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 
142 
120 
Land in farms acres 
7,308 
5,514 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
52 
43 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2 
12 
1 0 to 49 acres 
56 
54 
50 to 1 79 acres 
17 
18 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
12 
18 
1 80 to 499 acres 
16 
3 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
4 
500 acres or more 
1 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
4 
Owned land in farms farms 
118 
82 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
14 
7 
acres 
(D) 
4,831 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
44 
53 
production (1125, 1129) 
27 
24 
acres 
(D) 
683 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
98 
67 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
3,243 
2,701 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
20 
15 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
3,753 
2,679 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
130 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
24 
38 
acres 
312 
134 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
16 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
108 
101 
Total farms 
142 
120 
Partnerships 
2 
9 
$1,000 
16,038 
6,204 
Corporations 
20 
7 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
12 
3 
sold farms 
142 
120 
$1,000 
15,972 
6,046 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
47 
55 
and greenhouse crops farms 
83 
62 
2 operators 
78 
40 
$1,000 
15,130 
2,892 
3 operators 
5 
19 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
6 
3 
their products farms 
63 
61 
5 or more operators 
6 
3 
$1,000 
841 
3,155 
Government payments farms 
16 
13 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
67 
157 
1 operator 
72 
58 
2 operators 
6 
2 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
6 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
26 
21 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
18 
27 
$2,500 to $4,999 
12 
21 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
12 
17 
Internet access 
97 
67 
$10,000 to $24,999 
15 
11 
Dial-up service 
6 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
6 
DSL service 
31 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
45 
17 
Cable modem service 
54 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
15 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
13 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
- 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
12 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
21 
18 
Programs payments farms 
- 
- 
acres 
327 
1,870 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
16 
13 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
67 
157 
1 household 
122 
81 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
8 
16 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
11 
8 
4 households 
1 
3 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
12 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
31 
24 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
46 
14 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
10 
7 
Less than 25 percent 
75 
101 
25 to 49 percent 
16 
6 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2 
12 
50 to 74 percent 
25 
3 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
14 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
12 
6 
44 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
