2018 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

New Mexico

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/25/2019

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	1,640
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	24,700
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	40,500,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	480,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	325,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	1,480,000
Goats, Angora - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	9,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	100,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2018 )	1,300

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	25,106
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	8,285,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
HAY
HAY		250,000	3.73 TONS / ACRE	932,000 TONS	229 $ / TON	211,080,000
HAY, ALFALFA		160,000	4.7 TONS / ACRE	752,000 TONS	240 $ / TON	180,480,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		90,000	2 TONS / ACRE	180,000 TONS	170 $ / TON	30,600,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						211,080,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	30,000
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL						197,297,000
PECANS		45,500	1,980 LB / ACRE		2.19 $ / LB
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE	8,400	7,900	180 CWT / ACRE	1,422,000 CWT	37.8 $ / CWT	53,766,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING					760 $ / TON	43,769,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET					37 $ / CWT	9,997,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED				1,422,000 CWT
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	77,000	56,000	977 LB / ACRE	114,000 480 LB BALES	0.717 $ / LB	37,858,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				42,000 TONS	200 $ / TON	8,000,000
COTTON	83,800	62,800	959 LB / ACRE	125,500 480 LB BALES
COTTON, PIMA	6,800	6,800	812 LB / ACRE	11,500 480 LB BALES	(D) $ / LB	(D)
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		35,000	187 BU / ACRE	6,545,000 BU	4.45 $ / BU	29,125,000
CORN	135,000
CORN, SILAGE		95,000	22 TONS / ACRE	2,090,000 TONS
WHEAT
WHEAT	315,000	105,000	15 BU / ACRE	1,575,000 BU	4.75 $ / BU	7,481,000
WHEAT, WINTER	315,000	105,000	15 BU / ACRE	1,575,000 BU	4.75 $ / BU	7,481,000
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN		47,000	38 BU / ACRE	1,786,000 BU	6.65 $ / CWT	6,651,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE		18,000	11 TONS / ACRE	198,000 TONS
SORGHUM	80,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	5,500	5,500	3,000 LB / ACRE	16,500,000 LB	0.297 $ / LB	4,901,000

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

Census State Profile: New_Mexico

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	2,550,147	35	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	616,938	37	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	1,933,209	28	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	125,148	39	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	(D)	16	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	96,329	24	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	110,875	16	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	44,888	39	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	(D)	48	49
Other crops and hay	206,131	28	50
Poultry and eggs	3,346	46	50
Cattle and calves	630,837	26	50
Milk from cows	1,251,065	9	50
Hogs and pigs	392	49	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	7,725	29	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	24,219	14	50
Aquaculture	6,909	29	50
Other animals and other animal products	8,715	31	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	343,032	37	50
Wheat for grain, all	87,504	35	49
Winter wheat for grain	86,434	33	48
Corn for silage	81,866	22	49
Pecans, all	41,331	4	39

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Cattle and calves	1,354,240	22	50
Sheep and lambs	89,745	17	50
Layers	66,653	47	50
Horses and ponies	50,723	36	50
Goats, all	30,981	26	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	10,524
$1,000 to $2,499	3,085
$2,500 to $4,999	2,575
$5,000 to $9,999	2,502
$10,000 to $19,999	1,714
$20,000 to $24,999	458
$25,000 to $39,999	750
$40,000 to $49,999	314
$50,000 to $99,999	1,058
$100,000 to $249,999	771
$250,000 to $499,999	412
$500,000 or more	558

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	2,459,316
Average per farm ($)	99,483

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	234,870
Average per farm ($)	9,501

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	12,392
Other	12,329

Principal operators by sex
Male	19,944
Female	4,777

Average age of principal operator	60.5

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	7,439
Asian	71
Black or African American	51
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21
White	29,363
More than one race	221

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	13,195

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.