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 
482 
408 
Land in farms acres 
49,143 
59,705 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
55 
20 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
126 
104 
1 0 to 49 acres 
158 
123 
50 to 1 79 acres 
207 
185 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
158 
157 
180 to 499 acres 
53 
59 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
3 
10 
500 acres or more 
9 
21 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
2 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
16 
14 
Owned land in farms farms 
450 
392 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
13 
12 
acres 
38,579 
43,042 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
99 
95 
production (1125, 1129) 
59 
47 
acres 
10,564 
16,663 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
383 
313 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
30,859 
33,735 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
67 
79 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
15,020 
24,210 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
463 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
32 
16 
acres 
3,264 
1,760 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
14 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
430 
360 
Total farms 
482 
408 
Partnerships 
31 
41 
$1,000 
24,049 
21,373 
Corporations 
19 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
2 
- 
sold farms 
482 
408 
$1,000 
23,145 
20,984 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
314 
264 
and greenhouse crops farms 
208 
161 
2 operators 
154 
119 
$1,000 
5,036 
5,127 
3 operators 
10 
19 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
2 
1 
their products farms 
215 
223 
5 or more operators 
2 
5 
$1,000 
18,109 
15,857 
Government payments farms 
168 
147 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
905 
390 
1 operator 
177 
144 
2 operators 
- 
5 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
134 
94 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
57 
49 
$2,500 to $4,999 
71 
48 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
73 
73 
Internet access 
295 
199 
$10,000 to $24,999 
55 
60 
Dial-up service 
34 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
36 
29 
DSL service 
154 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
56 
55 
Cable modem service 
39 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
7 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
43 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
40 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
7 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
434 
Other Internet service 
9 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
17 
16 
Programs payments farms 
52 
40 
acres 
2,599 
2,662 
$1,000 
265 
73 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
152 
136 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
640 
317 
1 household 
379 
303 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
75 
85 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
7 
11 
4 households 
7 
9 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
21 
5 or more households 
14 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
8 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
8 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
9 
4 
Less than 25 percent 
352 
299 
25 to 49 percent 
46 
31 
Other crop farming (1119) 
156 
133 
50 to 74 percent 
44 
34 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
30 
29 
75 to 99 percent 
20 
29 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
20 
15 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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