2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 New Mexico
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Jul/27/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation1,628
Farm Operations - Number of Operations25,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated40,700,000

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 / Head24,960
Milk - Production, Measured in $1,338,556,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb8,212,000,000
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
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL2,115 LB / ACRE92,000,000 LB220,800,000
PECANS43,5002.4 $ / LB
HAY
HAY285,0004 TONS / ACRE1,140,000 TONS178 $ / TON201,780,000
HAY, ALFALFA190,0005 TONS / ACRE950,000 TONS180 $ / TON171,000,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)95,0002 TONS / ACRE190,000 TONS162 $ / TON30,780,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE201,780,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA15,000171,000,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)30,780,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE8,1007,600165 CWT / ACRE1,254,000 CWT35.5 $ / CWT44,553,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING740 $ / TON36,654,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET30 $ / CWT7,899,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED1,254,000 CWT
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND66,00046,0001,179 LB / ACRE113,000 480 LB BALES0.507 $ / LB27,500,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED40,000 TONS164 $ / TON6,560,000
COTTON73,50053,4001,135 LB / ACRE126,300 480 LB BALES
COTTON, PIMA7,5007,400863 LB / ACRE13,300 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
CORN
CORN, GRAIN43,000134 BU / ACRE5,762,000 BU3.9 $ / BU22,472,000
CORN125,000
CORN, SILAGE80,00025 TONS / ACRE2,000,000 TONS
WHEAT
WHEAT330,000135,00030 BU / ACRE4,050,000 BU4.2 $ / BU17,010,000
WHEAT, WINTER330,000135,00030 BU / ACRE4,050,000 BU4.2 $ / BU17,010,000
PEANUTS
PEANUTS7,6007,6003,500 LB / ACRE26,600,000 LB0.289 $ / LB7,687,000
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN48,00035 BU / ACRE1,680,000 BU6.12 $ / CWT5,758,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE17,00011 TONS / ACRE187,000 TONS
SORGHUM85,000
(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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