Principal counties for field crops, 2003 1
Rank Corn for grain Dry beans Hay Oats Soybeans Sugarbeets Wheat
1 Lenawee Huron Sanilac Sanilac Lenawee Huron Huron
2 Huron Tuscola Huron Isabella Sanilac Tuscola Sanilac
3 Saginaw Bay Isabella Montcalm Monroe Sanilac Lenawee
4 Branch Sanilac Osceola Huron Branch Saginaw Saginaw
5 Tuscola Gratiot Barry Shiawassee Saginaw Gratiot Tuscola
1
Based on total production.
Principal counties for livestock 1
Rank January 1, 2004 December 1, 2003 January 1, 2004
Cattle and calves Hogs and pigs Milk cows
1 Huron Allegan Sanilac
2 Sanilac Cass Clinton
3 Clinton Ottawa Huron
4 Allegan Branch Allegan
5 Ionia Calhoun, Huron Ottawa
1
Based on number of head.
Principal counties for fruit and vegetables, 2003 1
Cucumbers, Snap beans,
Rank Apples Blueberries Grapes Tart cherries Asparagus
processing processing
1 Kent Van Buren Berrien Leelanau Oceana Van Buren St Joseph
2 Berrien Ottawa Van Buren Oceana Mason Gratiot Kalamazoo
3 Van Buren Allegan Cass Grand Van Buren St Joseph Montcalm
Traverse
4 Ottawa Berrien Kalamazoo Antrim Manistee Allegan Branch
5 Oceana Muskegon Grand Traverse Mason Berrien Arenac Mason
1
Based on acres from rotational surveys.
66 FIELD CROP COUNTY ESTIMATES MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 2003-2004