2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 New Mexico
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/18/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation1,871
Farm Operations - Number of Operations20,900
Farm Operations - Acres Operated39,100,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )450,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )250,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )1,290,000
Goats, Angora - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )7,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )75,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )1,700

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,587
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb6,663,000,000
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 & HAYLAGE274,731,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA20,000223,944,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)50,787,000
HAY
HAY265,0003.6 TONS / ACRE953,000 TONS292 $ / TON274,731,000
HAY, ALFALFA155,0004.8 TONS / ACRE744,000 TONS301 $ / TON223,944,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)110,0001.9 TONS / ACRE209,000 TONS243 $ / TON50,787,000
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL100,000,000 LB176,000,000
PECANS50,0002,000 LB / ACRE1.76 $ / LB
CORN
CORN, GRAIN47,000155 BU / ACRE7,285,000 BU5.9 $ / BU42,982,000
CORN, SILAGE69,00021 TONS / ACRE1,449,000 TONS
CORN125,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE8,8008,500110 CWT / ACRE935,000 CWT44.5 $ / CWT41,460,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED931,300 CWT
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
PEANUTS
PEANUTS11,00010,0002,100 LB / ACRE21,000,000 LB0.408 $ / LB8,568,000
COTTON
COTTON, COTTONSEED24,000 TONS294 $ / TON7,056,000
COTTON48,50037,8001,016 LB / ACRE80,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, PIMA16,50015,800759 LB / ACRE25,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, UPLAND32,00022,0001,200 LB / ACRE55,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER405,00085,00011 BU / ACRE935,000 BU7.1 $ / BU6,639,000
WHEAT405,00085,00011 BU / ACRE935,000 BU7.1 $ / BU6,639,000
(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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