Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principal Operators - Selected 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 
118 
93 
Land in farms acres 
5,483 
9,232 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
37 
25 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
29 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
61 
49 
50 to 1 79 acres 
12 
11 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13 
16 
1 80 to 499 acres 
6 
6 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
9 
12 
Owned land in farms farms 
109 
86 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
10 
3 
acres 
3,526 
4,655 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
26 
23 
production (1125, 1129) 
22 
16 
acres 
1,957 
4,577 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
92 
70 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
(D) 
2,050 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
17 
16 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,415 
7,086 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
113 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
9 
7 
acres 
(D) 
96 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
12 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
102 
79 
Total farms 
118 
93 
Partnerships 
7 
9 
$1,000 
8,605 
16,185 
Corporations 
3 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
6 
2 
sold farms 
118 
93 
$1,000 
8,493 
15,926 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
85 
53 
and greenhouse crops farms 
46 
33 
2 operators 
29 
39 
$1,000 
2,565 
6,889 
3 operators 
4 
- 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
- 
- 
their products farms 
38 
45 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
$1,000 
5,928 
9,037 
Government payments farms 
18 
17 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
112 
259 
1 operator 
56 
40 
2 operators 
- 
2 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
1 
Less than $1 ,000 
40 
37 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
18 
21 
$2,500 to $4,999 
18 
11 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
17 
- 
Internet access 
93 
76 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7 
9 
Dial-up service 
3 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
3 
DSL service 
19 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
13 
12 
Cable modem service 
31 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
19 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
16 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
9 
3 
Programs payments farms 
10 
15 
acres 
127 
(D) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
10 
6 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1 household 
97 
71 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
10 
18 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
1 
3 
4 households 
10 
1 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
9 
10 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
10 
11 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
6 
8 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
9 
3 
Less than 25 percent 
97 
83 
25 to 49 percent 
2 
2 
Other crop farming (1119) 
29 
13 
50 to 74 percent 
8 
4 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
2 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
9 
3 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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