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 
470 
338 
Land in farms acres 
72,028 
60,022 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
40 
44 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
65 
51 
1 0 to 49 acres 
188 
134 
50 to 1 79 acres 
172 
102 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
148 
99 
180 to 499 acres 
44 
37 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
11 
500 acres or more 
26 
21 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
3 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
6 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
17 
Owned land in farms farms 
420 
321 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
20 
14 
acres 
45,755 
35,506 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
138 
71 
production (1125, 1129) 
116 
65 
acres 
26,273 
24,516 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
332 
267 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
28,433 
24,251 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
88 
54 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
35,387 
32,516 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
459 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
50 
17 
acres 
8,208 
3,255 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
54 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
408 
297 
Total farms 
470 
338 
Partnerships 
31 
24 
$1,000 
24,263 
15,065 
Corporations 
31 
17 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
sold farms 
470 
338 
$1,000 
23,723 
14,787 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
240 
201 
and greenhouse crops farms 
167 
120 
2 operators 
200 
107 
$1,000 
9,245 
3,376 
3 operators 
20 
18 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
7 
3 
their products farms 
247 
189 
5 or more operators 
3 
9 
$1,000 
14,478 
11,411 
Government payments farms 
73 
59 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
540 
278 
1 operator 
226 
127 
2 operators 
16 
22 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
152 
113 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
40 
35 
$2,500 to $4,999 
49 
36 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
80 
39 
Internet access 
349 
172 
$10,000 to $24,999 
53 
51 
Dial-up service 
23 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
48 
24 
DSL service 
102 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
48 
40 
Cable modem service 
57 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
26 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
94 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
65 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
11 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
26 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
23 
10 
Programs payments farms 
16 
13 
acres 
8,015 
3,906 
$1,000 
18 
20 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
63 
58 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
521 
258 
1 household 
391 
292 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
65 
29 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
10 
9 
4 households 
1 
5 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
22 
3 
5 or more households 
3 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
22 
20 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
11 
11 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
18 
23 
Less than 25 percent 
386 
261 
25 to 49 percent 
19 
24 
Other crop farming (1119) 
73 
59 
50 to 74 percent 
42 
27 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
8 
8 
75 to 99 percent 
5 
15 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
18 
11 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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