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Dirt Tank Rehabilitation (12/23/2004)
Students, representatives from the State Land Office and Tom Dean, center, program manager for the Socorro County Extension Office, work to install a fence, storage tank and wildlife drinker at the Ligon Ranch near Magdalena. The project is a chance for 4-H and FFA members, as well as other students at Socorro High School to learn about wildlife habitats, native grasses and global positioning system technology. View larger...
Nice and Level (12/23/2004)
Socorro County 4-H members Frank Alguire and Colton Card install posts for a fence that will protect grass seeds from wildlife. The two are part of a group working on a project that is using a new approach to provide water for wildlife and livestock on ranches. View larger...
Subsurface irrigation (12/15/2004)
From left, NMSU turfgrass specialist Bernhard Leinauer, research assistant Ty Barrick and graduate student Casey Johnson install a subsurface irrigation system on a test plot at Santa Ana Pueblo's Twin Warriers Golf Course. The porous pipe system, which uses up to 50 percent less water than sprinklers, is new to New Mexico. View larger...
Demons' infield (12/15/2004)
From left, agricultural agent Patrick Torres, NMSU turfgrass specialist Bernhard Leinauer, Demons' coach John Morrison and assistant coach Kyle Sager squat on the baseball infield at Santa Fe High School. Following NMSU recommendations, Morrison installed a new subsurface irrigation system that uses up to 50 percent less water than sprinklers and low-water-use grass to help keep the field green, even in a drought. View larger...
At the Starting Gate (12/14/2004)
Students in the equine operations management class at New Mexico State University gather at a racehorse starting gate during a tour of the Frontera Training Center in Sunland Park. Students also toured a veterinary clinic and Sunland Park Racetrack during the field trip that focused on horse-related careers. Assistant professor Jason Turner, front row, far left, teaches the class. View larger...
High-Dollar Horse (12/14/2004)
Frontera Training Center facilities manager Ted Gregory leads a tour of a racehorse stable for students from New Mexico State University. The stable was one stop on a field trip that focused on horse-related careers. Assistant professor Jason Turner teaches the equine operations management class at NMSU. View larger...
Which Grass is Best? (12/08/2004)
Casey Johnson, New Mexico State University graduate student, examines a blade of grass. He and others are trying to produce recreational lawns using low quality groundwater. View larger...
Forest Researcher (12/08/2004)
NMSU graduate student Anthony Madrid is studying the relationship between forest thinning and watersheds at research sites in Cloudcroft and Mora. View larger...
Rambouillet Sheep (12/06/2004)
These fine wool Rambouillets are part of a New Mexico State University study developing an alternative management strategy to increase sheep farmer’s profit margins by increasing lamb weight at weaning by about 10 percent. The study focuses on breeding white-faced Rambouillets with high quality Suffolk mutton breed rams. View larger...
Priscilla Bloomquist (12/03/2004)
Priscilla Bloomquist, associate professor at NMSU's hotel, restaurant and tourism management department, established an annual career fair in 1989 that draws three dozen companies and agencies to campus to recruit students into the hospitality industry. The program has a 95 percent placement rate for graduates. View larger...
Natalie White (12/03/2004)
Natalie White became director of ByRequest Operations and Corporate Guest Services at Wyndham International's Dallas headquarters just five years after graduating from NMSU's hotel, restaurant and tourism management department. White, who earned her degree in 1996, says the NMSU program prepares students for fast-track careers in the hospitality industry. View larger...
Pecan Harvest Delayed (11/30/2004)
Pecans wait to be harvested at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center near Las Cruces. The state’s pecan harvest could be pushed past Christmas thanks to rains that have delayed growers from getting into their soaked orchards, says John White, Doña Ana County horticulture agent with NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
Ready for the Show (11/24/2004)
Winston Leggins 4-H Club member Renee Greenwald gives her lamb a final touch-up before competing at the Sierra County Fair. Greenwald said the Experimental Breeding Ewes Program taught her a lot about responsibility. The program was funded by a grant from the New Mexico Sheep and Goat Council. View larger...
Family Flock (11/24/2004)
Sierra County agent Albert J. Lyon helps Hot Springs Mustangs 4-H member Debbie King with her sheep at the Sierra County Fair. King was able to show sheep thanks to a grant from the New Mexico Sheep and Goat Council. View larger...
Rain Delay - Cotton (11/22/2004)
Rain-drenched cotton hangs from bolls at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center near Las Cruces. Heavy rains and cool temperatures have delayed crop harvests across the state. View larger...
Rain - Disc (11/22/2004)
Farm equipment, like this disc at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center near Las Cruces, sits idle as farmers wait for fields to dry. Heavy rains, especially in eastern New Mexico, have delayed harvest dates for weeks. View larger...
Fine Local Wine (11/18/2004)
Wine and Vine Society members taste red and white wines that they produced from European wine grapes grown at a test vineyard at NMSU's Agricultural Science Center at Los Lunas. From left: Tom Conley, Rex Franklin, Joanne Reiter and JoAnn Mantyeh. View larger...
"Ancient Roots" Shoot in Curacao (11/17/2004)
Patrick Holian with New Mexico State University's agricultural communications department tapes researcher Bill Gerwin, right, for the documentary "Ancient Roots, Modern Medicine." Gerwin has just returned from a dive to collect blue-green algae called mermaid's hair, which contains a medicinal compound with potential in cancer research. View larger...
"Ancient Roots"-Curacao (11/17/2004)
Healer Dinah Veeris examines cactus on the island of Curacao during the taping of "Ancient Roots, Modern Medicine," a New Mexico State University documentary that will be featured Dec. 2 at the Santa Fe Film Festival. Veeris is on a one-woman crusade to preserve threatened medicinal plants and the wisdom of a vanishing generation of healers. View larger...
