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Shipping New Mexico chile to California? You’d better label it 23 Aug 2013 | 12:01 am
(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) – New Mexicans feeling generous enough to share their fresh New Mexico chile peppers with friends and family are being advised on how to label the packages they intend to mail to Ca...
Sept. 7 marks Agriculture Day at the NMSU Aggies home opener against the Univ. of Minn. Gophers 8 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
Join us for AGRICULTURE DAY! Come out on September 7, 2013, before your NMSU Aggies take on the University of Minnesota Gophers at the Aggies’ first home football game of the season. The AGRICULTURE...
New Mexico sees growth in farmers’ markets 2 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
Markets are in full swing; National Farmers’ Market Week is Aug. 4-10 (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) – When you look at a digital map of farmers’ markets across New Mexico, one thing stands out: there are so man...
Retired NMDA employee honored with national lifetime achievement award 29 Jul 2013 | 08:49 pm
Dr. Charles Greene worked toward fairness in the marketplace Dr. Charles Greene accepts the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM). (LAS CRUCES, ...
Details on how New Mexico ranchers can apply for water delivery assistance to benefit wildlife 26 Jun 2013 | 03:05 am
Recognizing that water intended for livestock also benefits wildlife, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) is making $40,000 available to the state’s ranchers to offset the extra cost of hau...
NMDA, Game and Fish team up with nonprofit to provide water to wildlife during drought 20 Jun 2013 | 02:13 am
ALBUQUERQUE – Two state agencies and a nonprofit organization are teaming up to help provide water to New Mexico’s wildlife populations during the drought. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDG...
International food companies look to New Mexico for cheese 6 Jun 2013 | 02:05 am
(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) – New Mexico’s dairy industry could see a bounce in cheese exports after a group of international buyers recently came calling. Eleven buyers from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Egypt, th...
Area farmers, ranchers invited to safely dispose of pesticides 29 May 2013 | 03:38 am
NMDA to sponsor pesticide-collection events, June 19 and 26 (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) – New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) is sponsoring two events in June to safely collect pesticides that farmers,...
NMDA encourages New Mexico’s farmers, ranchers, and food processors to comment on federal food safety proposals 24 May 2013 | 08:04 pm
Food Safety Modernization Act could affect New Mexico agriculture (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) – New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) is encouraging farmers, ranchers, and food processors across the stat...
New Mexico joins coalition of states for agriculture security 3 May 2013 | 01:17 am
(Las Cruces, N.M.) — Being prepared for disasters is a challenge faced by response agencies every day. Fortunately, major agricultural disasters are rare but, if one happens, the economic impacts cou...
