Category: Agriculture

The project is a partnership between New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, New Mexico Technology Assistance Program, Mandy’s Farm and the University of New Mexico-Occupational Therapy Graduate Program.

Tax forms for USDA payments are available from the self-service portal on your farmers.gov account.

Accumulated Snow Water Equivalent has remained at or below the record lows in many locations, leaving statewide aggregated totals in the lowest 5th percentile when ranked against prior years throughout the NRCS period of record.

La gripe aviar es una enfermedad grave y altamente contagiosa que afecta a las aves y que puede causar una mortalidad significativa tanto en las poblaciones de aves silvestres como domésticas.

New Mexico’s farmers, ranchers, and food security organizations are facing severe consequences due to federal funding freezes and agency layoffs.

This is official guidance to ensure a registrant’s authority and responsibilities are being met within the standards outlined in the New Mexico Administrative Codes.

Coccidiostats are a type of medication used in poultry and livestock production to prevent and control coccidiosis, a parasitic disease.

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) is warning residents about potentially dangerous foreign seeds arriving in unsolicited packages across New Mexico and Texas.

The Lower Rio Grande, Rio Chama-Upper Rio Grande and San Juan storage systems held less water in storage on February 1 compared to last year. 

Since 2022, farmers have experienced declining profits, and short-term agricultural debt has risen as farmers increase borrowing to finance production.

An overview on identifying the information needed, tax forms to use, impact on tax liability, and tax management strategies to optimize after tax cash flow.

Pictured: Foreign Agriculture Service staff visited Santa Teresa Cattle Crossing in New Mexico which is the largest cattle crossing point on the entire U.S.-Mexico border. (October , 2024)

On March 7, 2025 (Friday), local schools come to the Museum for Cowboy Days educational activities.

Nearly two dozen chile pepper experts will gather in Las Cruces to present the latest industry trends and research breakthroughs at the 2025 New Mexico Chile Conference.

The cover crop systems include a variety of plant mixes and installation schedules.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program, aimed at helping specialty crop producers expand markets and manage higher costs, is now accepting applications from Dec. 10, 2024 through Jan. 8, 2025. Source: U.S. Department of AgricultureImage Courtesy USDA National Agricultural Library USDA Makes…

Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small hosted a panel featuring three of the honorees: Nancy X. Valentine, Executive Director of Kaddatz Galleries in Minnesota; Ted Matthews, Administrator & CEO of Anson General Hospital in Texas; and Erin Martin, Farmer & Owner of Footprints in the Garden in North Carolina.

After five years of relentless effort, the northern giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) has been eradicated from Washington State and the United States.

No geographic area is immune to the potential of drought at any given time.

Transitioning to a new civilian career can be a big adjustment. USDA has resources to help.

Join No-Till Nolan on his no-shave/no-till journey this November on the NRCS Facebook page as he learns more about the benefits of leaving the stubble.

The recent damage from Hurricane Helene has yet to be fully assessed, but it is still uncertain if Georgia will be able to hold on to the title of largest pecan producing state.

The report focuses on seasonal snowpack, precipitation, temperature, and drought conditions in the U.S.

Research Director for New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Farmington Kevin Lombard is a co-principal investigator on a collaborative project focused on developing and accessing modern controlled environment agricultural practices to assist tribal communities.

To begin the week, Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small was in Houston, where she joined U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) welcomed students and educators back to school and highlighted efforts by USDA, under the Biden-Harris Administration, to ensure that schools in Texas and nationwide have access to healthy, nutritious meals for students.

Deputy Secretary Torres Small was in Pennsylvania and North Dakota this week to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to help farmers build more, new, and better markets and strengthen farming operations and businesses.

The technique will allow repopulation of the species in the event of a rapid extinction

New Mexico State University Regents professor Cynthia Bejarano was among 32 faculty and staff that the United States Department of Agriculture welcomed to Washington, D. C. earlier this month in the 2024 class of E. Kika De la Garza Fellows.

On Wednesday, Deputy Secretary Torres Small was in Morgan, Minnesota, to attend Farmfest, an event held every other year in Minnesota on 50 acres of land to showcase products, services and technologies from over 500 exhibitors and vendors.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces changes to the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Loan Programs, effective Sept. 25, 2024 — changes that are intended to increase opportunities for farmers and ranchers to be financially viable.

El Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU. (USDA) anunció las tasas de interés de préstamos para agosto de 2024, que son efectivas a partir del 1 de agosto de 2024.

At her first stop of the day this morning, Deputy Secretary Torres Small was in Carpinteria, California, to tour Hollandia Produce Group, which recently received a Rural Energy for America Program grant to implement energy efficiency systems.

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $268,417 en salarios atrasados ​​y compensación por daños para 76 trabajadores tras descubrir que su empleador los alojaba en condiciones deficientes y eximía a muchos del pago de horas extras, en violación de regulaciones federales.

The term acequias has come across the desk at Las Cruces Digest several times in the past week. This post explores what all of the attention is about.