Picchioni - Poinsettias (11/15/2004)
Geno Picchioni, left, a horticulturist at New Mexico State University, and Travis Knoop, a senior agronomy major from Deming, check moisture levels of an experimental poinsettia. The professor’s greenhouse management students just completed a six-month study aimed at optimizing water and fertilizer use in the highly popular holiday plant. View larger...
Demonstration gardens (11/12/2004)
Gaillardia, commonly called Indian blanket or firewheel, is one of the visually pleasing flowers planted in the "sensory section" of the Los Alamos Demonstration Garden. NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service has planted model gardens in many urban areas across the state to teach homeowners and landscapers about gardening in a semiarid environment. View larger...
Dennis Sutton (11/11/2004)
Plant genetic engineering pioneer Dennis Sutton recently retired as manager of New Mexico State University’s Plant Genetics Engineering Laboratory. Sutton did breakthrough work on plant gene transfer and synthesis. View larger...
Sensory garden (11/10/2004)
The "sensory garden," which is one of the new subsections added to the Los Alamos Demonstration Garden, aims to stimulate the senses. Visitors can touch, smell and even taste plants in this section, while enjoying the visual beauty of brightly colored flowers and the serene sound of trickling water from the rock fountain in the center. View larger...
Flowering Tobacco (11/10/2004)
Janine Fales, a master gardener who helps maintain the Los Alamos Demonstration Garden, sniffs sweet-smelling nicotiana, commonly known as flowering tobacco. Fales and other members of the Los Alamos Master Gardeners Club have expanded the demo garden from three-quarters of an acre to 1.5 acres, and they've added many new educational features. View larger...
Pointers in Plant Pathology (11/10/2004)
New Mexico State University graduate student and lab manager Jared Carpenter, left, explains some of the work being done in the plant pathology lab in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. Among those touring the lab Thursday during the 49th Annual Principals/Counselors Conference Nov. 4-5 at NMSU are Joaquin De La Paz, Advanced Education Services facilitator at Oñate High School, center, and Donna Roman, with the AES gifted program at Mayfield High School. View larger...
A Fast Run (11/04/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Kayla Weiss leaps from her horse during competition Saturday at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. Weiss won the goat tying competition. View larger...
Calf Roper (11/04/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Wacey Walraven of Datil, N.M., pursues a calf Saturday at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. Walraven took second place in the calf roping competition. View larger...
Turning a Barrel (11/04/2004)
New Mexico State University barrel racer Wylene Penrod of Laveen, Ariz., rounds a barrel on her way to a first-place finish Saturday at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. View larger...
Salt cedar-hungry goats (10/27/2004)
Phyllis Meyers, co-owner of Cattlemens Livestock Auction Co. Inc. in Belen, tends to her goats. Meyers and goat herder Sara Harris were contracted to manage goats on the bosque as part of a pilot project to control salt cedar and other invasive species. The bosque project will be on display at an open field day on Saturday, Oct. 30. View larger...
Polished apples (10/26/2004)
Bushels of Gala apples are processed through an apple grader at the New Mexico Apple Council's grading and packing shed in Velarde. The grading machine automatically cleans, polishes and sorts apples by size. View larger...
Apple grading shed (10/26/2004)
Brenda Chavez, left, Extension agriculture specialist Del Jimenez, center, and Kevin Griego process apples at the state Apple Council's cooperative apple shed in Velarde. Small-scale growers polish, sort, weigh and pack apples at the shed to meet quality and size standards for school lunch programs, which pay more for apples than most commercial retailers. View larger...
High-altitude amphibian (10/26/2004)
A Sacramento Mountains salamander crawls on a rock in the Lincoln National Forest, near Cloudcroft. The salamander is the highest-dwelling salamander in North America, living at elevations of 7,000-10,000 feet. View larger...
Salamander researcher (10/26/2004)
New Mexico State University graduate student Stephanie Haan searches for salamanders on one of her research sites near Cloudcroft. The salamanders emerge above ground only when weather conditions are wettest, usually in late summer. View larger...
Aggie Roper (10/21/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Jarred Evans chases down a calf during practice at the NMSU rodeo arena. Evans is ranked eighth in the Grand Canyon Region as a team roping header. NMSU will host its fall rodeo Oct. 29-30. View larger...
Getting a Good Start (10/21/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Krista Norell charges across the NMSU practice arena as coach Jim Dewey Brown, in back, watches. Norell has won all-around honors twice this season in Grand Canyon Region competition. NMSU will host its fall rodeo Oct. 29-30. View larger...
Leinauer -- Turfgrass Conference (10/20/2004)
Bernhard Leinauer, a turfgrass specialist with New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service, holds an experimental inland saltgrass. Salt tolerant grasses will be among the spotlighted turf topics Nov. 16-19 at the Southwest Turfgrass Association Conference at the Sheraton Old Town Hotel in Albuquerque. View larger...
Healthy Diet (10/20/2004)
A healthy diet can boost the immune system, experts at New Mexico State University say. Protein, vitamins A and C, and zinc, in particular, keep up the body's defenses. Dietitians say the best way to get these nutrients is to eat a variety of foods from all food groups. View larger...
Tourism Hall of Fame inductee Janet Green (10/15/2004)
New Mexico State University's Janet Green will be inducted into the state Tourism Hall of Fame during the Governor's Conference on Tourism, Oct. 20-22 in Albuquerque. Green, interim head of NMSU's hotel, restaurant and tourism management department, was the state tourism secretary from 1998 to 2002. View larger...
NMSU rodeo team member Kayla Weiss (10/15/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Kayla Weiss won the all-around competition Oct. 8 at Gallup. She is ranked second in goat tying in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's Grand Canyon Region. View larger...
NMSU rodeo team bull rider Justin Sanderlin (10/15/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Justin Sanderlin won the bull riding competition Oct. 8 in Gallup. Sanderlin is the top-ranked bull rider in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's Grand Canyon Region. View larger...
