Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Operators: 1998

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1 Summary by Tenure of Operators: 1998 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms number Land in farms cuerdas Average size of farm cuerdas Farms by size: Less than 10 cuerdas to 19 cuerdas to 49 cuerdas to 99 cuerdas to 174 cuerdas to 259 cuerdas cuerdas or more LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE Total cropland farms cuerdas Harvested cropland farms cuerdas Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms cuerdas Cropland used for cover crops, legumes, and soil improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured farms cuerdas Cropland on which all crops failed farms cuerdas Cropland idle farms cuerdas Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland farms cuerdas Woodland, forest and underbrush farms cuerdas All other land including land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. farms cuerdas IRRIGATION Land irrigated farms cuerdas Public system farms cuerdas Private system farms cuerdas Farms by type of irrigation Gravity Drip or trickle Sprinkle Subirrigation Farms by major source of irrigation water: Well or cistern River or stream Lake or private pond Canal or irrigation district Other OCCUPATION AND TENURE OF OPERATOR All operators Full owners Part owners Tenants Principal occupation: Agricultural: Full owners Part owners Tenants Nonagricultural: Full owners Part owners Tenants Not reported: Full owners Part owners Tenants FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION Individual or family farms cuerdas Partnership farms cuerdas Corporation farms cuerdas Other farms cuerdas PUERTO RICO 1998 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA

2 OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS Operators by years operating present farm: Less than 2 years to 4 years to 9 years years or more Not reported Operators by place of residence: On farm operated Off farm operated Not reported Operators by age group: Under 25 years to 34 years to 44 years to 54 years to 64 years years and over Average age Operators by highest grade or year of school attended: None Elementary school Secondary school College Graduate Not reported Operators by days of work off farm: None Any to 49 days to 99 days to 149 days to 199 days days or more Not reported Operators by major source of income: Sale of agricultural products Other farm related income Nonfarm related income Not reported Operators by percent of income from farming: Less than 25 percent to 49 percent to 74 percent percent or more Not reported Operators by principal occupation: Agricultural Nonagricultural Not reported FARMS BY MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD Less than $1, $1,200 to $2, $2,500 to $4, $5,000 to $7, $7,500 to $9, $10,000 to $19, $20,000 to $39, $20,000 to $24, $25,000 to $29, $30,000 to $39, $40,000 to $59, $40,000 to $49, $50,000 to $59, $60,000 or more FARMS BY TYPE Sugarcane Coffee Vegetables or melons Fruits and coconuts Horticultural specialties Grains Root crops or tubers General farms, primarily crops Livestock, except dairy, poultry and animal specialties Dairy Poultry and eggs Animal specialties General farms, primarily livestock CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA PUERTO RICO 139

3 MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD Total sales farms dollars Average per farm dollars Crops, including horticultural specialties and other agricultural products farms dollars Sugarcane farms dollars Coffee farms dollars Pineapples farms dollars (D) (D) Plantains farms dollars Bananas farms dollars (D) (D) Grains farms dollars Root crops or tubers farms dollars Fruits and coconuts farms dollars Vegetables or melons farms dollars Horticultural specialties farms dollars Grasses and other crops farms dollars Livestock, poultry, and their products farms dollars Cattle and calves farms dollars Poultry and poultry products farms dollars Dairy products farms dollars Hogs and pigs farms dollars Sheep and goats farms dollars Other livestock and livestock products farms dollars FARM RELATED INCOME Custom farm work done for others farms dollars Recreational services farms dollars (D) (D) Rent from farmland farms dollars Participation in government farm programs farms dollars Sale of farm by products farms dollars (D) (D) SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES Livestock, poultry, and fish purchased farms dollars Feed purchased for livestock, poultry, and fish farms dollars Medicines and drugs purchased and administered by the operator for livestock, poultry, and fish farm dollars Veterinarian services farms dollars Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees purchased farms dollars Commercial fertilizer purchased farms dollars Gasoline and other fuel and oil products purchased farms dollars Wages and salaries of hired farm workers and family members farms dollars Contract labor farms dollars Machine hire and customwork farms dollars Agricultural chemicals purchased farms dollars All other expenses farms dollars PUERTO RICO 1998 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA

4 SELECTED MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, BUILDINGS, AND FACILITIES ON JULY 1, 1998 Selected machinery and equipment: Automobiles, jeeps, pick ups, and motor trucks farms number Wheel tractors farms number Crawler tractors farms number Coffee depulpers farms number Mechanical coffee dryers farms number Solar or air coffee dryers farms number Mechanical coffee washers farms number Milking machines farms number Milk coolers farms number Emergency electric generators farms number Selected buildings and facilities: Buildings used to house livestock farms number Storage buildings for crops farms number Buildings for machinery farms number Houses for agregados and other workers farms number ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF ALL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Total value farms dollars Farms by value group: $1 to $999 farms dollars $1,000 to $9,999 farms dollars $10,000 to $29,999 farms dollars $30,000 to $49,999 farms dollars $50,000 or more farms dollars Not reported farms ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF ALL LAND, BUILDINGS, AND FACILITIES Total value farms dollars Farms by value group: $1 to $9,999 farms dollars $10,000 to $49,999 farms dollars $50,000 to $99,999 farms dollars $100,000 to $249,999 farms dollars $250,000 to $499,999 farms dollars $500,000 or more farms dollars Not reported farms AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS USED, INCLUDING FERTILIZER Total farms Lime farms cuerdas on which used tons Chemical fertilizer used on cropland farms cuerdas on which used Chemical fertilizer used on pastureland farms cuerdas on which used Organic fertilizer farms cuerdas on which used Chemical products (sprays, dusts, fumigants, etc.) used to control Insects on crops farms cuerdas on which used Diseases in crops and orchards farms cuerdas on which used Weeds, grass or brush in crops and pastures farms cuerdas on which used Nematodes on crops farms cuerdas on which used CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA PUERTO RICO 141

