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 
467 
445 
Land in farms acres 
37,197 
39,558 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
38 
57 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
113 
53 
1 0 to 49 acres 
223 
178 
50 to 1 79 acres 
158 
158 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
143 
224 
180 to 499 acres 
45 
46 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
8 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
20 
25 
Owned land in farms farms 
449 
428 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
45 
25 
acres 
29,685 
31,754 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
82 
78 
production (1125, 1129) 
93 
60 
acres 
7,512 
7,804 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
385 
367 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
22,353 
(D) 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
64 
61 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
13,785 
13,804 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
462 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
18 
17 
acres 
1,059 
(D) 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
7 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
447 
426 
Total farms 
467 
445 
Partnerships 
10 
14 
$1,000 
8,414 
14,481 
Corporations 
5 
4 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
5 
1 
sold farms 
467 
445 
$1,000 
8,260 
14,178 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
247 
250 
and greenhouse crops farms 
139 
90 
2 operators 
199 
184 
$1,000 
3,169 
3,236 
3 operators 
17 
7 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
4 
4 
their products farms 
250 
254 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,092 
10,942 
Government payments farms 
52 
81 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
154 
303 
1 operator 
234 
208 
2 operators 
7 
1 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
192 
199 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
73 
74 
$2,500 to $4,999 
55 
36 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
56 
29 
Internet access 
328 
228 
$10,000 to $24,999 
55 
55 
Dial-up service 
17 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
17 
23 
DSL service 
117 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
19 
29 
Cable modem service 
72 
(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 
74 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
63 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
20 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
2 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
16 
16 
Programs payments farms 
7 
22 
acres 
1,220 
1,929 
$1,000 
37 
28 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
52 
66 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
117 
275 
1 household 
374 
344 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
81 
89 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
5 
4 
4 households 
5 
7 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
14 
16 
5 or more households 
2 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
6 
7 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4 
6 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
19 
13 
Less than 25 percent 
404 
373 
25 to 49 percent 
18 
27 
Other crop farming (1119) 
117 
57 
50 to 74 percent 
18 
24 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
4 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
15 
8 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
1 
1 00 percent 
12 
13 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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