National FFA Officer Candidate (10/14/2004)
Johnathon Walsh, a junior animal science major at NMSU, will run for national office during the National FFA Convention, Oct. 26-30 in Louisville, Ky. View larger...
White Grubs - Winter Wheat (10/13/2004)
White grubs, the larvae form of June bugs, are starting to pop up much more frequently this fall in Eastern New Mexico winter wheat fields, said Mark Marsalis, an agronomy specialist at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Clovis. Cool temperatures and above normal rains aided the pest buildup. View larger...
Gary Wilson - Southwest Beef Symposium (10/12/2004)
Gary Wilson, co-chairman of the U.S. Animal Identification Plan Cattle Working Group, will speak Dec. 14 at the Southwest Beef Symposium in Odessa, Texas. Coordinated by New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service and Texas A&M University Extension, the program will also feature talks on range management and nutrition, early weaning, and feed cost reduction. View larger...
USDA Unsung Hero (10/08/2004)
New Mexico State University's Jaime Castillo received a 2004 Unsung Hero award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Castillo was honored for organizing a weeklong tour of north-central New Mexico to introduce top-ranking agricultural officials to the state's diverse farmers, ranchers, terrain and agribusinesses. Castillo, a local government specialist with NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service, also has civil rights and Equal Employment Opportunities for the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. View larger...
GAPs - Roy Pennock (10/08/2004)
Vince Hernandez, left, a production coordinator for Las Cruces-based Biad Chili, reviews a new “good agricultural practices” program involving chile and other fresh vegetables with Roy Pennock, a research specialist with New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service. To prevent foodborne disease, the program includes step-by-step assessments of a grower’s operation to determine possible contamination points. View larger...
DuBois Rodeo Scholarship (10/06/2004)
New Mexico State University supporter Frank DuBois, front, meets with members of the NMSU rodeo team who have been awarded DuBois scholarships. They are, front from left, Daren Albrecht, Veyo, Utah; Meghan Jo Frie, Virden; Brian Bell, Fort Lupton, Colo.; Brett Berry, Redondo Beach, Calif.; second row from left, Brian Garrett, Winston; Matt Garza, Mesilla Park; Bailey Gow, Roseburg, Ore.; Wylene Penrod, Laveen, Ariz.; Victor Perez, Corona; third row from left, Clint Phillipps, Douglas, Wyo.; Kayla Weiss, Great Falls, Mont.; Krista Norell, Meeker, Colo.; back from left, Tim Baker, Payson, Ariz.; Ty Trammell, Alamogordo; Wacey Walraven, Datil; Dan Whitworth, May, Idaho; and Lacy Wilson, Artesia. Not pictured are Dusti Franklin of Ruidoso; Clay Houston of Seminole, Texas; Nate Mortensen of Virden; and Dusty Penrod of Thatcher, Ariz. View larger...
Ronald Linsky - Water Lecture (10/05/2004)
Ronald Linsky, executive director of the National Water Research Institute in Fountain Valley, Calif., will speak Oct. 19 at New Mexico State University as part of its water lecture series. View larger...
Chile Field Cleaner (10/05/2004)
New Mexico State University agricultural engineers will be field demonstrating an experimental portable field cleaner for chile peppers at farms in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas throughout the harvest season. The prototype cleaner, which is an important element of mechanical chile harvesting, features a cleaning bed that is adjustable to any chile variety and time of harvest. View larger...
Ed Eaton - Chile Cleaner (10/05/2004)
Agricultural engineer Ed Eaton with New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service, fine tunes a prototype mechanical field cleaner for chile peppers. Developing the new cleaning equipment is crucial for New Mexico’s chile industry to maximize efficiency by moving to widespread mechanical harvesting. View larger...
Getting Busy (10/04/2004)
Bees gather on flowers in the new pollinator garden at Rockhound State Park, near Deming. The garden is being developed to attract bees, moths, butterflies and hummingbirds. Master gardeners, Deming Garden Club members and Friends of Rockhound State Park gathered in September to plant 120 native, desert plants in the garden. View larger...
All-around seniors (10/04/2004)
Earning year-end all-around senior division titles at the 2004 New Mexico 4-H Rodeo Finals at New Mexico State University are, from left, Skylar Ellis, fifth, Chaves County; Kassandra Clark, third, Roosevelt County; Trevor Sanders, second, Lincoln County; Samantha Southard, first, Roosevelt County; and Ronnie Eldridge, fourth, Lincoln County. View larger...
All-around juniors (10/04/2004)
Earning year-end all-around junior division titles at the 2004 New Mexico 4-H Rodeo Finals at New Mexico State University are, from left, Dusty Anderson, fifth place, Eddy County; Seth Hall, second, Lincoln County; Jake Bonner, first, Roosevelt County; Taylor Puckett, third, Eddy County; and Shanna Anthony, fourth, Roosevelt County. View larger...
All-around novices (10/04/2004)
Earning year-end all-around novice division titles at the 2004 New Mexico 4-H Rodeo Finals at New Mexico State University are, from left, Ty Anderson, fifth place, Eddy County; Janesa Garcia, third, Quay County; Skye Valdez, first, Torrance County; Nicole Sweazea, second, Torrance County; and Seaver Tate, fourth, Curry County. View larger...
Maggot-free apples (10/04/2004)
Gene Lopez examines ripe Rome apples at his 2-acre, 400-tree orchard in Velarde. Under the apple quarantine now in effect in Rio Arriba, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties, all commercial growers are required to examine their apples for external signs of apple maggot and cut open a percent of their apples to look for internal signs. View larger...
Apple maggot damage (10/04/2004)
Apple slices cut from a maggot-infested apple found in Los Alamos show mushy brown rot left behind by apple maggots that tunnel their way through the fruit. Although hundreds of adult apple maggot flies have been found in traps at orchards in Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, the immature maggot that rots the inside of fruit has so far only been found in fruit from some backyard orchards in Los Alamos. View larger...
