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Monsoon season impacts chile harvest

765 Views   “Chile does not like extra water,” said Cinco Estrella Chile’s owner, Glen Duggins. SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. — A beloved New Mexico tradition people look forward to is finally here — Green chile season. However, heavy downpours and flash floods have affected crops throughout the entire state.

Young New Mexico bull rider becomes world champion

690 Views   LOVINGTON, N.M. — A New Mexico bull rider is already a world champion at just nine years old – and he says this is just the beginning. Nine-year-old Parker Hooks won at the Youth Bull Riders World Finals and became a world champion – a big milestone on a

New Mexico dairies urged to seek aid due to contamination

818 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dairy farmers can seek reimbursement from the federal government for cows contaminated by chemicals that have leached into the groundwater around an Air Force base in eastern New Mexico. U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Friday commended a recent rule change by the U.S.

“Un-owned” cattle in the Gila shot

710 Views   Almost 70 cows shot so far in a controversial program to curb environmental damage done by the animals, Grant County reaction to the end of the indoor mask mandate, and a legislative post-mortem with two lawmakers.

Producers still have time to respond to USDA hemp survey

634 Views   WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2021 – It is not too late to respond to the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The survey collects information on the acreage, yield, production, price and value of hemp in the United States.

Who’s applying to be New Mexico’s first cannabis producers?

700 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In just two months since the Cannabis Control Division (CCD) began accepting applications for producer licenses, there have already been more than 1,500 applications started by would-be entrepreneurs, according to the CCD. Of those, more than 1,000 of the applications are for what are called “microbusinesses,”

NM winery adapts as worker shortage leads to ‘necessary evil’

678 Views   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – As New Mexico’s worker shortage continues, some business owners are adapting, including at some of the state’s vineyards. They’ve rebounded from the drought, but as a 5th-generation farmer told KOB 4, the way some operate may have changed forever.

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