Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
4,777 
4,646 
Land in farms acres 
4,792,863 
4,098,171 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,785 
2,007 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
951 
764 
1 0 to 49 acres 
748 
833 
50 to 1 79 acres 
619 
615 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,563 
1,235 
1 80 to 499 acres 
411 
412 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
12 
500 acres or more 
1,214 
779 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
16 
12 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
21 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
39 
114 
Owned land in farms farms 
4,648 
4,475 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
573 
854 
acres 
3,803,745 
2,732,189 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
510 
654 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
900 
823 
acres 
989,118 
1,365,982 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
2,574 
3,992 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,191,415 
1,753,628 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
529 
483 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,984,955 
2,212,273 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
4,649 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
1,674 
171 
acres 
1,616,493 
132,270 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
221 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,297 
4,099 
Total farms 
4,777 
4,646 
Partnerships 
139 
279 
$1,000 
96,504 
118,025 
Corporations 
165 
145 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
176 
123 
sold farms 
4,777 
4,646 
$1,000 
88,529 
112,020 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,835 
2,753 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,150 
1,237 
2 operators 
1,481 
1,524 
$1,000 
45,912 
47,253 
3 operators 
365 
291 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
45 
49 
their products farms 
2,050 
2,435 
5 or more operators 
51 
29 
$1,000 
42,618 
64,767 
Government payments farms 
1,189 
664 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
7,974 
6,005 
1 operator 
4,215 
4,119 
2 operators 
481 
478 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
67 
42 
4 operators 
6 
3 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,286 
1,986 
5 or more operators 
8 
4 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
698 
786 
$2,500 to $4,999 
526 
565 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
426 
497 
Internet access 
2,093 
2,036 
$10,000 to $24,999 
394 
355 
Dial-up service 
156 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
181 
183 
DSL service 
902 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
266 
274 
Cable modem service 
331 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
77 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
353 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
370 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
91 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
52 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
195 
148 
Programs payments farms 
189 
368 
acres 
610,059 
323,055 
$1,000 
2,409 
4,042 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,106 
411 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
5,565 
1,964 
1 household 
3,649 
3,704 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
650 
653 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
246 
165 
4 households 
114 
73 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
52 
40 
5 or more households 
118 
51 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
298 
393 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
342 
326 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
36 
47 
Less than 25 percent 
4,132 
3,910 
25 to 49 percent 
232 
247 
Other crop farming (1119) 
952 
769 
50 to 74 percent 
215 
292 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
126 
128 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1 
5 
1 00 percent 
72 
69 
42 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