Pollinator planting (10/01/2004)
Volunteer Gene Jercinovic swings a pick at Rockhound State Park’s new pollinator garden. Master gardeners, Deming Garden Club members and Friends of Rockhound State Park gathered in September to plant 120 native, desert plants in the garden at the park’s visitors center. View larger...
NMSU roper wins all-around title (09/29/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team member Krista Norell of Meeker, Colo., won the women’s all-around competition at the Cochise College rodeo Sept. 25-26. View larger...
Dave DeWitt (09/22/2004)
International chile expert Dave DeWitt, president of Fiery-Food & Barbecue magazine, will speak Oct. 14 as part of an executive lecture series sponsored by New Mexico State University’s agricultural economics and agricultural business department. View larger...
Bennett Raley - Water Lecture (09/21/2004)
Assistant Interior Secretary Bennett Raley will speak Oct. 5 at New Mexico State University as part of its water lecture series. View larger...
Committed Herder (09/21/2004)
Kelly Boney, a goat herder and rancher from San Jon, has earned $50,000 per year in 2003 and 2004 for managing goats along Ute Creek in Harding County as part of a project to control salt cedar. Boney camped out with the goats at the creek for eight months last year and five months this year. View larger...
Salt Cedar Gourmet (09/21/2004)
Goats dine on salt cedar at McCloy Ranch in Harding County (about 22 miles northwest of Logan) as part of a project to control invasive species along Ute Creek, which is a tributary of the Canadian River. NMSU is partnering with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District on another goat grazing project in the bosque in Albuquerque, where 400 goats are feasting on salt cedar and other nonnative vegetation. View larger...
Kite Camera Cradle (09/13/2004)
A custom camera cradle holds a lightweight, 4-megapixel digital camera that New Mexico State University researchers are using to monitor experimental salt cedar plots along the Pecos River. The unit, which weighs about 2 pounds, features a radio-controlled guidance system that allows the camera to pivot 360 degrees. View larger...
Kite - Dave Thompson (09/13/2004)
Dave Thompson, right, an New Mexico State University entomologist, tests the remote controls of his digital camera cradle before launching it behind an already airborne 7-foot by 5-foot Rokkaku kite. Helping get the aerial photography package aloft are research assistants Kevin Gardner and Esme Tuchfarber. View larger...
Herb Field Day (09/09/2004)
Charles Martin, an agricultural specialist with the Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde, examines a row of Evening Primrose at the center's demonstration herb garden. About 60 species of medicinal herbs will be on display during an open field day Sept. 16. View larger...
Juárez Student Internships (09/08/2004)
Students from Mexico’s Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez adjust irrigation sprinkler heads as part of a 15-month internship project assessing beneficial uses of industrial saline wastewater on Las Cruces’ West Mesa. New Mexico State University graduate research assistant Alejandro Ruiz, background, is helping to direct the research of Adelaido Hernandez, left, Dulse Chavez and Aldo Pinon. View larger...
Fred Phillips (09/08/2004)
Fred Phillips, professor of hydrology at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, will speak Sept. 30 at New Mexico State University as part of its water lecture series. View larger...
Student Regent (09/08/2004)
New Mexico State University student regent Felicia Ybarra prepares for her final semester as a regent, and as an undergraduate. View larger...
Grape-Growing Workshop (08/27/2004)
New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service will hold a free winemaking and grape-growing workshop Sept. 8 at Chamberino’s La Vina Winery, located 5 miles east of Anthony on Highway 28. View larger...
Naveen Puppala (08/27/2004)
Naveen Puppala, a peanut breeder with at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station, holds one of 720 Valencia lines that will be on display during a free field day Sept. 2 in Clovis and Portales. View larger...
Rodeo arena improvements (08/26/2004)
New Mexico State University rodeo team coach Jim Dewey Brown, center, meets with team members last spring at the NMSU rodeo arena, east of the main campus. During the summer, Brown and team members worked to improve the arena, rebuilding fences, constructing a new announcer’s stand and replacing lighting. The arena will be the site of the State 4-H Rodeo Finals Sept. 4-5. View larger...
Family Preparedness (08/24/2004)
Cecile Traversy of Las Cruces, center, and her children Jody Tori Traversy, left, and Mark A. Traversy Jr. prepare a disaster supply kit. Family preparedness is a theme of the recent issue of “Family Times,” a publication of New Mexico State University. View larger...
Microsprinklers Catch on (08/17/2004)
Water-efficient microsprinklers irrigate apple trees at Walter Lea's orchard in Lyden. Lea cut water use by 85 percent with the sprinklers, which fruit specialist Ron Walser introduced to northern New Mexico as part of NMSU efforts to improve local growing methods. View larger...
Strawberry Fields (08/17/2004)
Don Bustos checks strawberry plants on his 4.5-acre farm in Española. He planted strawberries after NMSU research showed they could thrive in northern New Mexico despite cold winters and short growing seasons. View larger...
Los Lunas Field Day 2004 (08/12/2004)
Mike English, superintendent of New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Los Lunas, prepares to lead a tour at last year’s field day. This year’s event will be Aug. 18. View larger...
Chile Task Force Meeting (08/05/2004)
Gov. Bill Richardson, center, discusses new initiatives aimed at streamlining chile industry regulations with state Rep. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces, left, and Bill Hume, the governor’s director of policy and issues, during a meeting of the New Mexico Chile Task Force in Las Cruces. The task force, based at New Mexico State University, works to increase the profitability and ensure the long-term viability of the region’s chile industry. View larger...
Bindweed Mite (08/02/2004)
The bindweed gall mite (shown magnified) feeds exclusively on field bindweed. New Mexico State University researchers are testing the microscopic mite in combination with herbicide treatments to control field bindweed, a troublesome, hardy weed. View larger...
