Michigan CropMAP

Kent

Total population (2010 census): 602622
Total population (1990 census): 500631
County seat: Grand Rapids

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Crop Statistics (2007 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals	Farms	Acres	Yield (bu)
Maize=Corn	271	43357	5141590
Wheat for Grain, Total	78	5919	325624
Winter Wheat	77	D	D
Rye	8	283	7670
Barley	4	35	1680
Buckwheat	4	104	1280
Emmer and Spelt	1	D	D
Oats	52	1045	48900
Grain Legumes	Farms	Acres	Yield
Red Clover Seed	2	D	D
Soybean	143	21264	860695 bu
Dry Edible Beans, Excluding Dry Limas	9	1587	26356 cwt
Forages	Farms	Acres	Yield (tons)
Total Hay*	431	15022	37507
Alfalfa Hay	359	12438	33025
Small Grain Hay	9	178	297
Tame Hay	80	1589	3021
Wild Hay	27	817	1164
All Haylage, Grass Silage, Greenchop	60	7661	69483
Sorghum for Silage or Greenchop	4	38	150
Corn for Silage or Greenchop	81	9254	145485
Vegetables	Farms	Acres	Yield
Asparagus	11	28
Snap Bean	18	19
Broccoli	4	1
Brussel Sprouts	4	1
Head Cabbage	8	D
Cantaloupes	8	12
Carrots	2	D
Cauliflower	4	D
Celery	3	206
Cucumbers & Pickles	10	223
Eggplant	-	-
Herbs, Fresh Cut	3	D
Lettuce and Romaine	2	D
Dry Onions	7	100
Green Peas	2	D
Hot Peppers	17	20
Sweet Peppers	23	69
Potatoes	13	D
Pumpkins	38	167
Rhubarb	3	1
Squash	20	336
Sweet Corn	32	701
Tomatoes	33	50
Watermelons	7	6
Other Vegetables	19	380
Fruits and Nuts	Farms	Acres	Yield
Chestnuts	6	D
All Nuts	10	44
Apples	118	9325
Apricots	4	5
Tart Cherries	15	228
Sweet Cherries	23	76
Grapes	3	D
Peaches	24	165
Pears	10	19
Plums and Prunes	8	18
Tame Blueberries	6	29
Raspberries	11	26
Strawberries	10	50
Other Crops	Farms	Acres	Yield
Maple Trees Tapped (Number of Taps)	15	NA	4022 taps, 700 gal
Other	2	D	X
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale	Farms	Sq. ft. under glass or other protection	Acres in the open	Sales ($1,000)
Greenhouse Crops	2	D	X	D
Vegetable and Flower Seed	-	-	-	-
Floriculture Crops	57	5279033	30	58708048
Bedding/Garden Plants	46	3124808	19	35533021
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens	10	-	D	61236
Foliage Plants	5	D	-	D
Potted Flowering Plants	19	1920725	D	22463141
Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, and Tubers	1	-	D	D
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested	12	X	216	NA
Nursery Stock	31	258445	238	D
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops	1	D	X	D

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
(-) = Represents zero.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(NA) = Not Available.
(X) = Not Applicable.
(Z) = Less than half of the unit shown.

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals	Farms	Acres	Yield
Maize=Corn	373	42188	4550863 bu
Wheat for Grain, Total	155	6918	361368 bu
Winter Wheat	155	6918	361368 bu
Barley	7	142	8560 bu
Emmer and Spelt	5	54	3998 bu
Oats	94	1880	127653 bu
Grain Legumes	Farms	Acres	Yield
Soybean	123	14120	526560 bu
Dry Edible Beans, Excluding Dry Limas	17	2876	50270 cwt
Potatoes	4	(D)	(D)
Forages	Farms	Acres	Yield
Total Hay*	553	30713	78350 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay	485	19996	52454 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay	13	343	787 tons, dry
Tame Hay	78	2009	3448 tons, dry
Wild Hay	44	740	1096 tons dry
Grass Silage	69	7625	61698 tons, grn
Corn for Silage	113	10659	173817 tons, grn
Vegetables	Farms	Acres	Yield
Asparagus	12	124
Snap Bean	15	16
Broccoli	5	1
Head Cabbage	10	(D)
Cantaloupes	11	(D)
Carrots	4	(D)
Cauliflower	3	(D)
Celery	4	184
Cucumbers & Pickles	16	628
Eggplant	3	(D)
Herbs, Fresh Cut	5	10
Lettuce and Romaine	3	(D)
Dry Onions	3	227
Green Peas	4	1
Hot Peppers	5	4
Sweet Peppers	15	83
Pumpkins	27	119
Squash	10	(D)
Sweet Corn	34	663
Tomatoes	18	54
Mixed Vegetables	4	(D)
Watermelons	3	1
Other Vegetables	6	(D)
Fruits	Farms	Acres	Yield
Apples	172	14272	2118366 trees
Cherries, Total	19	626	64962 trees
Sweet Cherries	14	73	7977 trees
Tart Cherries	11	553	56985 trees
Grapes	7	(D)	(D)
Peaches	23	155	27534 trees
Pears	5	13	1185 trees
Plums and Prunes	5	13	1407 trees
Tame Blueberries	9	43	161710 lbs
Raspberries	7	24	29942 lbs
Strawberries	15	66	229220 lbs
Other Crops	Farms	Acres	Yield
Herbs, Total	5	10	(X)
Maple Trees Tapped (Number of Taps)	7	125	5330
Other	4	32	(X)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale	Farms	Sq. ft. under glass or other protection	Acres in the open	Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops	121	5512007	780	42908
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops	27	(X)	83	(X)
Florculture Crops	62	5185367	49	40625
Bedding/Garden Plants	51	3370516	36	26641
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens	7	(D)	9	(D)
Foliage Plants	4	(D)	(D)	(D)
Potted Flowering Plants	27	1706845	(D)	13088
Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, and Tubers	4	276520	-	818
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested	17	(X)	92	135
Nursery Crops	32	46820	279	1214
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops	25	(D)	335	61

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
(-) = Represents zero.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(NA) = Not Available.
(X) = Not Applicable.
(Z) = Less than half of the unit shown.