3 |
| Wheat
|
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
8.9 |
25.1 |
8.9 |
29.3 |
23.5 |
| Soybeans
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.4 |
8.2 |
19.4 |
13.0 |
34.1 |
24.9 |
| Oats
|
13.7 |
8.0 |
15.0 |
3.7 |
10.8 |
15.2 |
7.5 |
15.6 |
10.5 |
| Hay
|
12.2 |
8.5 |
10.0 |
5.4 |
15.0 |
10.8 |
11.2 |
15.7 |
11.2 |
| Beans,
dry, all
|
-- |
0.4 |
2.5 |
-- |
17.1 |
75.4 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
| Barley
|
31.2 |
2.8 |
20.0 |
-- |
7.2 |
28.4 |
-- |
3.6 |
3.6 |
| Potatoes
|
8.0 |
6.1 |
7.4 |
-- |
32.6 |
18.5 |
-- |
15.9 |
7.2 |
| Sugarbeets
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
14.7 |
82.4 |
-- |
-- |
2.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Livestock, January
1, 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cattle
and calves, all
|
5.5 |
4.7 |
6.0 |
4.4 |
13.7 |
17.7 |
13.3 |
23.5 |
11.2 |
| Cows,
milk
|
5.0 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
13.9 |
17.1 |
15.2 |
24.1 |
9.7 |
| Cows,
beef
|
9.6 |
6.0 |
10.4 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
6.0 |
14.4 |
22.4 |
11.2 |
| Sheep
and lambs, all
|
4.9 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
10.2 |
4.1 |
14.8 |
26.5 |
30.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Livestock, December
1, 1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hogs
and pigs, all
|
0.4 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
7.0 |
8.4 |
43.0 |
31.0 |
7.0 |
| Hens
and pullets of laying age
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
1.0
|
1.4
|
15.0
|
59.9
|
20.0
|
0.4
|
| Table
14-3.-County rankings, Michigan, 1996
|
| [Based
on most current county estimates] |
| County
|
Farms
1 |
Corn 2
|
Soy- beans
3 |
Wheat 3
|
Dry beans 3
|
Oats 3
|
Pota- toes
3 |
Hay 3
|
All
cattle 4 |
Milk
cows 4 |
Hogs 4
|
HPLA 5
|
Sheep 4
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alger
|
76 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*73 |
69 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*31 |
| Baraga
|
77 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
72 |
74 |
*63 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Chippewa
|
47 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
18 |
-- |
*22 |
40 |
*44 |
*57 |
-- |
*25 |
| Delta
|
57 |
60 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*8 |
8 |
32 |
*41 |
39 |
*46 |
-- |
-- |
| Dickinson
|
69 |
63 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
33 |
13 |
54 |
64 |
*57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gogebic
|
78 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Houghton
|
64 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*61 |
*67 |
*63 |
-- |
10 |
*41 |
| Iron
|
74 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*70 |
*70 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Keweenaw
|
83 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Luce
|
81 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
75 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Mackinac
|
75 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*61 |
60 |
*57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Marquette
|
71 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*64 |
*70 |
*60 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Menominee
|
48 |
43 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*5 |
-- |
13 |
*22 |
*16 |
50 |
-- |
*36 |
| Ontonagon
|
70 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
41 |
-- |
*56 |
61 |
*63 |
-- |
-- |
*39 |
| Schoolcraft
|
79 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
75 |
72 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Antrim
|
56 |
57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*24 |
10 |
*40 |
56 |
*50 |
48 |
-- |
-- |
| Benzie
|
