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 (continued) 
[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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Sorghum for grain - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
1 
5 
1 
5 
3 
2 
500 acres or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
3 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
6 
5 
1 
_ 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
acres 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
7,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
6 
5 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
264 
30 
36 
56 
34 
52 
25 
15 
16 
acres 
87,504 
3,837 
5,173 
12,293 
12,600 
19,193 
18,130 
13,357 
2,921 
bushels 
2,613,145 
84,550 
94,852 
72,120 
165,773 
525,244 
543,721 
979,092 
147,793 
Irrigated 
farms 
130 
9 
17 
12 
13 
37 
21 
12 
9 
acres 
36,889 
1,142 
1,141 
902 
2,546 
8,076 
9,521 
12,422 
1,139 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
13 
5 
10 
1 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
58 
2 
14 
12 
9 
8 
8 
- 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
95 
10 
13 
22 
15 
21 
4 
7 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
31 
4 
2 
3 
4 
9 
3 
2 
4 
500 acres or more 
48 
1 
2 
9 
6 
13 
10 
6 
1 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
6,578 
2,431 
2,263 
1,127 
185 
175 
105 
45 
247 
acres 
343,032 
55,763 
41,729 
36,290 
34,226 
52,787 
55,826 
44,097 
22,314 
tons, dry 
1,441,883 
159,161 
104,308 
101,090 
139,625 
250,148 
300,611 
281,514 
105,426 
Irrigated 
farms 
6,199 
2,285 
2,125 
1,068 
169 
171 
100 
44 
237 
acres 
302,297 
47,639 
35,349 
32,230 
29,888 
48,585 
46,395 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,639 
1,879 
1,876 
745 
7 
6 
1 
125 
25 to 99 acres 
1,160 
438 
295 
286 
44 
24 
8 
7 
58 
1 00 to 249 acres 
487 
90 
77 
85 
91 
68 
22 
11 
43 
250 to 499 acres 
184 
22 
14 
11 
36 
46 
36 
7 
12 
500 acres or more 
108 
2 
1 
- 
7 
31 
38 
20 
9 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
5,181 
1,936 
1,725 
948 
140 
138 
78 
29 
187 
acres 
222,263 
37,686 
26,450 
24,602 
21,621 
32,976 
35,065 
30,458 
13,405 
tons, dry 
1,070,833 
130,736 
71,642 
77,703 
105,459 
179,322 
228,113 
205,957 
71,901 
Irrigated 
farms 
5,074 
1,888 
1,686 
931 
140 
138 
78 
28 
185 
acres 
217,959 
36,307 
26,027 
24,103 
21,549 
32,346 
34,917 
(D) 
(D) 
Other tame hay 
farms 
1,222 
431 
470 
188 
46 
24 
14 
5 
44 
acres 
33,823 
9,621 
8,898 
4,954 
4,498 
1,999 
1,644 
804 
1,405 
tons, dry 
63,347 
13,815 
20,733 
8,752 
9,876 
4,280 
2,448 
1,294 
2,149 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,051 
371 
409 
161 
38 
18 
10 
5 
39 
acres 
23,442 
7,200 
5,971 
3,377 
2,674 
1,110 
1,339 
804 
967 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
12 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
283 
(D) 
20 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
12 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
283 
(D) 
20 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,085 
771 
642 
537 
20 
32 
37 
6 
40 
acres 
27,370 
1,060 
942 
1,204 
1,629 
2,862 
7,883 
11,318 
473 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,074 
764 
640 
535 
20 
32 
37 
6 
40 
acres 
27,357 
1,052 
(D) 
(D) 
1,629 
2,862 
7,883 
11,318 
473 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
1,850 
738 
601 
477 
2 
32 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
137 
30 
34 
59 
3 
3 
4 
- 
4 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
41 
3 
7 
1 
9 
12 
7 
- 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
41 
- 
- 
- 
7 
15 
17 
- 
2 
250.0 acres or more 
16 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
9 
6 
Beans, snap 
farms 
423 
177 
108 
113 
3 
1 
4 
- 
17 
acres 
216 
27 
18 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
122 
- 
3 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
59 
29 
15 
15 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
13 
3 
3 
7 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peas, green 
farms 
29 
15 
6 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
12 
5 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 445 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
