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 
369 
346 
Land in farms acres 
87,810 
103,666 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
55 
42 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
130 
70 
1 0 to 49 acres 
151 
66 
50 to 1 79 acres 
77 
93 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
52 
45 
180 to 499 acres 
42 
77 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
2 
500 acres or more 
44 
68 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
4 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
40 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
7 
Owned land in farms farms 
338 
308 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
17 
5 
acres 
41,589 
48,829 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
99 
145 
production (1125, 1129) 
28 
21 
acres 
46,221 
54,837 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
270 
201 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
30,900 
26,285 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
68 
107 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
46,063 
61,902 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
347 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
31 
38 
acres 
10,847 
15,479 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
10 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
312 
308 
Total farms 
369 
346 
Partnerships 
26 
20 
$1,000 
76,618 
68,461 
Corporations 
22 
13 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
9 
5 
sold farms 
369 
346 
$1,000 
74,148 
66,597 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
220 
236 
and greenhouse crops farms 
169 
223 
2 operators 
135 
89 
$1,000 
28,836 
30,848 
3 operators 
8 
18 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
5 
2 
their products farms 
139 
158 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
$1,000 
45,312 
35,749 
Government payments farms 
236 
259 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
2,469 
1,864 
1 operator 
175 
120 
2 operators 
- 
7 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
3 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
56 
39 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
61 
31 
$2,500 to $4,999 
48 
39 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
56 
22 
Internet access 
228 
193 
$10,000 to $24,999 
32 
32 
Dial-up service 
11 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
21 
24 
DSL service 
87 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
95 
159 
Cable modem service 
18 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
15 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
52 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
56 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
51 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
7 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
4,087 
Other Internet service 
15 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
15 
17 
Programs payments farms 
141 
131 
acres 
6,359 
6,418 
$1,000 
767 
525 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
173 
203 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,702 
1,338 
1 household 
283 
275 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
65 
44 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
17 
20 
4 households 
1 
3 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
110 
144 
5 or more households 
3 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
5 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
3 
- 
Less than 25 percent 
242 
178 
25 to 49 percent 
30 
39 
Other crop farming (1119) 
130 
70 
50 to 74 percent 
34 
36 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
35 
48 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
28 
45 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 45 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
