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 
270 
191 
Land in farms acres 
38,830 
22,802 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
6 
18 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
65 
51 
1 0 to 49 acres 
91 
73 
50 to 179 acres 
106 
63 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
68 
35 
1 80 to 499 acres 
51 
31 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
16 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
6 
Owned land in farms farms 
260 
184 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
23 
13 
acres 
36,007 
21,836 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
34 
24 
production (1125, 1129) 
52 
50 
acres 
2,823 
966 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
236 
167 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
33,201 
19,829 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
24 
17 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
4,922 
2,845 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
264 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
10 
7 
acres 
707 
128 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
40 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
242 
160 
Total farms 
270 
191 
Partnerships 
8 
21 
$1,000 
8,319 
6,303 
Corporations 
10 
4 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
10 
6 
sold farms 
270 
191 
$1,000 
7,955 
6,158 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
154 
121 
and greenhouse crops farms 
87 
51 
2 operators 
98 
51 
$1,000 
(D) 
471 
3 operators 
18 
14 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
- 
5 
their products farms 
116 
73 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,687 
Government payments farms 
77 
53 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
364 
145 
1 operator 
87 
55 
2 operators 
9 
19 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
105 
85 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
35 
43 
$2,500 to $4,999 
33 
20 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
27 
10 
Internet access 
202 
107 
$10,000 to $24,999 
27 
26 
Dial-up service 
6 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
4 
DSL service 
96 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
31 
3 
Cable modem service 
35 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
11 
(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 
31 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
6 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
$1,000 
212 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
37 
13 
Programs payments farms 
29 
29 
acres 
4,804 
1,427 
$1,000 
56 
65 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
58 
32 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
308 
80 
1 household 
227 
159 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
33 
25 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
6 
2 
4 households 
4 
5 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
18 
10 
5 or more households 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
10 
4 
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) 
6 
9 
Less than 25 percent 
242 
163 
25 to 49 percent 
6 
11 
Other crop farming (1119) 
71 
51 
50 to 74 percent 
14 
11 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
2 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
6 
- 
1 00 percent 
6 
4 
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