2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

New Mexico

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Oct/15/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	1,753
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	24,700
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	43,300,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	483,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	332,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	1,510,000
Goats, Angora - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	9,500
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	96,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	1,600

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	24,960
Milk - Production, Measured in $	1,338,556,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	8,212,000,000

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
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL			2,115 LB / ACRE	92,000,000 LB		220,800,000
PECANS		43,500			2.4 $ / LB
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						200,160,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	15,000
HAY
HAY		280,000	4.04 TONS / ACRE	1,130,000 TONS	178 $ / TON	200,160,000
HAY, ALFALFA		190,000	5 TONS / ACRE	950,000 TONS	180 $ / TON	171,000,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		90,000	2 TONS / ACRE	180,000 TONS	162 $ / TON	29,160,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE	8,100	7,600	165 CWT / ACRE	1,254,000 CWT	35.5 $ / CWT	44,553,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING					740 $ / TON	36,654,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET					30 $ / CWT	7,899,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED				1,254,000 CWT
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	66,000	46,000	1,179 LB / ACRE	113,000 480 LB BALES	0.507 $ / LB	24,336,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				40,000 TONS	164 $ / TON	6,232,000
COTTON	73,500	53,400	1,135 LB / ACRE	126,300 480 LB BALES
COTTON, PIMA	7,500	7,400	863 LB / ACRE	13,300 480 LB BALES	(D) $ / LB	(D)
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		43,000	134 BU / ACRE	5,762,000 BU	3.85 $ / BU	22,184,000
CORN, SILAGE		80,000	25 TONS / ACRE	2,000,000 TONS
CORN	125,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	330,000	135,000	30 BU / ACRE	4,050,000 BU	4.2 $ / BU	17,010,000
WHEAT, WINTER	330,000	135,000	30 BU / ACRE	4,050,000 BU	4.2 $ / BU	17,010,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	7,600	7,600	3,500 LB / ACRE	26,600,000 LB	0.289 $ / LB	7,687,000
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN		48,000	35 BU / ACRE	1,680,000 BU	6.12 $ / CWT	5,551,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE		17,000	11 TONS / ACRE	187,000 TONS
SORGHUM	85,000
BEANS
BEANS, DRY EDIBLE					(NA) $ / CWT	(NA)

(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.