Michigan’s top farm commodities for 2008

Michigan’s top farm commodities for 2008

Michigan’s top 15 agricultural commodities in cash receipts in 2008, the most recent year available:

1. Milk, $1.49 billion

2. Corn, $1.2 billion

3. Soybeans, $714.8 million

4. Floriculture, $633.5 million

5. Cattle and calves, $384.9 million

6. Poultry and eggs, $339.7 million, with eggs accounting for $211.5 million

7. Wheat, $274.3 million

8. Hogs, $250.9 million

9. Sugar beets, $140.5 million

10. Potatoes, $135.6 million

11. Apples, $130.6 million

12. Dry beans, $129 million

13. Blueberries, $124 million

14. Hay, $104.9 million

15. Tart cherries, $63 million

Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service