2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 New Mexico
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/08/2026

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation1,874
Farm Operations - Number of Operations20,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated38,600,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )430,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )230,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )1,190,000
Goats, Angora - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )5,500
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )71,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,743
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb5,864,000,000
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 & HAYLAGE175,007,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA10,000118,335,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)56,672,000
HAY
HAY255,0003.1 TONS / ACRE791,000 TONS236 $ / TON175,007,000
HAY, ALFALFA115,0004.2 TONS / ACRE483,000 TONS245 $ / TON118,335,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)140,0002.2 TONS / ACRE308,000 TONS184 $ / TON56,672,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE8,2008,100135 CWT / ACRE1,093,500 CWT50.4 $ / CWT54,786,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING885 $ / TON39,436,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET78 $ / CWT15,350,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED1,088,000 CWT
CORN
CORN, GRAIN44,000173 BU / ACRE7,612,000 BU5.15 $ / BU39,202,000
CORN105,000
CORN, SILAGE59,00023 TONS / ACRE1,357,000 TONS
WHEAT
WHEAT365,000150,00031 BU / ACRE4,650,000 BU4.5 $ / BU20,925,000
WHEAT, WINTER365,000150,00031 BU / ACRE4,650,000 BU4.5 $ / BU20,925,000
COTTON
COTTON, COTTONSEED14,000 TONS293 $ / TON4,102,000
COTTON43,00032,700675 LB / ACRE46,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, UPLAND30,00020,000600 LB / ACRE25,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
COTTON, PIMA13,00012,700794 LB / ACRE21,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
(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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