| Overall Total Dairy Production Economic Impact (2009 numbers) |
$1.6 billion |
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| Overall Total Dairy Processing Economic Impact (2009 numbers) |
$2.8 billion |
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| Direct Economic Impact to the New Mexico Economy |
$1.0 billion |
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| Dairy-Percentage of NM Gross Receipts (Jul '10-June '11) |
3.9% |
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| Ag-Percentage of NM Gross Receipts (Jul '10-June '11) |
9.9% |
10th in New Mexico |
| Dairy receipts as a % of NM total Farm Receipts (2009) |
35% |
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| Total Employment Generation in New Mexico (from dairy production) |
8,263 jobs |
$335 million paid in salaries |
| Direct Employment Generation in New Mexico (from dairy production) |
3,325 jobs |
$142 million paid in salaries |
| Total Employment Generation in New Mexico (from dairy processing) |
9,427 jobs |
$425 million paid in salaries |
| Direct Employment Generation in New Mexico (from dairy processing) |
1,357 |
$74 million paid in salaries |
| Overall Employment Generation in the Southwest from dairy (TX, NM, AZ, OK) |
57,482 jobs |
$3.0 bilion paid in salaries |
| Number of Cows per Dairy |
2,293 |
1st in the USA |
| Contribution to National Milk Production |
4.1% |
9th in the USA |
| Contribution to Southwest Milk Production (incl. CA) |
12.5% |
3rd in the Southwest |
| Growth in the past year (2009-2010) |
-.3% |
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| Number of Milking Cows (2011) |
318,000 head |
34th in the USA, down 6.5% from 05/06 |
| Milk Produced |
7.9 billion lbs |
up 12.4% from 05/06 |
| Milk Productivity |
24,551 lbs |
1th in the USA |
| Number of Dairy Operations in NM |
158 Dairy Farms |
Down 14 from 05/06 |
| Top 3 counties in NM (Chaves, Curry & Roosevelt) |
Produce 2/3 of NM Milk |
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