2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 New Mexico
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Oct/03/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation1,660
Farm Operations - Number of Operations24,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated40,000,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )446,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )279,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )1,310,000
Goats, Angora - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )8,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )85,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )1,500

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,819
Milk - Production, Measured in $1,679,780,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb7,148,000,000
County outlines for NEW MEXICO

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE205,140,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA10,000172,800,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)32,340,000
HAY
HAY225,0003.29 TONS / ACRE740,000 TONS281 $ / TON205,140,000
HAY, ALFALFA125,0004.8 TONS / ACRE600,000 TONS291 $ / TON172,800,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)100,0001.4 TONS / ACRE140,000 TONS231 $ / TON32,340,000
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL74,700,000 LB141,183,000
PECANS47,0001,590 LB / ACRE1.89 $ / LB
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE8,4008,200130 CWT / ACRE1,066,000 CWT43.4 $ / CWT46,207,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING860 $ / TON41,805,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET48 $ / CWT4,402,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED1,063,900 CWT
CORN
CORN, GRAIN36,000149 BU / ACRE5,364,000 BU6.8 $ / BU36,475,000
CORN, SILAGE55,00024 TONS / ACRE1,320,000 TONS
CORN100,000
COTTON
COTTON, COTTONSEED23,000 TONS463 $ / TON18,057,000
COTTON85,00048,800866 LB / ACRE88,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, UPLAND66,00030,000960 LB / ACRE60,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
COTTON, PIMA19,00018,800715 LB / ACRE28,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER360,00090,00017 BU / ACRE1,530,000 BU8.3 $ / BU11,849,000
WHEAT360,00090,00017 BU / ACRE1,530,000 BU8.3 $ / BU11,849,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS7,3006,4002,500 LB / ACRE16,000,000 LB0.49 $ / LB7,840,000
(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


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