2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 New Mexico
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/31/2025

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation1,870
Farm Operations - Number of Operations20,800
Farm Operations - Acres Operated38,900,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )450,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )240,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )1,280,000
Goats, Angora - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )6,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )75,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,717
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb5,932,000,000
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
HAY270,0003.62 TONS / ACRE978,000 TONS240 $ / TON230,658,000
HAY, ALFALFA150,0005 TONS / ACRE750,000 TONS251 $ / TON188,250,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)120,0001.9 TONS / ACRE228,000 TONS186 $ / TON42,408,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE230,658,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA10,000188,250,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)42,408,000
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, CHILE8,0008,000130 CWT / ACRE1,040,000 CWT50.2 $ / CWT52,162,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING880 $ / TON36,562,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET75 $ / CWT15,600,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED1,039,000 CWT
CORN
CORN, GRAIN47,000157 BU / ACRE7,379,000 BU5.5 $ / BU40,585,000
CORN100,000
CORN, SILAGE49,00022 TONS / ACRE1,078,000 TONS
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER370,000145,00012 BU / ACRE1,740,000 BU5.35 $ / BU9,309,000
WHEAT370,000145,00012 BU / ACRE1,740,000 BU5.35 $ / BU9,309,000
COTTON
COTTON, COTTONSEED16,000 TONS277 $ / TON4,432,000
COTTON55,00044,700558 LB / ACRE52,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, UPLAND40,00030,000496 LB / ACRE31,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
COTTON, PIMA15,00014,700686 LB / ACRE21,000 480 LB BALES(D) $ / LB(D)
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL91,000,000 LB
(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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