Category: Agriculture

Deputy Secretary Torres Small met with USDA’s Tribal Advisory Committee on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

This year’s event, now known as the onion research workshop, will take place June 5 at the Fabián García Research Center in Las Cruces.

In a May 10 update, FDA confirmed that all 297 samples from FDA’s national survey of retail dairy products were found to be negative for viable highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (H5N1 HPAI) virus.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that most farm loan borrowers will be able to make payments to their direct loans online through the Pay My Loan feature on farmers.gov in early February.

New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station is kicking off its annual field day season at the Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center May 22.

The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a pair of workshops June 6 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.

Welcome back to the annual Las Cruces Utilities Spring Stroll in the Garden from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at the Las Cruces Utilities Building, 680 N. Motel Boulevard.

Pro-Russia hacktivists seek to compromise industrial control systems (ICS) and small-scale operational technology (OT) systems in various North American and European critical infrastructure sectors, including Water and Wastewater Systems, Dams, Energy, and Food and Agriculture Sectors.

On Friday, Deputy Secretary Torres Small was in the Chicago area for events highlighting efforts during the Biden-Harris Administration to create new revenue streams for producers and ensure children have access to healthy, nutritious food at school. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule on agricultural water that represents an important step toward enhancing the safety of produce.

From 4-H youth programming to food demonstrations, the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service county offices serve the residents of New Mexico in a variety of ways.

Gradual implementation of nutrition updates, to include less sugar, set to begin in Fall 2025.

The New Mexico Healthy Food Financing Fund Partnership will use funding to conduct new market studies to collect and analyze information that highlights strengths and weaknesses within the New Mexico food ecosystem.

New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute will host its annual spring plant sale April 18-19 at the Fabián García Science Center.

New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a Small Acreage Stewardship and Homesteading Skills workshop series from April to October.

Biochar is a charcoal-like substance produced by burning organic materials in an oxygen-limited environment and is used to rejuvenate soil health. 

American farms remind us of the beauty and generosity of our Nation. They feed the country and the world, and with each new planting season, they embody that most American of things—possibilities.

Throughout U.S history, historically underserved farmers have disproportionately faced obstacles in accessing the necessary resources to scale their farming operations.

Funding will improve access to good jobs in agriculture, non-agricultural careers

You are invited to attend the 2024 Virtual Agricultural Seminar hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

Deputy Secretary Torres Small traveled to southern Africa this week to explore trade opportunities in Angola and visit USDA projects in Mozambique.

When Rick Griffiths was elected National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences national president in 2023, he made history. The Family and Consumer Sciences agent for New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service in San Juan County not only became the first president from New Mexico since Owaissa Crites-Heimann in 1968, but the first…

Peanuts, along with cotton, are the focus of a collaborative research by researchers at New Mexico State University and two other universities to develop agricultural practices that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil health and enhance crop resilience to climate extremes, such as droughts.