66 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
77 |
76 |
-- |
49 |
-- |
-- |
| Charlevoix
|
60 |
55 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
48 |
*58 |
*53 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Emmet
|
61 |
61 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*36 |
-- |
*44 |
52 |
*53 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Grand Traverse
|
42 |
46 |
-- |
45 |
-- |
20 |
-- |
46 |
55 |
59 |
*35 |
-- |
-- |
| Kalkaska
|
72 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
12 |
76 |
77 |
-- |
*54 |
-- |
-- |
| Leelanau
|
46 |
56 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
63 |
*58 |
*60 |
*57 |
-- |
-- |
| Manistee
|
55 |
59 |
-- |
51 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*68 |
66 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Missaukee
|
51 |
47 |
-- |
50 |
-- |
*26 |
-- |
5 |
20 |
10 |
*57 |
-- |
*41 |
| Wexford
|
62 |
54 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*68 |
63 |
55 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alcona
|
58 |
58 |
-- |
53 |
20 |
40 |
-- |
49 |
*48 |
*60 |
-- |
-- |
*41 |
| Alpena
|
45 |
48 |
-- |
44 |
14 |
1 |
-- |
*33 |
*32 |
38 |
*51 |
-- |
*36 |
| Cheboygan
|
63 |
65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
53 |
54 |
*44 |
*54 |
-- |
-- |
| Crawford
|
82 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Iosco
|
59 |
49 |
-- |
47 |
-- |
*24 |
-- |
*40 |
*37 |
42 |
*54 |
-- |
*41 |
| Montmorency
|
67 |
-- |
-- |
52 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*64 |
65 |
56 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Ogemaw
|
54 |
42 |
-- |
48 |
-- |
*16 |
-- |
15 |
28 |
22 |
*46 |
-- |
*41 |
| Oscoda
|
73 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*70 |
*67 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*41 |
| Otsego
|
65 |
64 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*31 |
14 |
*64 |
62 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Presque Isle
|
52 |
51 |
-- |
46 |
15 |
7 |
7 |
*26 |
*37 |
*40 |
53 |
-- |
-- |
| Roscommon
|
80 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lake
|
68 |
62 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*73 |
73 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*41 |
| Mason
|
43 |
45 |
-- |
*35 |
-- |
21 |
-- |
38 |
47 |
*35 |
41 |
-- |
*19 |
| Muskegon
|
41 |
38 |
38 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*42 |
43 |
*33 |
33 |
-- |
-- |
| Newaygo
|
34 |
34 |
-- |
43 |
-- |
*31 |
-- |
17 |
19 |
12 |
40 |
6 |
*33 |
| Oceana
|
35 |
41 |
-- |
*41 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*36 |
*37 |
-- |
31 |
-- |
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Clare
|
50 |
52 |
-- |
38 |
-- |
28 |
-- |
*33 |
36 |
32 |
39 |
-- |
*31 |
| Gladwin
|
44 |
44 |
40 |
*35 |
16 |
39 |
-- |
47 |
44 |
48 |
*37 |
*12 |
*19 |
| Gratiot
|
23 |
6 |
3 |
*19 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
31 |
*9 |
15 |
*13 |
-- |
*36 |
| Isabella
|
25 |
27 |
22 |
*19 |
10 |
*11 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
20 |
-- |
*33 |
| Mecosta
|
36 |
37 |
-- |
*41 |
13 |
34 |
3 |
12 |
*24 |
23 |
*28 |
-- |
5 |
| Midland
|
40 |
31 |
27 |
34 |
9 |
-- |
-- |
*59 |
53 |
66 |
*28 |
-- |
-- |
| Montcalm
|
24 |
15 |
33 |
12 |
6 |
19 |
1 |
*9 |
*9 |
9 |
21 |
20 |
18 |
| Osceola
|
39 |
53 |
-- |
54 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 |
*24 |
18 |
*43 |
-- |
30
|
| Table
14-3.-County rankings, Michigan, 1996 (continued)
|
| [Based
on most current county estimates] |
| County
|
Farms
1 |
Corn 2
|
Soy- beans
3 |
Wheat 3
|
Dry beans 3
|
Oats 3
|
Pota- toes
3 |
Hay 3
|
All
cattle 4 |
Milk
cows 4 |
Hogs 4
|
HPLA 5
|
Sheep 4
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Arenac
|
53 |
35 |
35 |
31 |
8 |
22 |
15 |
*50 |
*41 |
*35 |
42 |
