Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Totai 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
23,885 
14,828 
4,507 
4,550 
13,811 
10,074 
acres 
37,818,721 
14,149,550 
18,266,329 
5,402,842 
20,018,520 
17,800,201 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,233 
876 
300 
57 
570 
663 
acres 
6,696,602 
3,562,247 
2,727,337 
407,018 
3,161,601 
3,535,001 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,610 
13,436 
3,823 
4,351 
12,813 
8,797 
acres 
20,481,373 
5,920,689 
9,793,232 
4,767,452 
1 1 ,554,664 
8,926,709 
Partnership 
farms 
1,290 
843 
358 
89 
523 
767 
acres 
8,536,426 
4,060,496 
3,956,463 
519,467 
3,313,020 
5,223,406 
Registered under state law 
farms 
939 
616 
281 
42 
378 
561 
acres 
7,921,222 
3,765,098 
3,726,942 
429,182 
3,016,288 
4,904,934 
Corporation 
farms 
1,079 
637 
371 
71 
457 
622 
acres 
7,886,450 
3,212,680 
4,433,126 
240,644 
3,209,571 
4,676,879 
Family held 
farms 
985 
587 
344 
54 
404 
581 
acres 
7,470,973 
(D) 
4,203,610 
(D) 
2,940,930 
4,530,043 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
30 
12 
16 
2 
9 
21 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
955 
575 
328 
52 
395 
560 
Other than family held 
farms 
94 
50 
27 
17 
53 
41 
acres 
415,477 
(D) 
229,516 
(D) 
268,641 
146,836 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
21 
9 
6 
6 
4 
17 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
73 
41 
21 
11 
49 
24 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
742 
493 
91 
158 
428 
314 
acres 
6,296,774 
4,823,990 
1,176,839 
295,945 
4,776,291 
1 ,520,483 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,429 
3,113 
1,665 
651 
2,738 
2,691 
workers 
21,981 
12,370 
7,346 
2,265 
10,012 
1 1 ,969 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
2,412 
1,388 
776 
248 
1,147 
1,265 
workers 
9,275 
5,660 
2,761 
854 
3,976 
5,299 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,904 
2,187 
1,231 
486 
1,974 
1,930 
workers 
12,706 
6,710 
4,585 
1,411 
6,036 
6,670 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
107 
58 
44 
5 
57 
50 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
10 
9 
- 
11 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
12,120 
7,558 
2,400 
2,162 
5,995 
6,125 
workers 
28,701 
17,241 
6,176 
5,284 
12,738 
15,963 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
7,861 
6,201 
388 
1,272 
4,603 
3,258 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,811 
3,396 
611 
804 
2,776 
2,035 
50 to 69 acres 
757 
502 
165 
90 
439 
318 
70 to 99 acres 
849 
627 
129 
93 
467 
382 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
789 
528 
140 
121 
442 
347 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
962 
572 
123 
267 
632 
330 
180 to 219 acres 
455 
274 
125 
56 
260 
195 
220 to 259 acres 
385 
243 
93 
49 
209 
176 
260 to 499 acres 
1,598 
912 
395 
291 
909 
689 
500 to 999 acres 
1,723 
740 
500 
483 
993 
730 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,528 
523 
513 
492 
876 
652 
2,000 acres or more 
3,003 
891 
1,461 
651 
1,615 
1,388 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
321 
126 
82 
113 
199 
122 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,291 
812 
107 
372 
641 
650 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,401 
2,250 
133 
18 
1,322 
1,079 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
179 
151 
15 
13 
75 
104 
Other crop farming (1119) 
5,992 
4,017 
1,118 
857 
3,700 
2,292 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
55 
32 
20 
3 
34 
21 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,937 
3,985 
1,098 
854 
3,666 
2,271 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,989 
4,681 
2,416 
1,892 
5,182 
3,807 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
68 
34 
25 
9 
30 
38 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
196 
158 
21 
17 
111 
85 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
76 
54 
11 
11 
21 
55 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
134 
117 
15 
2 
56 
78 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,222 
406 
156 
660 
754 
468 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,852 
2,603 
544 
705 
2,130 
1,722 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,796 
6,665 
3,294 
2,837 
7,300 
5,496 
number 
1,354,240 
852,105 
408,839 
93,296 
632,854 
721 ,386 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,126 
3,218 
663 
1,245 
3,065 
2,061 
1 0 to 49 
5,174 
2,293 
1,500 
1,381 
3,036 
2,138 
50 to 99 
865 
400 
371 
94 
417 
448 
100 to 199 
664 
281 
332 
51 
337 
327 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
220 New Mexico 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
