MDARD rotational survey · 2011–2022

Industry structure & orchard age

Statewide contraction, farm-size distribution, planting-age balance, and replacement pressure across Michigan’s peach industry.

Commercial growers
Updated 2026-07-22
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Fruit Inventory

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Industry-wide contraction, orchard-age structure, new plantings, farm-size distribution, and replacement-pressure scenarios from the 2022 MDARD workbook.

**County peach acreage change, 2011–2022.** Slopegraph of reported county acreage between inventory years.

**Geographic distribution of reported peach acreage.** County-level acreage across the four inventory years.

**District share of Michigan peach acreage.** How acreage is distributed among Michigan fruit districts.

**Composition of new peach plantings, 2020–2022.** Cultivar and category mix among recently planted acreage.

**Annualized new planting rate versus replacement targets.** How recent planting compares with implied replacement needs.

**Michigan peach orchard age pyramid in 2022.** Distribution of acreage and trees by planting cohort.

**Cumulative distribution of 2022 acreage and trees by planting cohort.** Share of the industry in each age band.

**Broad age structure of Michigan peach orchards.** Young, middle-aged, and older orchard cohorts in 2022.

**Scenario: acreage reaching assumed replacement age.** Forward-looking replacement pressure under stated age assumptions.

**Farm count and peach acreage by operation-size group.** How farms and acres are distributed across size classes.

**Average peach acreage per farm within each size group.** Mean scale within small, medium, and large operation categories.

**Approximate concentration of peach acreage among farms.** Lorenz-curve view of how acreage is distributed across operations.

**Farm and acreage shares by size group.** Share of farms versus share of acreage by operation size.

**Michigan peach industry structure dashboard.** Four indicators summarize contraction, operation count, average scale, and large-farm acreage share.