Bindweed Soil Probe (08/02/2004)
Brad Griggs with New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari positions an 8-inch diameter soil probe for research on controlling field bindweed. View larger...
Mark Renz-Field Bindweed (08/02/2004)
Mark Renz, a weed specialist with New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service, holds flowering field bindweed. The invasive weed arrived in New Mexico in the 1890s and has spread to every county in the state. View larger...
Fruit Field Day at Alcalde (08/02/2004)
Fruit specialist Ron Walser shows cold-hardy table and wine grapes grown at NMSU's Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde. Dozens of varieties of small fruits and tree fruits will be on display during a fruit field day Aug. 19 at Acalde. View larger...
2004 Wheat Trials (07/28/2004)
Kenneth Phipps harvests experimental wheat plots at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Clovis. Results for side-by-side comparisons of 40 wheat varieties are now available online. View larger...
Farmington Field Day (07/23/2004)
Mick O'Neill, superintendent at NMSU's Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, examines a drip irrigation flow meter. The center is researching surface and subsurface drip systems to irrigate corn, hybrid poplars and other crops. The drip systems will be on display during the center's July 30 field day. View larger...
4-H Record Book Winners Headed to Atlanta (07/22/2004)
Fifteen New Mexico 4-H members who submitted winning record books will attend the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26-30. From left, bottom row, are Kimberly Sanders of Kirtland, Tess Bader of Albuquerque, Raynee Ward of Animas and Brette Hadley of Texico. Top row, from left, are Dave Lowry of Las Cruces, Sean Galloway of Alamogordo, Samantha Galloway of Alamogordo, Lenee Chavez of Garfield, Joshua Campbell of Las Cruces and Ryan Gaines of Carrizozo. Not pictured are Laura Alexander of Santa Fe, Jennifer Doyle of Aztec, Whitney Kupferer of Albuquerque, Russell Walter of Animas and Ben Wilson of Rincon. View larger...
NMSU Professor, Students Keep an Eye on Owls (07/22/2004)
New Mexico State University assistant professor Martha Desmond, left, and NMSU seniors Lisa Mason of El Paso and Melissa Castiano of Farmington examine the entrance to a burrowing owl nest in Las Cruces. View larger...
State 4-H Officers Elected (07/21/2004)
4-H members elected 2004-2005 state officers July 14 at New Mexico State University. From left, bottom row, are Lindsay Thomen of Las Cruces, parliamentarian; Whitney Kupferer of Albuquerque, president; Dusti Cason of Socorro, vice president; and Ashleigh Oldenburgh of Santa Fe, song and recreation leader. Top row, from left, are Chanz Robbins of Hachita, secretary; Russell Hendricks of Roswell, reporter; Russell Walter of Animas, treasurer; and adviser Craig Painter, 4-H agent in San Juan County. View larger...
Herb and Water Conservation Workshops (07/20/2004)
Master gardeners Beverlee Anderson (left), Cindy Templeton and Janice Skelly tend catmint and catnip plants in the demonstration herb garden at the Santa Fe County Extension office. NMSU workshops on low-water-use irrigation, scheduled for July 27 and 28, will include tours of this herb garden and another one in Taos. View larger...
If the Shoe Fits ... (07/16/2004)
4-H member Adam Powell of Sierra County, center, examines a tennis shoe for the consumer decision making contest July 13 during the State 4-H Conference at New Mexico State University. Contestants ranked items such as shoes, snacks, jeans and radios based on their quality, value and fit with the contest scenario. View larger...
Sandoval County 4-H Group (07/14/2004)
4-H members and chaperones from Sandoval County check the schedule for the State 4-H Conference at New Mexico State University. More than 500 4-H members from across the state are taking part in contests, workshops, elections and other activities this week in Las Cruces. View larger...
2004 Clovis Field Day (07/08/2004)
Naveen Puppala, a peanut breeder with New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Clovis, prepares an electronic irrigation demonstration that will be featured Aug 3 at a field day for area producers and visitors. View larger...
2004 Artesia Field Day (07/08/2004)
Researchers review experimental grain plots in preparation for a July 22 field day at New Mexico State’s University Agricultural Science Center at Artesia. View larger...
State 4-H Conference (07/06/2004)
New Mexico 4-H president Ben Wilson and 4-H activities specialist Amy Zemler work on scripts for the State 4-H Conference July 12-16 at New Mexico State University. About 500 4-H members from across the state will participate in contests, workshops, elections and a service project. View larger...
Doug Bennett (06/25/2004)
Doug Bennett, conservation manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority in Las Vegas, will speak Sept. 2 at the 2004 Community Water Conference in Albuquerque. View larger...
Mary Ann Dickinson (06/25/2004)
Mary Ann Dickinson, executive director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council in Sacramento, Calif., will speak Sept. 1 at the 2004 Community Water Conference in Albuquerque. View larger...
Bigtooth maple leaf (06/21/2004)
New Mexico State University scientists, who’ve spent three years collecting colorful Bigtooth maple seed from across the Southwest, have winnowed promising varieties to half a dozen. Now, those top candidates are being field tested for stress tolerance. View larger...
Rolston St. Hilaire-Bigtooth maple (06/21/2004)
Rolston St. Hilaire, a horticulturist with New Mexico State University, examines a new drought-tolerant Bigtooth maple tree under development. A new ornamental shade tree with brilliant fall colors could be a boon for southwestern homeowners and landscapers. View larger...
Third in Nation (06/19/2004)
New Mexico State University Rodeo team member Clay Snure is hot on the heels of a calf during the NMSU-hosted rodeo April 3 at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. Snure was one of 11 student athletes from NMSU who competed June 13-19 at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. He finished third in the nation in calf roping. View larger...
