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Value of Ag Products Sold in Michigan 2 0 0 7
Grain, beans Vegetables Fruits Ornamental Other crops Poulty, eggs Cattle, calves Milk, dairy Hogs, pigs Other animals Data Source: Census of Agriculture
Farm Labor in Michigan Vera Bitsch Dept of Agricultural, Food, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Farm Labor in Michigan Vera Bitsch Dept of Agricultural, Food, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Farm Labor in Michigan Vera Bitsch Dept of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Michigan State University Value of Ag Products Sold in Michigan 2 0 0 7 Grain, beans Vegetables Fruits Ornamental Other crops Poulty, eggs Cattle,
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Michigan’s Ag Ranks
22 5,753 Market value of agricultural products 10 34 Other animals and other animals products 28 6 Aquaculture 16 24 Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys 20 9 Sheep, goats, and their products 12 357 Hogs and pigs 7 1,286 Milk and other dairy products from cows 28 449 Cattle and calves 25 259 Poultry and eggs 14 227 Other crops and hay 3 29 Cut Christmas trees, short rotation woody crops 6 623 Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod 5 392 Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 9 347 Vegetable, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes 13 1,711 Grains, oilseed, dry beans, and dry peas U.S. Rank Market Value (Million Dollar) Commodity Group
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Top States w ith Labor I ntensive Crops
Fruits+
CA FL WA OR MI
Vegetables+
CA FL AZ WA ID
Flowers+
CA FL OR PA TX MI
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Payroll & Hired W orkers
2,637 21,878 U.S. (total) 106 817 Oregon 238 1,151 Washington 155 1,170 Texas 115 1,209 Florida 448 5,016 California 239 1,914 Lake States (Total) 77 522 Minnesota 76 785 Wisconsin 86 607 Michigan Hired Worker (Thousand) Payroll (Million Dollar) State
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Labor Expenses
100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 1997 2002 2007 L a b o r E x p e n s e s / $ 1 , 0 0 0 Contract labor Hired labor
Data Source: Census of Agriculture
5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000 30,000,000 1997 2002 2007 L a b o r E x p e n s e s / $ 1 0 0 0 Contract labor Hired labor
Michigan U.S. ( total)
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Contract Labor in Labor I ntensive Crops
U.S. (total)
Fruits and tree nuts
36.0%
Vegetables, melons
28.6%
Ornamentals
6.1%
Michigan
Fruits and tree nuts
10.8%
Vegetables, melons
4.9%
Ornamentals
4.3%
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Labor I ntensity in Michigan Production
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Labor Productivity in MI
Dollar Sales/ W orker
6 6 ,8 4 2 4 3 ,4 3 4 3 7 ,2 1 7 Total 3 6 ,6 2 4 3 3 ,4 1 1 2 2 ,5 4 0 Ornam entals 3 0 ,7 4 3 2 7 ,7 5 2 2 2 ,2 0 2 Vegetables, m elons 1 6 ,6 0 9 9 ,3 5 4 9 ,9 0 9 Fruits, tree nuts 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 1 9 9 7 Com m odity Group
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Monetary Labor Productivity in MI
8 .8 6 7 .4 7 8 .9 6 Total 1 0 .1 9 8 .7 7 1 0 .7 2 Dairy cattle, m ilk 3 .6 6 3 .8 6 3 .8 3 Ornam entals 3 .9 5 3 .2 5 4 .0 6 Fruits, tree nuts 4 .6 5 5 .4 9 5 .5 1 Vegetables, m elons 2 7 .5 1 2 1 .0 8 2 3 .5 2 Oilseed, grains 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 1 9 9 7 Com m odity Group
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Labor Com position in MI
8 6 ,0 7 2 8 6 ,8 5 5 9 5 ,8 6 5 Total w orkers hired 2 4 ,2 8 4 2 3 ,0 3 4 2 0 ,9 9 6 Em ployed 1 5 0 days or m ore 6 1 ,7 8 8 6 3 ,8 2 1 7 4 ,8 6 9 Em ployed less than 1 5 0 days 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 1 9 9 7 W orkers Hired
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W age Rates – Lake States
Data Source: NASS
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 9 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 US-Dollars/hour Lake States Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin U.S. total
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W age Rates – Michigan, Florida, Texas
Data Source: NASS 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 9 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 US-Dollars/hour Florida Texas Michigan
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Since the 1 9 9 7 Ag Census
Expenses for hired farm
labor increased by 64.4%
Expenses for contract labor
increased by 46.6%
Of labor intensive crops, only
fruit production saw a small increase in the share of contract labor in MI
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Since the 1 9 9 7 Ag Census
As a share of total expenses,
labor expenses increased slightly in vegetable and fruit farming, and declined in ornamental production
Sales increased per hired worker Sales decreased per dollar of
labor expenses
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Since the 1 9 9 7 Ag Census
The number of hired workers
fell, except in fruit farming
Number of worker employed less
than 150 days fell
The share of workers employed
150 or more days grew, except for fruit farming were its similar to 1997
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Betw een 1 9 9 7 and 2 0 0 7
Farm labor wage has grown by
46.1% or $3.29
Since Michigan’s farm wage rate
decline in 2004, similar to U.S. average
Labor expenses have increased
more than the wage rate
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