5 HIRED FARM WORKERS, AGREGADOS, AND SHARECROPPERS Workers who worked 5 months or more farms number Workers who worked less than 5 months farms number Agregado and sharecropper families living on place July 1, 1998 farms number LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND THEIR PRODUCTS Inventory Cattle and calves farms number Cows farms number Heifers and heifer calves farms number Bulls, steers, bull calves, and steer calves farms number Dairy cattle farms number Cows farms number Heifers and heifer calves farms number Beef cattle farms number Cows farms number Heifers and heifer calves farms number Hogs and pigs farms number Under 3 months old farms number months old and older farms number Hogs and pigs kept for breeding farms number Boars farms number Sows and gilts farms number Horses farms number Sheep farms number Goats farms number Hives of bees farms number (D) (D) Rabbits farms number Other livestock farms number 794 (D) 364 (D) Chickens for egg production farms number Pullets for replacement farms number (D) (D) Layers farms number (D) (D) Poultry for meat farms number Roosters farms number Fighting cocks farms number Other roosters farms number Other poultry (turkeys, pigeons, guineas, etc.) farms number PUERTO RICO 1998 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA

6 LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND THEIR PRODUCTS Con. Sales Livestock, poultry, and their products farms dollars Cattle and calves farms number dollars Calves under 500 lbs farms number dollars Cattle of 500 lbs or more farms number dollars Milk farms quarts Milk, butter, and other dairy products farms dollars Hogs and pigs farms number dollars Under 3 months old farms number dollars months old and older farms number dollars Horses farms number dollars Sheep farms number dollars Goats farms number dollars Honey farms pounds (D) (D) dollars (D) (D) Rabbits farms number dollars Fish and other aquaculture products farms pounds (D) (D) dollars (D) (D) Other livestock farms number 552 (D) (D) dollars Chickens for egg production farms number Pullets for replacement farms number (D) (D) Layers farms number (D) (D) Poultry for meat farms number Roosters farms number Fighting cocks farms number (D) (D) (D) Other roosters farms number (D) (D) (D) Other poultry (turkeys, pigeons, guineas, etc.) farms number Chicken eggs farms dozens Eggs for consumption farms dozens (D) (D) Eggs for hatching farms dozens (D) (D) All poultry and poultry products farms dollars CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA PUERTO RICO 143

7 CROPS HARVESTED Major Crops Fall cane farms cuerdas tons Spring cane farms cuerdas tons Ratoon cane farms cuerdas tons Sojourn cane for seed/feed farms cuerdas (D) (D) 714 Coffee grown in the shade farms trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cuerdas cwt Coffee grown without shade farms trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cuerdas cwt Pineapples farms plants not of bearing age plants of bearing age cuerdas (D) (D) tons (D) (D) 523 Plantains farms trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cuerdas thousands Bananas farms trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cuerdas thousands Grain Crops Pigeon peas farms cuerdas cwt Dry beans farms cuerdas cwt Green beans farms cuerdas cwt Corn farms cuerdas cwt Other grains farms cuerdas (D) (D) cwt (D) (D) Root Crops or Tubers Dasheens farms cuerdas cwt Cassava farms cuerdas cwt Root celery farms cuerdas cwt Sweetpotatoes farms cuerdas cwt (D) (D) Yams farms cuerdas cwt Taniers farms cuerdas cwt Other root crops or tubers farms cuerdas cwt PUERTO RICO 1998 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA

8 CROPS HARVESTED Con. Fruits and Coconuts Coconuts farms cuerdas (D) (D) trees not of bearing age (D) (D) trees of bearing age hundreds Grapefruit farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age hundreds Oranges farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age hundreds Avocados farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age (D) (D) trees of bearing age hundreds Mangoes farms cuerdas (D) (D) trees not of bearing age (D) (D) trees of bearing age (D) (D) hundreds (D) (D) Soursops farms cuerdas 157 (D) 130 (D) trees not of bearing age (D) (D) trees of bearing age cwt Citron farms cuerdas (D) (D) trees not of bearing age (D) (D) trees of bearing age (D) (D) cwt (D) (D) Papayas farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cwt Passion fruit farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cwt (D) (D) Lemons and limes farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age trees of bearing age cwt Other fruit farms cuerdas trees not of bearing age (D) (D) trees of bearing age (D) (D) cwt (D) (D) Vegetables or Melons Tomatoes farms cuerdas 557 (D) 19 (D) pounds (D) (D) Cucumbers farms cuerdas pounds String beans farms cuerdas pounds Lettuce farms cuerdas (D) (D) pounds (D) (D) Onions farms cuerdas pounds (D) (D) Herbs and spice plants farms cuerdas pounds Peppers, hot farms cuerdas pounds Cabbage farms cuerdas pounds Eggplant farms cuerdas pounds Pumpkins farms cuerdas pounds CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA PUERTO RICO 145

9 CROPS HARVESTED Con. Vegetables or Melons Con. Sweet peppers (Aji dulce) farms cuerdas pounds Watermelons farms cuerdas pounds Honeydew melons farms cuerdas (D) (D) (D) pounds (D) (D) (D) Cantaloups farms cuerdas 52 (D) (D) pounds (D) (D) Sweet corn farms cuerdas pounds Other vegetables or melons farms cuerdas pounds Other Crops Horticultural specialties farms cuerdas Grasses farms cuerdas PUERTO RICO 1998 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AREA DATA