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 
548 
444 
Land in farms acres 
137,541 
76,492 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
33 
20 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
107 
116 
1 0 to 49 acres 
165 
161 
50 to 1 79 acres 
182 
170 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
213 
184 
1 80 to 499 acres 
105 
69 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
1 
5 
500 acres or more 
63 
24 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
2 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
13 
17 
Owned land in farms farms 
526 
430 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
19 
22 
acres 
99,917 
60,898 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
129 
79 
production (1125, 1129) 
71 
26 
acres 
37,624 
15,594 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
419 
365 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
51,858 
40,267 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
107 
65 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
79,497 
33,824 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
536 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
22 
14 
acres 
6,186 
2,401 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
32 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
498 
394 
Total farms 
548 
444 
Partnerships 
25 
31 
$1,000 
39,411 
19,936 
Corporations 
17 
13 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
8 
6 
sold farms 
548 
444 
$1,000 
38,048 
19,241 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
338 
269 
and greenhouse crops farms 
220 
164 
2 operators 
185 
163 
$1,000 
20,662 
7,029 
3 operators 
25 
11 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
- 
- 
their products farms 
320 
246 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
$1,000 
17,385 
12,212 
Government payments farms 
177 
135 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,363 
695 
1 operator 
207 
200 
2 operators 
7 
1 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
103 
112 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
58 
59 
$2,500 to $4,999 
67 
62 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
80 
57 
Internet access 
354 
207 
$10,000 to $24,999 
88 
72 
Dial-up service 
41 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
43 
32 
DSL service 
167 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
109 
50 
Cable modem service 
30 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
12 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
45 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
105 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
6 
11 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
981 
Other Internet service 
9 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
24 
21 
Programs payments farms 
59 
64 
acres 
9,098 
7,474 
$1,000 
227 
269 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
160 
110 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,136 
426 
1 household 
457 
338 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
70 
83 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
14 
6 
4 households 
4 
17 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
88 
34 
5 or more households 
3 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
3 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
11 
4 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
12 
7 
Less than 25 percent 
407 
355 
25 to 49 percent 
52 
25 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
107 
117 
50 to 74 percent 
47 
35 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
23 
15 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
1 
1 00 percent 
19 
14 
46 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