Learning Parenting Skills (06/18/2004)
From left, Marcella Armijo, Melissa Florez, Bernadette Rivera and Josie Lopez take a break from the parenting class offered by New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service at the Women's Correction Facility in Grants. All the women are serving time for drug-related offenses. View larger...
Reconnecting with Children (06/18/2004)
Melissa Florez, 23, wears photos of her children on the back of her prison identification badge. Florez is serving time at the Women's Correctional Facility in Grants, where she attends a nurturing parenting class offered by New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
County College Pin: (06/15/2004)
County officials statewide will be able to take more than 65 hours of public administration classes in leadership, budget management and media relations through County College, offered by the New Mexico Association of Counties and New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. Officials from both groups signed a County College agreement Wednesday during the Association of Counties meeting in Farmington. View larger...
County College Pennant: (06/15/2004)
County College, a partnership of the New Mexico Association of Counties and New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, will help county officials statewide develop their public administration skills. County College will offer more than 65 hours of coursework in areas such as leadership, budget management and media relations, officials said Wednesday during a formal signing ceremony in Farmington. View larger...
Going to Nationals (06/14/2004)
New Mexico State University Rodeo team member Brooke Wimberly jumps from her horse to tie a goat during the NMSU-hosted rodeo April 3 at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. Wimberly is one of 11 student athletes from NMSU who is competing at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. View larger...
Summer Chile Research Program (06/10/2004)
Danise Coon, left, assistant director of New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute, outlines this summer's agricultural summer science research and development program for Blanca Ceja of Las Cruces and Francisco Silva of El Paso. The eight-week session promotes scientific careers for students from migrant families. View larger...
New FFA Officers (06/08/2004)
Eight state officers were elected during the New Mexico FFA Convention June 1-4 in Las Cruces. In the back row, from left, are Chris Arrigo, district 1 state vice president, Aztec FFA chapter; Clifton Butt, district 2 state vice president, Clayton chapter; Caleb Dodd, district 4 state vice president, Melrose chapter; Ruben Trujillo, district 5 state vice president, Artesia chapter; and Levi Downey, state secretary, House chapter. In the front row, from left, are Jamie Gerard, district 3 state vice president, Socorro chapter; Ginger Goodan, state president, Des Moines chapter; and Jessica Swapp, district 6 state vice president, Reserve chapter. View larger...
FFA Talent Show Winner (06/08/2004)
Vocalist Jessica Swapp from Reserve won the talent competition at the New Mexico FFA Convention in Las Cruces. In addition, Swapp was elected state vice president for district 6 and earned a state FFA degree. View larger...
FFA's Joy Family (06/02/2004)
Members of the Joy family from Artesia, shown at last year's state convention, have established a legacy in New Mexico FFA. From left are Jack; Kami; Kolbyn; Brandon; Brandon's wife, Dana; Stuart; and Diana. View larger...
Mechanical Chile Thinner-Group (06/01/2004)
New Mexico State University Chile Task Force members gauge the effectiveness of an upgraded mechanical chile thinner at a La Union farm. The modified machine, which was developed to help New Mexico's chile industry hold down costs, has a new closed-loop hydraulic power supply. View larger...
Thinned Chile Field (06/01/2004)
New Mexico State University agricultural engineers are field testing an improved mechanical chile thinner throughout southern New Mexico and Arizona this spring. The device, which can sharply reduce labor costs, uses an electronic sensor ahead of a computer-controlled cutting blade to slice off excess plants. View larger...
Canal Weeds Field Day (06/01/2004)
In an attempt to improve a farmer's irrigation flow, a backhoe operator cleans out a weed-infested ditch. Water gulping invaders like salt cedar, pepperweed and Russian thistle are the focus of a canal weeds field day June 30 at New Mexico State University's Leyendecker Plant Science Center. View larger...
Billy's Last Ride (05/20/2004)
The fourth annual Trail of Billy's Last Ride is one project receiving funding from the Rural Economic Development Through Tourism program at New Mexico State University. The trail ride starts in Lincoln, where Billy the Kid escaped from the courthouse. View larger...
Rachel Knight -National Championships (05/11/2004)
New Mexico State University animal science graduate student Rachel Knight won first place in alumni horsemanship and alumni reining Sunday at the 2004 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships at Middle Tennessee State University. View larger...
Robert Flynn and ECH2O (05/10/2004)
Robert Flynn, an agronomist with New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Artesia, checks readings on an experimental soil moisture monitoring system. The ECH2O system is being tested on alfalfa and pasture grasses, as well as cotton and corn. View larger...
ECH2O sensor (05/10/2004)
New Mexico State University scientists are evaluating a new sensor for measuring soil water content. The tongue-depressor shaped ECH2O sensors are relatively cheap and can wirelessly send data from the field to a farmer's computer in real time via radio waves. View larger...
Indian Livestock School (05/05/2004)
NMSU's Indian Livestock School May 13-14 at the Dulce Community Center will offer workshops to address issues facing producers on the reservations. View larger...
Stephanie Walker (05/04/2004)
Stephanie Walker, New Mexico State University's extension plant sciences department vegetable specialist. View larger...
2004 Turf Field Day (04/26/2004)
Bernhard Leinauer, a turfgrass specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, checks irrigation efficiency monitors in preparation for a turf and tree field day May 21 at NMSU's Fabian Garcia Research Center. View larger...
NMSU Team Practices for National Finals (04/23/2004)
New Mexico State University breakaway roper Janelle Manygoats practices her technique at the NMSU practice arena. Manygoats, a junior from Winslow, Ariz., is one of 11 NMSU team members who will compete at the College National Finals Rodeo June 13-19 in Casper, Wyo. View larger...
