Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New Mexico 
Bernalillo 
Catron 
Chaves 
Cibola 
Colfax 
Farms 
number 
24,721 
1,006 
351 
595 
522 
290 
Land in farms 
acres 
43,201,023 
350,638 
1,077,534 
2,482,827 
1 ,558,974 
1,962,965 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,748 
349 
3,070 
4,173 
2,987 
6,769 
Median size of farm 
acres 
40 
5 
280 
160 
22 
320 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
755,185 
395,200 
1,311,015 
1,503,955 
930,635 
2,682,178 
Average per acre 
dollars 
432 
1,134 
427 
360 
312 
396 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
1,491,077 
33,783 
21,812 
87,475 
19,556 
22,324 
Average per farm 
dollars 
60,610 
33,615 
62,141 
147,016 
37,464 
76,979 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
7,861 
607 
7 
120 
218 
13 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,811 
207 
44 
116 
66 
26 
50 to 1 79 acres 
3,357 
67 
104 
80 
50 
77 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2,438 
51 
55 
64 
52 
54 
500 to 999 acres 
1,723 
16 
46 
48 
35 
26 
1 ,000 acres or more 
4,531 
58 
95 
167 
101 
94 
Total cropland 
farms 
13,674 
575 
54 
304 
96 
126 
acres 
1,976,689 
12,452 
3,051 
62,979 
3,906 
23,854 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
10,617 
517 
31 
273 
54 
63 
acres 
690,858 
4,752 
407 
53,913 
510 
7,698 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1 1 ,430 
601 
115 
279 
62 
102 
acres 
680,318 
5,283 
5,432 
49,755 
(D) 
10,328 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
2,550,147 
18,131 
12,742 
388,099 
(D) 
35,744 
Average per farm 
dollars 
103,157 
18,023 
36,301 
652,267 
(D) 
123,256 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
616,938 
7,530 
163 
45,137 
(D) 
2,145 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
1,933,209 
10,602 
12,579 
342,961 
(D) 
33,599 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
13,609 
628 
159 
172 
332 
109 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,575 
116 
65 
66 
66 
14 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,502 
131 
31 
38 
47 
30 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,172 
69 
24 
54 
37 
25 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,064 
38 
24 
43 
13 
21 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,058 
5 
17 
38 
20 
39 
$100,000 or more 
1,741 
19 
31 
184 
7 
52 
Government payments 
farms 
5,502 
87 
48 
196 
136 
67 
$1,000 
70,588 
172 
613 
4,688 
500 
918 
Total income from farm-related sources. 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
4,096 
143 
32 
151 
48 
79 
$1,000 
73,451 
715 
686 
4,281 
479 
7,871 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
2,459,316 
23,307 
15,417 
361,904 
7,275 
33,668 
Average per farm 
dollars 
99,483 
23,168 
43,923 
608,242 
13,937 
116,096 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
24,721 
1,006 
351 
595 
522 
290 
$1,000 
234,870 
-4,287 
-1,376 
35,164 
-1,396 
10,866 
Average per farm 
dollars 
9,501 
-4,262 
-3,922 
59,098 
-2,675 
37,468 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
12,392 
445 
221 
329 
232 
139 
Other 
number 
12,329 
561 
130 
266 
290 
151 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
15,788 
656 
185 
359 
343 
201 
200 days or more 
number 
8,974 
392 
79 
194 
225 
138 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,796 
449 
267 
305 
394 
180 
number 
1,354,240 
7,850 
26,285 
167,048 
1 1 ,969 
19,480 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,004 
338 
241 
238 
371 
137 
number 
461,595 
(D) 
17,081 
28,941 
8,688 
1 1 ,588 
Milk cows 
farms 
410 
10 
19 
36 
15 
4 
number 
318,878 
(D) 
19 
75,951 
85 
9 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
7,963 
191 
196 
265 
258 
166 
number 
909,923 
3,119 
14,641 
82,393 
6,306 
26,533 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
211 
16 
1 
3 
5 
1 
number 
1,294 
(D) 
(D) 
53 
20 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
177 
7 
2 
3 
1 
8 
number 
2,383 
(D) 
(D) 
198 
(D) 
61 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
3,385 
107 
8 
40 
107 
15 
number 
89,745 
765 
79 
10,648 
1,862 
90 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,768 
118 
34 
47 
25 
24 
number 
66,653 
2,273 
508 
793 
224 
358 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
54 
9 
2 
11 
- 
2 
number 
1 1 ,852 
(D) 
(D) 
271 
- 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
132 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
33,101 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
6,348,748 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
300 
- 
- 
42 
- 
- 
acres 
81,866 
- 
- 
14,402 
- 
- 
tons 
1,918,665 
- 
- 
362,713 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
264 
6 
- 
7 
- 
- 
acres 
87,504 
6 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
2,613,145 
24 
- 
64,765 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
255 
6 
- 
7 
- 
- 
acres 
86,434 
6 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
2,581,809 
24 
- 
64,765 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Mexico 225 