-- |
-- |
| Bay
|
30 |
18 |
19 |
22 |
3 |
-- |
6 |
*59 |
57 |
49 |
*43 |
-- |
-- |
| Huron
|
4 |
1 |
26 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
-- |
2 |
1 |
*2 |
5 |
3 |
-- |
| Saginaw
|
6 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
-- |
11 |
*36 |
*30 |
30 |
*28 |
-- |
*41 |
| Sanilac
|
2 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
-- |
1 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
*17 |
*39 |
| Tuscola
|
12 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
2 |
*16 |
5 |
21 |
*22 |
20 |
22 |
4 |
*12 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Allegan
|
1 |
20 |
23 |
*17 |
-- |
23 |
-- |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
*7 |
| Berrien
|
5 |
*25 |
10 |
28 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*56 |
*50 |
*44 |
*23 |
-- |
-- |
| Cass
|
32 |
11 |
20 |
*24 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*42 |
45 |
*44 |
1 |
*22 |
*14 |
| Kalamazoo
|
31 |
22 |
28 |
29 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*33 |
*32 |
31 |
11 |
-- |
3 |
| Kent
|
9 |
*25 |
34 |
32 |
12 |
13 |
-- |
7 |
8 |
8 |
*23 |
-- |
*19 |
| Ottawa
|
3 |
33 |
37 |
16 |
-- |
29 |
-- |
14 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
*33 |
| Van Buren
|
10 |
36 |
31 |
39 |
-- |
42 |
-- |
52 |
46 |
43 |
6 |
-- |
*19 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Barry
|
28 |
32 |
29 |
23 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8 |
11 |
*13 |
*13 |
16 |
*7 |
| Branch
|
22 |
8 |
14 |
27 |
-- |
35 |
-- |
39 |
*16 |
*28 |
3 |
-- |
*23 |
| Calhoun
|
15 |
13 |
*16 |
*13 |
-- |
*11 |
-- |
*29 |
*16 |
25 |
*7 |
*12 |
*16 |
| Clinton
|
8 |
*9 |
4 |
9 |
18 |
*26 |
-- |
19 |
4 |
*2 |
10 |
-- |
*12 |
| Eaton
|
16 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
17 |
30 |
-- |
28 |
*24 |
*28 |
*17 |
8 |
6 |
| Hillsdale
|
19 |
16 |
13 |
*17 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*22 |
*14 |
11 |
9 |
5 |
*16 |
| Ingham
|
27 |
17 |
*11 |
8 |
-- |
38 |
-- |
*29 |
*16 |
*13 |
*17 |
-- |
*10 |
| Ionia
|
20 |
14 |
*11 |
7 |
19 |
14 |
-- |
11 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
-- |
*25 |
| Jackson
|
18 |
19 |
25 |
*24 |
-- |
10 |
-- |
18 |
*12 |
26 |
19 |
*14 |
4 |
| St. Joseph
|
26 |
2 |
*16 |
40 |
-- |
*36 |
2 |
*50 |
35 |
*33 |
*7 |
7 |
*10 |
| Shiawassee
|
14 |
21 |
5 |
10 |
-- |
*5 |
-- |
*26 |
27 |
21 |
27 |
*17 |
9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Genesee
|
29 |
28 |
21 |
21 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*44 |
*32 |
*40 |
32 |
21 |
*23 |
| Lapeer
|
13 |
23 |
24 |
26 |
11 |
*8 |
-- |
*9 |
*14 |
*16 |
34 |
*14 |
*14 |
| Lenawee
|
7 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
-- |
4 |
-- |
20 |
*12 |
24 |
*13 |
9 |
2 |
| Livingston
|
33 |
30 |
32 |
30 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*22 |
29 |
27 |
45 |
19 |
*25 |
| Macomb
|
37 |
39 |
30 |
33 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
*64 |
*50 |
*50 |
*35 |
-- |
*41 |
| Monroe
|
11 |
*9 |
7 |
5 |
-- |
15 |
9 |
*56 |
*48 |
52 |
*23 |
*22 |
29 |
| Oakland
|
38 |
40 |
39 |
37 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
55 |
-- |
-- |
*51 |
-- |
*25 |
| St. Clair
|
21 |
29 |
15 |
15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
25 |
*30 |
*35 |
*37 |
*22 |
-- |
| Washtenaw
|
17 |
24 |
18 |
*13 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
16 |
21 |
19 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
| Wayne
|
49 |
50 |
36 |
49 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
78 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| *=Tied with
another county. |
| 1
Based on 1992 Census of Agriculture. |
| 2
Based on grain production. |
| 3
Based on production. |
| 4
Based on number of head. |
| 5
HPLA=Hens and pullets of laying age.
|