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 
339 
296 
Land in farms acres 
93,964 
101,372 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
21 
12 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
75 
86 
1 0 to 49 acres 
77 
71 
50 to 1 79 acres 
103 
91 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
31 
43 
1 80 to 499 acres 
86 
69 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
10 
4 
500 acres or more 
52 
53 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
28 
17 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
5 
12 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
10 
6 
Owned land in farms farms 
316 
271 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
9 
1 
acres 
56,469 
72,960 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
109 
91 
production (1125, 1129) 
28 
29 
acres 
37,495 
28,412 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
230 
205 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
33,143 
50,268 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
86 
66 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
47,065 
44,929 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
324 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
23 
25 
acres 
13,756 
6,175 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
21 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
280 
258 
Total farms 
339 
296 
Partnerships 
40 
22 
$1,000 
72,793 
37,209 
Corporations 
10 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
9 
9 
sold farms 
339 
296 
$1,000 
71,637 
36,065 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
212 
197 
and greenhouse crops farms 
227 
163 
2 operators 
115 
85 
$1,000 
38,283 
12,951 
3 operators 
11 
14 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
1 
- 
their products farms 
174 
121 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 
33,354 
23,113 
Government payments farms 
214 
184 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,156 
1,144 
1 operator 
115 
Ill 
2 operators 
2 
6 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
45 
50 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
17 
32 
$2,500 to $4,999 
12 
43 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
34 
27 
Internet access 
228 
165 
$10,000 to $24,999 
49 
26 
Dial-up service 
38 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
28 
23 
DSL service 
103 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
154 
95 
Cable modem service 
23 
(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 
41 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
36 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
6 
24 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
(NA) 
$1,000 
38 
1,377 
Other Internet service 
1 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
17 
12 
Programs payments farms 
77 
83 
acres 
3,773 
3,985 
$1,000 
253 
333 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
174 
135 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
903 
810 
1 household 
269 
235 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
52 
45 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
8 
11 
4 households 
2 
4 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
126 
85 
5 or more households 
8 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
8 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7 
8 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
2 
- 
Less than 25 percent 
180 
181 
25 to 49 percent 
31 
29 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
75 
86 
50 to 74 percent 
46 
31 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
35 
27 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
47 
28 
46 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
