Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Santa Fe 
Sierra 
Socorro 
Taos 
Torrance 
Union 
Valencia 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
11 
8 
8 
24 
1 
■ 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
10 
“ 
“ 
1 
1 
“ 
12 
organic production 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
farms 
2 
1 
8 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
16 
1 
8 
23 
1 
- 
13 
$1,000 
227 
(D) 
61 
442 
(D) 
- 
34 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
6 
_ 
1 
6 
1 
_ 
12 
$1,000 
5 
- 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
10 
1 
7 
17 
- 
1 
$1,000 
221 
(D) 
(D) 
436 
- 
- 
(D) 
Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
New Mexico 
3,845 
33 
139 
3,198 
529 
1,107 
196 
219 
284 
Counties 
Bernalillo 
309 
1 
20 
95 
47 
48 
24 
6 
31 
Catron 
7 
- 
- 
110 
3 
31 
1 
8 
1 
Chaves 
6 
- 
- 
69 
4 
18 
1 
3 
2 
Cibola 
7 
- 
- 
85 
1 
24 
1 
2 
- 
Colfax 
21 
- 
2 
57 
2 
15 
- 
1 
1 
Curry 
- 
- 
4 
45 
7 
6 
1 
2 
13 
De Baca 
81 
- 
1 
32 
3 
10 
- 
3 
1 
Dona Ana 
1,071 
- 
9 
71 
43 
37 
4 
8 
32 
Eddy 
114 
- 
6 
77 
9 
30 
6 
1 
6 
Grant 
3 
4 
3 
78 
9 
29 
- 
- 
3 
Guadalupe 
14 
- 
1 
65 
8 
26 
- 
13 
7 
Flarding 
1 
- 
- 
44 
- 
11 
- 
1 
- 
Flidalgo 
1 
- 
- 
43 
2 
18 
- 
- 
- 
Lea 
7 
- 
2 
64 
3 
26 
- 
4 
3 
Lincoln 
4 
- 
4 
80 
3 
21 
1 
1 
4 
Los Alamos 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Luna 
7 
- 
3 
25 
8 
12 
1 
- 
10 
McKinley 
3 
1 
5 
234 
3 
28 
9 
30 
3 
Mora 
7 
3 
2 
106 
4 
24 
1 
4 
1 
Otero 
14 
- 
7 
55 
22 
14 
14 
4 
17 
Quay 
3 
_ 
2 
77 
3 
17 
_ 
3 
1 
Rio Arriba 
221 
12 
17 
230 
99 
126 
27 
20 
48 
Roosevelt 
6 
- 
4 
46 
9 
24 
7 
2 
2 
Sandoval 
249 
- 
6 
141 
21 
54 
12 
7 
7 
San Juan 
534 
- 
7 
359 
25 
69 
18 
19 
7 
San Miguel 
10 
- 
8 
163 
11 
47 
7 
31 
3 
Santa Fe 
109 
12 
10 
95 
46 
65 
21 
6 
34 
Sierra 
50 
- 
- 
74 
13 
29 
3 
7 
6 
Socorro 
268 
- 
1 
114 
32 
53 
2 
- 
14 
Taos 
67 
- 
3 
117 
37 
50 
18 
9 
12 
Torrance 
4 
_ 
9 
116 
18 
46 
7 
7 
9 
Union 
1 
- 
- 
81 
- 
21 
- 
1 
- 
Valencia 
646 
- 
3 
150 
33 
78 
10 
16 
6 
380 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
