Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principai Operators - Seiected 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 
9,377 
6,475 
Land in farms acres 
6,099,380 
5,237,978 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
3,494 
1,749 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,582 
1,707 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,106 
1,683 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,374 
1,145 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,518 
2,377 
1 80 to 499 acres 
923 
752 
Cattle feedlots (1 1 21 1 2) 
22 
32 
500 acres or more 
1,480 
1,146 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
46 
37 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
7 
13 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
34 
154 
Owned land in farms farms 
8,997 
6,175 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
154 
145 
acres 
4,003,141 
3,315,041 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
2,262 
1,854 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,124 
871 
acres 
2,096,239 
1 ,922,937 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
7,010 
4,621 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
2,392,456 
2,020,405 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
1,892 
1,554 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
3,253,134 
2,878,732 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
9,149 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
475 
300 
acres 
453,790 
338,841 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
321 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
8,545 
5,809 
Total farms 
9,377 
6,475 
Partnerships 
420 
410 
$1,000 
340,438 
236,425 
Corporations 
229 
147 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
183 
109 
sold farms 
9,377 
6,475 
$1,000 
327,603 
232,125 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
5,759 
4,239 
and greenhouse crops farms 
3,962 
2,674 
2 operators 
2,927 
1,807 
$1,000 
119,958 
63,808 
3 operators 
577 
310 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
47 
82 
their products farms 
3,451 
2,875 
5 or more operators 
67 
37 
$1,000 
207,645 
168,316 
Government payments farms 
1,421 
617 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
12,835 
4,300 
1 operator 
3,421 
2,136 
2 operators 
192 
106 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
25 
14 
4 operators 
4 
2 
Less than $1 ,000 
3,832 
2,088 
5 or more operators 
8 
4 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,389 
1,037 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,172 
916 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,113 
936 
Internet access 
5,058 
2,449 
$10,000 to $24,999 
811 
760 
Dial-up service 
471 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
412 
346 
DSL service 
2,287 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
648 
392 
Cable modem service 
871 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
201 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
922 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
906 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
8 
19 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
170 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,268 
643 
Other Internet service 
61 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
355 
207 
Programs payments farms 
87 
97 
acres 
728,909 
963,498 
$1,000 
449 
613 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,379 
568 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
12,386 
3,687 
1 household 
7,140 
4,777 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,677 
1,238 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
306 
244 
4 households 
165 
112 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
35 
38 
5 or more households 
89 
104 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
434 
186 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,362 
846 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
31 
43 
Less than 25 percent 
8,085 
5,547 
25 to 49 percent 
491 
356 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,610 
1,733 
50 to 74 percent 
412 
345 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
222 
143 
Cotton farming (11192) 
28 
26 
1 00 percent 
167 
84 
44 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