Russian Knapweed (04/19/2004)
Russian knapweed, which is poisonous to animals, has established a strong foothold in northern New Mexico, says Mark Renz, a weed specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
African Rue (04/19/2004)
African rue, a poisonous, drought-tolerant plant first discovered near Deming, ranks among New Mexico's worst weeds, says Mark Renz, a weed specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
Camelthorn (04/19/2004)
Camelthorn, already a huge problem in Arizona, has crept into southern New Mexico near the Texas-Arizona border, says Mark Renz, a weed specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
Museum Open House (04/16/2004)
A tiger beetle collected at Bitter Lakes National Wildlife Refuge explores its surroundings at NMSU's Arthropod Museum, which plans an open house of live and mounted insects, spiders, scorpions and crustaceans on April 27. View larger...
Mountain Flowers (04/16/2004)
Mexican gold poppies brighten the roadside leading to Aguirre Springs National Recreation Area, east of Las Cruces. Although the display of poppies this year is not as spectacular as last year's, fields of the spring flowers have popped up here and there. John White, Doña Ana County horticulture agent with NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service, said the flowers respond to the amount of moisture in the fall, winter and spring, which varies from place to place. He spotted a nice display of poppies along I-10 between Deming and Lordsburg, and scattered fields of poppies have been reported on the east slopes of the Organ Mountains. White said seeds for the plant are available for home gardens, where they do well in rocky areas. It is best to plant poppies in September or October, for a good spring display, White said. View larger...
April 20 Water Lecture Series (04/12/2004)
Stephen Merrett, a London-based water economist, will speak April 20 at New Mexico State University as part of its water lecture series. View larger...
Floral Team Competes (04/08/2004)
New Mexico State University floral judging team members and their coach, Sabine Whitley, left, look over contest entries during the National Intercollegiate Floral Crop Quality Evaluation and Design Contest. With Whitley, continuing from left, are students Jessica Lucero, Eva Winans and Robert Parra. (4/08/04) View larger...
Zone 7 Equestrian Championships (04/07/2004)
New Mexico State University animal science graduate student Rachel Knight won first place in alumni horsemanship and alumni reining Saturday at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's Zone 7 Equestrian Championships at West Texas A&M. View larger...
2003 Corn-Sorghum Performance Tests (04/06/2004)
New Mexico State University's researchers use a small plot combine to harvest variety trials in the New Mexico 2003 Corn and Sorghum Performance Tests. The annual report, which is now available online for the first time, ranks variety yields from highest to lowest at science centers in Artesia, Clovis, Farmington, Los Lunas and Tucumcari. View larger...
Rounding the Barrel (04/05/2004)
New Mexico State University Rodeo team member Mandy Sproul guides her horse around a barrel during the barrel riding competition Saturday at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. (4/03/04) View larger...
All-Around Cowboy (04/05/2004)
New Mexico State University Rodeo team member Clay Snure wrestles a steer to the ground during the NMSU-hosted rodeo Saturday at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds. (4/03/04) View larger...
FFA Fun and Games (04/02/2004)
FFA members Krista O'Steen, left, and Lisa Chesher of House, see whether they can eat seven crackers and still whistle during a career fair and activities Friday afternoon at New Mexico State University. The cracker game was at a booth sponsored by the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism program in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. About 1,200 FFA students from across New Mexico came to campus for state career development events March 31-April 3. (4/02/04) View larger...
FFA students judge horse competition (04/02/2004)
New Mexico State University animal science student Megan Duff puts her horse, Gunner, through its paces during a reining competition Friday at the Equine Education Center. About 1,200 high school FFA students from across New Mexico participated in horse judging and other state career development competitions March 31-April 3 at NMSU. (4/02/04) Darrell J. Pehr View larger...
Rhonda Skaggs (03/29/2004)
Rhonda Skaggs, a New Mexico State University agricultural economist, reviews results of a new statewide survey of public opinion toward the environment, agriculture and the government. View larger...
Agricultural Census Undercount (03/26/2004)
Edmund Gomez, a member of the national Advisory Committee on Agricultural Statistics, says New Mexico is the only state in the nation where the U.S. Department of Agriculture will do a follow-up survey of Native American- and Hispanic-operated farms because of severe undercounting in the 2002 agricultural census. Gomez, who directs NMSU's Rural Agricultural Improvement and Public Affairs Project, says there are at least 7,500 Native American-operated farms and ranches on New Mexico reservations, but the 2002 census only reported 430 American Indian producers. View larger...
NMSU Rodeo Coach Jim Dewey Brown (03/22/2004)
New Mexico State University Rodeo Coach Jim Dewey Brown catches up with a saddle bronc after the rider was bucked off at the NMSU practice facility. Backing up Brown is team member Sterling Walker, a sophomore from Aztec. NMSU sponsors a rodeo April 2 and 3 at the Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds in Las Cruces. View larger...
March 13 IHSA Regional Finals (03/18/2004)
Rachel Knight, a New Mexico State University graduate student in animal science from Las Cruces, is the regional champion in alumni horsemanship and reining. Aggie riders won five of eight individual championships March 13 at Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's regional finals at Colorado State University. View larger...
April 5 Water Lecture Series (03/17/2004)
State Engineer John D'Antonio will speak April 5 at the at the Hilton Las Cruces part of New Mexico State University's water lecture series. View larger...
2004 Cotton Crop (03/16/2004)
Denise McWilliams, an agronomist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, is forecasting a jump in New Mexico cotton acreage as farmers search for drought-tolerant crops. View larger...
Medicinal Herb Workshop (03/12/2004)
Agricultural specialist Charles Martin discusses herb trials at New Mexico State University's Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde with field day participants in August 2003. Martin is organizing a March 15 workshop in Santa Fe on growing quality medicinal herbs. View larger...
Irrigation conference (03/10/2004)
The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project 's main canal delivers 1,285 cubic feet of water per second from Navajo Dam to crops at the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI). Through its Rio Grande Basin Initiative, NMSU researchers are helping NAPI and other irrigators conserve water with new technologies, improved irrigation practices and public conferences such as a small farm irrigatation workshop March 18 in Albuquerque. View larger...
