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 
373 
332 
Land in farms acres 
35,836 
24,504 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
50 
45 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
86 
57 
1 0 to 49 acres 
131 
145 
50 to 1 79 acres 
139 
108 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
45 
37 
1 80 to 499 acres 
44 
30 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
3 
3 
500 acres or more 
9 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
20 
32 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
18 
15 
Owned land in farms farms 
336 
303 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4 
30 
acres 
23,690 
18,032 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
112 
79 
production (1125, 1129) 
88 
77 
acres 
12,146 
6,472 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
261 
253 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
15,085 
14,886 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
75 
50 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
18,923 
6,913 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
365 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
37 
29 
acres 
1,828 
2,705 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
23 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
315 
297 
Total farms 
373 
332 
Partnerships 
30 
24 
$1,000 
52,937 
52,525 
Corporations 
27 
11 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
1 
- 
sold farms 
373 
332 
$1,000 
52,708 
52,337 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
203 
193 
and greenhouse crops farms 
198 
178 
2 operators 
127 
126 
$1,000 
42,643 
41,671 
3 operators 
24 
13 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
17 
- 
their products farms 
172 
161 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
$1,000 
10,064 
10,666 
Government payments farms 
71 
63 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
230 
187 
1 operator 
148 
148 
2 operators 
27 
4 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
93 
103 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
22 
34 
$2,500 to $4,999 
31 
26 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
43 
40 
Internet access 
223 
179 
$10,000 to $24,999 
71 
54 
Dial-up service 
11 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
35 
20 
DSL service 
116 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
78 
55 
Cable modem service 
69 
(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 
27 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
11 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
6 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
24 
17 
Programs payments farms 
23 
19 
acres 
(D) 
1,029 
$1,000 
15 
44 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
56 
48 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
215 
143 
1 household 
303 
285 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
61 
31 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
5 
5 
4 households 
3 
1 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
40 
14 
5 or more households 
1 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
19 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
20 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
27 
31 
Less than 25 percent 
244 
264 
25 to 49 percent 
30 
14 
Other crop farming (1119) 
86 
57 
50 to 74 percent 
57 
17 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
13 
18 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
29 
19 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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