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 
122 
138 
Land in farms acres 
20,563 
16,576 
Other crop farming (1119) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
7 
14 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
38 
36 
1 0 to 49 acres 
44 
44 
50 to 1 79 acres 
37 
43 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
44 
51 
1 80 to 499 acres 
29 
34 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
5 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
15 
Owned land in farms farms 
113 
136 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
5 
8 
acres 
14,939 
14,129 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
22 
27 
production (1125, 1129) 
17 
13 
acres 
5,624 
2,447 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
100 
111 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
10,857 
(D) 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
13 
25 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
9,220 
(D) 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
120 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
9 
2 
acres 
486 
(D) 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
7 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
106 
133 
Total farms 
122 
138 
Partnerships 
10 
5 
$1,000 
7,379 
3,671 
Corporations 
6 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
- 
- 
sold farms 
122 
138 
$1,000 
7,342 
3,667 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
93 
87 
and greenhouse crops farms 
76 
42 
2 operators 
29 
43 
$1,000 
1,192 
311 
3 operators 
- 
8 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
- 
- 
their products farms 
73 
82 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 
6,150 
3,356 
Government payments farms 
18 
10 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
37 
4 
1 operator 
39 
61 
2 operators 
- 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
24 
58 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
23 
26 
$2,500 to $4,999 
23 
12 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
20 
18 
Internet access 
65 
78 
$10,000 to $24,999 
20 
9 
Dial-up service 
5 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
6 
DSL service 
37 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
7 
9 
Cable modem service 
16 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
5 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
3 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
4 
- 
Programs payments farms 
1 
1 
acres 
2,470 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
17 
10 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1 household 
94 
110 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
17 
28 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
- 
- 
4 households 
4 
- 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
7 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
5 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
3 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
2 
4 
Less than 25 percent 
95 
126 
25 to 49 percent 
8 
6 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
38 
36 
50 to 74 percent 
12 
2 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
4 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
3 
1 
44 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
