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Agriculture Statistics - New Mexico
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 25, 2006, 14:47 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Dairy products	814,592	36.8	3.3
2. Cattle and calves	807,053	36.4	2.0
3. Hay	157,814	7.1	3.5
4. Greenhouse/nursery	57,697	2.6	0.4
5. Onions	54,331	2.5	7.0

All commodities	2,215,122		1.1

For more details about New Mexico's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Vegetables and preparations 24 13.7

2.     Cotton and linters 15 13.6

3.     Live animals and meat 32 13.6

4.     Tree nuts 5 10.3

5.     Feed grains and products 34 7.9

Overall 41 83.6

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Dona Ana 14.6 235.5

2.     Chaves 13.6 220.1

3.     Curry 12.1 195.4

4.     Union 8.1 130.5

5.     Roosevelt 7.9 128.3

State total 1,617.7

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about New Mexico Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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