Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
4,669 
3,921 
309 
249 
acres treated 
569,884 
294,829 
118,334 
108,731 
Manure used 
farms 
1,763 
1,496 
100 
79 
acres treated 
96,789 
51,440 
23,802 
23,241 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,278 
1,877 
156 
121 
acres 
252,685 
123,781 
65,394 
58,335 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,454 
2,789 
262 
202 
acres 
796,059 
416,604 
155,933 
138,929 
Nematodes 
farms 
523 
410 
48 
37 
acres 
53,322 
23,935 
15,339 
12,319 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
703 
592 
35 
23 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
34,568 
14,236 
10,317 
10,146 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
602 
464 
71 
65 
acres on which used 
62,657 
25,356 
22,931 
22,352 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
362 
328 
10 
7 
acres 
35,942 
33,869 
283 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,908 
1,724 
72 
38 
acres 
124,180 
91,981 
4,906 
4,331 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
430 
361 
36 
22 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
184,973 
90,962 
52,943 
50,815 
used 
farms 
1,311 
1,123 
76 
56 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
135,476 
66,367 
25,831 
22,602 
used 
farms 
811 
642 
79 
63 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
152,747 
91,475 
33,043 
29,455 
practices were used 
farms 
2,859 
2,433 
183 
140 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
445,721 
265,917 
(D) 
65,614 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,012 
851 
79 
57 
acres 
72,241 
30,310 
20,626 
19,308 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,279 
915 
147 
131 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,157 
825 
140 
125 
Wind turbines 
farms 
107 
80 
7 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
15 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
11 
3 
8 
8 
Biodiesel 
farms 
20 
18 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
75 
56 
11 
10 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
96 
71 
11 
10 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
15,409 
13,436 
843 
616 
Part owners 
farms 
4,643 
3,823 
358 
281 
Tenants 
farms 
4,669 
4,351 
89 
42 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
20,110 
17,305 
1,210 
900 
acres 
28,603,580 
10,826,477 
6,399,714 
5,978,943 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,742 
20,789 
1,229 
907 
acres 
31,102,422 
13,541,292 
6,361,724 
5,925,647 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
5,277 
4,314 
422 
306 
acres 
12,331,559 
7,030,250 
2,305,212 
2,123,365 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,233 
4,276 
418 
306 
acres 
12,098,601 
6,940,081 
2,174,702 
1 ,995,575 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,215 
989 
79 
60 
acres 
1,041,076 
498,448 
217,810 
203,220 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
37,981 
32,271 
2,447 
1,779 
1 operator 
14,221 
12,813 
523 
378 
2 operators 
8,555 
7,389 
523 
378 
3 operators 
1,544 
1,170 
172 
130 
4 operators 
211 
118 
46 
37 
5 or more operators 
190 
120 
26 
16 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
12,870 
11,165 
606 
475 
1 operator 
10,950 
9,720 
476 
367 
2 operators 
738 
578 
56 
48 
3 operators 
106 
70 
6 
4 
4 operators 
11 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
16 
14 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
