Table 32. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Mexico: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
24,721 
9,257 
8,584 
4,866 
472 
422 
187 
97 
836 
percent 
100.0 
37.4 
34.7 
19.7 
1.9 
1.7 
0.8 
0.4 
3.4 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
43,201,023 
6,655,808 
6,116,597 
9,591,101 
4,719,965 
5,683,890 
3,882,082 
1,169,278 
5,382,302 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
1,748 
719 
713 
1,971 
10,000 
13,469 
20,760 
12,054 
6,438 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
24,721 
9,257 
8,584 
4,866 
472 
422 
187 
97 
836 
$1,000 
2,620,735 
94,414 
85,517 
100,698 
102,960 
236,418 
368,434 
1,158,236 
474,056 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
106,012 
10,199 
9,962 
20,694 
218,136 
560,233 
1,970,237 
11,940,576 
567,053 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,282 
3,865 
3,487 
1,662 
1 
267 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,306 
1,371 
1,322 
553 
1 
- 
- 
- 
59 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,810 
1,154 
1,138 
461 
- 
- 
- 
- 
57 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,648 
1,066 
1,056 
453 
- 
- 
- 
- 
73 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,326 
864 
768 
598 
2 
- 
- 
- 
94 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,283 
446 
343 
431 
6 
_ 
_ 
- 
57 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,169 
319 
321 
449 
11 
- 
- 
- 
69 
$100,000 to $249,999 
885 
150 
132 
251 
287 
11 
- 
- 
54 
$250,000 to $499,999 
433 
21 
17 
3 
162 
193 
- 
- 
37 
$500,000 to $999,999 
260 
1 
- 
4 
2 
215 
14 
- 
24 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
319 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
173 
97 
45 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
149 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
127 
1 
17 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
51 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
- 
6 
$5,000,000 or more 
119 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
96 
22 
Total sales 
.... farms 
24,721 
9,257 
8,584 
4,866 
472 
422 
187 
97 
836 
$1,000 
2,550,147 
80,815 
73,027 
86,437 
93,497 
226,802 
364,527 
1,155,227 
469,815 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
1,078 
248 
198 
271 
84 
131 
78 
24 
44 
$1,000 
125,148 
2,261 
2,035 
2,546 
4,251 
29,910 
41,488 
34,369 
8,289 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
289 
12 
14 
17 
24 
117 
70 
17 
18 
$1,000 
119,672 
1,496 
1,111 
1,092 
2,931 
29,479 
41,272 
34,211 
8,080 
Corn 
... farms 
370 
47 
42 
53 
38 
102 
63 
7 
18 
$1,000 
86,607 
1,038 
590 
1,169 
1,971 
24,343 
31,595 
20,704 
5,196 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
203 
6 
5 
7 
11 
96 
58 
7 
13 
$1,000 
84,480 
910 
371 
478 
1,311 
24,122 
31,400 
20,704 
5,185 
Wheat 
... farms 
262 
30 
35 
56 
34 
51 
25 
15 
16 
$1,000 
17,548 
583 
684 
467 
1,171 
3,435 
(D) 
(D) 
1,048 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
72 
4 
3 
- 
7 
27 
17 
9 
5 
$1,000 
14,974 
385 
237 
- 
706 
2,864 
(D) 
(D) 
943 
Soybeans 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
... farms 
159 
19 
17 
34 
25 
31 
14 
4 
15 
$1,000 
(D) 
295 
(D) 
673 
958 
(D) 
3,909 
497 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
44 
1 
4 
3 
5 
14 
10 
3 
4 
$1,000 
7,718 
(D) 
(D) 
168 
559 
1,747 
3,867 
(D) 
480 
Barley 
... farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
481 
177 
118 
158 
7 
1 
6 
1 
13 
$1,000 
11,290 
344 
(D) 
237 
151 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,377 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
4 
$1,000 
10,307 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,343 
Tobacco 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
195 
18 
18 
31 
24 
62 
26 
4 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
677 
636 
1,317 
2,092 
12,253 
8,555 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
133 
4 
4 
14 
19 
53 
24 
4 
11 
$1,000 
31,907 
304 
350 
918 
1,897 
11,925 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
1,970 
739 
603 
494 
19 
32 
37 
6 
40 
$1,000 
96,329 
3,640 
2,962 
3,977 
2,439 
7,947 
35,826 
37,399 
2,138 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
125 
10 
2 
21 
17 
27 
36 
6 
6 
$1,000 
87,639 
808 
(D) 
1,291 
(D) 
7,834 
(D) 
37,399 
1,904 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
2,825 
1,341 
943 
377 
26 
42 
36 
6 
54 
$1,000 
110,875 
7,929 
5,591 
4,736 
3,623 
8,843 
35,580 
36,665 
7,908 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
152 
19 
13 
28 
16 
23 
29 
5 
19 
$1,000 
97,253 
1,787 
1,682 
2,476 
(D) 
8,250 
35,376 
(D) 
7,590 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
2,751 
1,325 
923 
341 
26 
42 
36 
6 
52 
$1,000 
110,540 
7,879 
5,563 
(D) 
3,623 
8,843 
35,580 
36,665 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
151 
19 
13 
28 
16 
23 
29 
5 
18 
$1,000 
97,055 
1,787 
1,682 
(D) 
3,473 
8,250 
35,376 
(D) 
7,392 
Berries 
... farms 
117 
37 
22 
55 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
335 
51 
27 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 433 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
