2013 Ag Statistics

2013 Eddy County Agriculture It should be noted 2013 was a year of drought as were the preceding 4 years Eddy County = 4,184 square miles 2,677,760 acres Private or deeded land 470,198.64 17.5% State land 583,225.36 21.7% Federal land 1,627,826 60.8% Approximately 75,690 acres with valid water rights. Approximate population 55,471 70.55% Rural areas * 16334 29.44% * not included in Artesia, Carlsbad population Number of farms 551 Land in agricultural productivity 1,141,956 acres Annual precipitation 10.84 inches, 75% of normal Livestock Income Beef cattle 13,100 head $28 million/year Dairy cattle 12,500 head Milk 160 million pounds$30.08 million/year Cows/calves $31.26 million/year Other cattle 21,000 head $37 million/year Sheep 2,159 head $0.08 million/year Meat goats 2,300 head $0.8 million/year Other livestock $0.55 million/year Total livestock $116,334 million/year Crops Alfalfa hay 36,000 acres/226,800 tons $34.8 million/year Other hay 5,200 acres $3.6 million/year Cotton 4,000 acres/7,312,300 lbs $4.06 million/year* * does not include seed value Chile 1,100 acres $0.87 million/year Corn 2,700 acres/86,300 tons silage $1 million/year Pecans (commercial) 4,830o acres $10.7 million/year Pecans (non-commercial) 1,100 acres $7.8 million/year Other vegetables 1,000 acres $4.5 million/year Small grain 2,420 acres $0.082 million/year (wheat, barley, sorghum) 1,100 acres $.5 million/year Green house nurseries $3.2 million/year Cotton gin $5 million/year Total crops $29,235 million/year Grand total $145,569* million/year *2007 $219,892 million 7th in the nation for alfalfa 6th in NM for total ag products sold 934th out of 3,079 counties in the US