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State Honey Profile 2012 harvest
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New Mexico

NASS Region 3 - alternate public context

2012 production260Klbs

0.2% of the U.S. crop 33.7%

Yield / colony
52 lb
+8.3% vs US
Price / lb
$3.39
+11.1% vs US
Colonies
5,000
-95.9% vs US
Stressor load
-
- vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/new-mexico
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for New Mexico pairs production, colony count, yield, price, and colony stressors without filling suppressed values.

Honey profile

2024 → 2025 movement

Year-over-year change across every reported honey metric for New Mexico.

Colonies5,000 28.6% from 7,000
Yield / colony52 lb 7.1% from 56 lb
Production260K lbs 33.7% from 392K lbs
Price / lb$3.39 100.6% from $1.69
Crop value$881K 33.1% from $662K
Benchmark

Indexed vs. U.S.

Each metric as a percentage above or below the U.S. baseline (center line = U.S. average).

derived
Yield / colony+8%52 lbs / colony
Price / lb+11%$3.39
Production / state avg-96%260K lbs
Crop value / state avg-95%$881K
Colonies / state avg-96%5,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

Share of New Mexico colonies hit by each stressor (April-June), against the U.S. profile. Hover any axis or bar to compare.

aggregate
Varroa mites: 26.7%Other pests: -Pesticides: 1.1%Other: -Diseases: 0.0%Unknown: 2.1%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
NMU.S. baseline
Varroa mites26.7%
Unknown2.1%
Pesticides1.1%
Diseases0.0%
Other-
Other pests-

Varroa 26.7% state vs. 27.3% U.S.

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Over time

The arc matters as much as the latest number. Stressor pressure is the one metric we can already track quarter to quarter for every state.

Varroa pressure, quarter by quarter

Share of New Mexico colonies reporting varroa mites across the official Honey Bee Colonies stressor series.

aggregate
0.0%25.0%50.0%75.0%100.0%Q1 '24: 91.9%Q2 '24: 26.7%Q1 '24Q2 '24

Official Honey Bee Colonies stressor rows only. This chart does not synthesize honey, yield, or pollination time-series shapes.

03

Pollination & opportunity

The opportunity index keeps New Mexico's crop demand, regional pollination fee, local colony supply, and colony health pressure visible as separate weighted inputs.

Opportunity index

Where the gap is

A transparent, weighted blend - directional context for pollination planning, not a forecast.

limited
0OPPORTUNITY

Composite of the four factors below, each scored 0-100 then weighted.

Crop demandw 40% - -
-
Pollination ratew 25% - -
-
Supply tightnessw 20% - -
-
Colony healthw 15% - -
-
Crop demand overlay

No crop selected · New Mexico

-bearing acres
$20benchmark fee
8.38 hives/acstocking rate
-implied hives needed
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Baselines & context

The closing cards keep structural Census baselines and related reporting states visible without mixing them into the annual honey row.

Census baseline

2022 Census of Agriculture

Structural baseline - independent of the annual honey survey.

direct
Colony inventory12,606
Honey production342K lbs
Honey sales$910K
Operations with inventory475