Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principai Operators - Seiected Farm Characteristics: 
2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
332 
260 
Land in farms acres 
57,843 
42,988 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
41 
33 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
65 
63 
1 0 to 49 acres 
98 
122 
50 to 1 79 acres 
108 
52 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
116 
83 
1 80 to 499 acres 
52 
32 
Cattle feedlots (1 1 21 1 2) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
33 
21 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
6 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
25 
21 
Owned land in farms farms 
300 
252 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
11 
9 
acres 
45,488 
32,896 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
87 
35 
production (1125, 1129) 
56 
57 
acres 
12,355 
10,092 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
245 
225 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
37,687 
30,213 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
55 
27 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1 7,348 
10,008 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
326 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
32 
8 
acres 
2,808 
2,767 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
17 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
303 
238 
Total farms 
332 
260 
Partnerships 
22 
20 
$1,000 
25,300 
16,160 
Corporations 
6 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
1 
- 
sold farms 
332 
260 
$1,000 
24,599 
15,778 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
234 
180 
and greenhouse crops farms 
105 
85 
2 operators 
79 
60 
$1,000 
13,635 
1,992 
3 operators 
14 
11 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
5 
9 
their products farms 
165 
147 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 
10,964 
13,786 
Government payments farms 
71 
69 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
701 
382 
1 operator 
95 
96 
2 operators 
8 
8 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
93 
75 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
42 
33 
$2,500 to $4,999 
44 
49 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
30 
33 
Internet access 
198 
137 
$10,000 to $24,999 
65 
26 
Dial-up service 
21 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
19 
14 
DSL service 
67 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
39 
30 
Cable modem service 
42 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
8 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
39 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
20 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
9 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
13 
15 
Programs payments farms 
23 
31 
acres 
2,739 
3,985 
$1,000 
158 
129 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
68 
59 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
543 
253 
1 household 
279 
224 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
46 
28 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
7 
6 
4 households 
- 
2 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
11 
5 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
15 
7 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
18 
7 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
9 
4 
Less than 25 percent 
270 
209 
25 to 49 percent 
27 
17 
Other crop farming (1119) 
65 
64 
50 to 74 percent 
11 
20 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
13 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
1 
1 00 percent 
11 
10 
44 Aiabama 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
