Agriculture

• In 2017, there were 1,083 farms in Cochise County, down 1% from 2012.
• Despite the decline in the number of farms, the total land in farms countywide was up 6%, over the 5-year period, to 973,407 acres. 
• The average size of farms in Cochise County in 2017 was 899 acres, up 7% from 2012.
• The market value of agriculture products sold in 2017 was $144 million, down 4% from 2012. The average per farm was $133,646, down 3%.
• Crops accounted for 57% of Cochise County agriculture sales in 2017, while livestock accounted for 43%.
• Top crop items in 2017 were forage (hay/haylage) and corn for grain. Top livestock inventory were cattle and calves, layers, horses and ponies, and goats.

See spreadsheets, below, for Cochise County agriculture data (number of farms by size and value of sales; total/average farm acreage; market value of land, buildings, machinery & equipment; total cropland by farms/acreage; irrigated land by farms/acreage; market value of products sold by type; and farm-labor workers & payroll), reported every 5 years.