Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
24,721 
20,930 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
43,201,023 
43,238,049 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
13,674 
55.3 
13,191 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
1,976,689 
4.6 
2,334,018 
summer fallow 
farms 
778 
3.1 
625 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
10,617 
42.9 
9,311 
acres 
89,884 
0.2 
88,792 
acres 
690,858 
1.6 
1,009,683 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,144 
8.7 
1,533 
1 to 49 acres 
8,974 
36.3 
7,367 
acres 
2,950,519 
6.8 
2,868,929 
1 to 9 acres 
6,545 
26.5 
4,781 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,484 
6.0 
1,065 
1 0 to 19 acres 
1,325 
5.4 
1,325 
acres 
2,163,280 
5.0 
2,032,322 
20 to 29 acres 
526 
2.1 
636 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
878 
3.6 
655 
30 to 49 acres 
578 
2.3 
625 
acres 
787,239 
1.8 
836,607 
50 to 99 acres 
556 
2.2 
604 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
359 
1.5 
425 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
424 
1.7 
419 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
13,890 
56.2 
9,447 
500 to 999 acres 
182 
0.7 
258 
acres 
37,973,029 
87.9 
37,597,641 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
81 
0.3 
146 
2,000 acres or more 
41 
0.2 
92 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
1 1 ,524 
46.6 
9,068 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
300,786 
0.7 
437,461 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,366 
5.5 
3,447 
acres 
229,591 
0.5 
639,279 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
4,701 
19.0 
4,237 
acres 
1 ,056,240 
2.4 
685,056 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
831 
(X) 
1,357 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
402,970 
(X) 
592,766 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
2,719 
11.0 
3,054 
acres 
567,591 
1.3 
537,282 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
1,457 
(X) 
1,412 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,976 
8.0 
996 
acres 
4,050,998 
(X) 
3,146,730 
acres 
398,765 
0.9 
58,982 
16 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
