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 
475 
325 
Land in farms acres 
97,407 
57,506 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
71 
53 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
142 
106 
1 0 to 49 acres 
183 
124 
50 to 1 79 acres 
125 
72 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
39 
29 
1 80 to 499 acres 
56 
47 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
5 
11 
500 acres or more 
40 
29 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
9 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
7 
3 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
8 
4 
Owned land in farms farms 
441 
313 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
10 
3 
acres 
45,906 
26,689 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
120 
86 
production (1125, 1129) 
63 
23 
acres 
51,501 
30,817 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
355 
239 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
22,841 
13,926 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
86 
74 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
67,435 
37,891 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
460 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
34 
12 
acres 
7,131 
5,689 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
26 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
402 
279 
Total farms 
475 
325 
Partnerships 
33 
23 
$1,000 
46,139 
30,283 
Corporations 
32 
20 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
8 
3 
sold farms 
475 
325 
$1,000 
44,269 
29,208 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
282 
194 
and greenhouse crops farms 
271 
184 
2 operators 
163 
103 
$1,000 
34,931 
21,632 
3 operators 
17 
21 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
10 
3 
their products farms 
156 
80 
5 or more operators 
3 
4 
$1,000 
9,338 
7,575 
Government payments farms 
275 
186 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,870 
1,075 
1 operator 
165 
156 
2 operators 
23 
6 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
72 
69 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
87 
43 
$2,500 to $4,999 
60 
40 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
55 
33 
Internet access 
324 
175 
$10,000 to $24,999 
56 
35 
Dial-up service 
14 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
32 
22 
DSL service 
97 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
113 
83 
Cable modem service 
61 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
4 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
71 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
94 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
5 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
14 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
126 
Other Internet service 
12 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
33 
16 
Programs payments farms 
139 
84 
acres 
8,729 
1,335 
$1,000 
382 
270 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
209 
154 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,487 
805 
1 household 
370 
247 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
91 
56 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
7 
11 
4 households 
5 
6 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
155 
109 
5 or more households 
2 
5 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
15 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
10 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
12 
26 
Less than 25 percent 
348 
238 
25 to 49 percent 
30 
23 
Other crop farming (1119) 
142 
106 
50 to 74 percent 
40 
25 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
26 
34 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
31 
5 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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