DuMars-NMSU Water Lecture Series (03/04/2004)
Charles DuMars, partner at Albuquerque's Law & Resource Planning Associates, will speak March 11 at New Mexico State University as part of its water lecture series. View larger...
2004 Cattle Growers' Short Course (03/04/2004)
New Mexico State University livestock experts will focus on new animal identification technologies March 25-26 at a Cattle Growers' Short Course in Roswell. Other highlights include poisonous plant updates and new brush control measures. View larger...
March 5 Water Workshop (02/27/2004)
The stark reality of drought means southern New Mexico farmers will have to use their irrigation water more frugally than ever. A free educational workshop on improved water management will be held March 5 at New Mexico State University's Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center. View larger...
NMSU Equestrian Regional Title (02/27/2004)
NMSU equestrian team standout Bryn Wells, a 19-year-old freshman from Las Cruces, helped lead the Aggies to an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's regional title last weekend in Fort Collins, Colo. NMSU will vie for the National Championship May 6-9 at Middle Tennessee State University. View larger...
Clase sobre cómo criar a los niños (02/27/2004)
Amie Green, una educadora con el programa universitario "Fortaleciendo a las Familias", enseña técnicas positivas para criar a los niños a padres que asistan a una clase en el centro comunitario del Departamento de Salud de Nuevo México en el noreste de Albuquerque. De izquierda, observan Monica Justice, Michelle Neubauer y Deiandra Cole. View larger...
Clase para niños (02/27/2004)
Luis Soto, educador de NMSU, enseña el significado de los sentimientos y cómo llevarse bien con otras personas a niños cuyos padres participan en el programa universitario "Fortaleciendo a las Familias". De izquierda, escuchan Mario Alderete, 6, Leonel Alderete, 4, Adina Marquez, 7, and Jacquelene Neubauer, 3. View larger...
Attracting Tourism (02/18/2004)
Folklorico dancers from Pancho Villa School in Nuevo Casas Grande, Chihuahua, perform at the annual reenactment of Villa's 1916 raid on Columbus. Participants at the March 4-6 New Mexico Agri-Tourism Conference in Albuquerque will learn how rural festivals like these can attract tourism income to local communities. View larger...
NMSU Parenting Education Classes (02/16/2004)
Esther Devall, center, a child development expert with New Mexico State University's family and consumer sciences department, reviews a parenting handbook with Sam and Dawn Sanchez of Las Cruces as their children Miranda, 4, and Hanna, 2, look on. A four-year study of parenting behavior at NMSU reveals that parenting education classes can significantly improve family life. View larger...
NMSU's Sproul Leads Women's All-Around (02/13/2004)
NMSU senior Mandy Sproul leads the regional rodeo standings in women's all-around. Sproul, who is scheduled to graduate in May, is in her final year of collegiate eligibility. View larger...
NMSU's Snure First in Regional All-Around Standings (02/13/2004)
NMSU senior Clay Snure moved into first place in men's all-around rodeo standings for the Grand Canyon Region. He turned in a strong performance Feb. 7 at a University of Arizona rodeo in Tucson. View larger...
Feb 19-20 Lowenstein Lecture (02/11/2004)
Molly Jahn, a nationally known plant geneticist with Cornell University, will present two seminars on genetic diversity and agriculture Feb. 19-20 as part of New Mexico State University's Lowenstein Lecture Series. View larger...
2004 Ranch-to-Rail (02/09/2004)
A free educational workshop highlighting ways the New Mexico producers can learn how their cattle fit the current and future needs of the beef industry will be held Feb. 19 at the Clayton Air Park. The Ranch-to-Rail field day is co-sponsored by New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
Rio Rancho Xeric Demonstration Garden (02/05/2004)
Master gardener Tina Forgrave (left), Sandoval County agricultural agent Rudy Benavidez and Rio Rancho water conservation manager Lorri Skeie-Campbell examine a rosemary bush in the Rio Rancho Water-Wise Demonstration Garden. Master gardeners helped plant and maintain the 24,000-square-foot garden, which shows about 200 low-water-use trees, shrubs and native grasses. View larger...
Poplars (02/02/2004)
Mick O'Neill, superintendent of NMSU's Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, examines a hybrid poplar planted in May 2002 at the center's experimental plot. The trees are expected to grow to 90 feet in 10 years despite alkaline soils in the semiarid Four Corners, encouraging the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry to invest $2.3 million in a 26,000-acre hybrid poplar plantation during the next decade. View larger...
2004 Pecan Growers Conference (01/30/2004)
With a withering summer expected, managing water in this Dona Ana County orchard will be crucial. This year's Western Pecan Growers Association Conference March 7-9 at the Hilton Las Cruces will address irrigation efficiency, scheduling and management. The meeting is co-sponsored by New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. View larger...
Feb. 12 Water Lecture Series (01/28/2004)
Robert Bowman, director of the hydrology program at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, will speak Feb. 12 at New Mexico State University as part of its water lecture series. View larger...
Hay Conference (01/27/2004)
Denise McWilliams, an agronomist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, reports that hay cuttings in some drought-plagued areas of the state could drop from seven to as little as three cuttings this season. Irrigation water availability for the state's $223 million hay crop is one of the focal points for this year's Southwest Hay Conference and Trade Show, Feb. 5-6 at the Ruidoso Convention Center. View larger...
Super Bowl features NMSU turf (01/26/2004)
Arden Baltensperger, right, an emeritus professor at New Mexico State University, and Bernhard Leinauer, a turfgrass specialist with NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service, are especially close to a special seeded Bermuda grass called Princess 77 that will be used in the Super Bowl. Baltensperger released the variety, and Leinauer is promoting Princess 77 and other water stingy Bermuda grasses in New Mexico. View larger...
Princess 77 Super Bowl Cutting (01/22/2004)
A crew with West Coast Turf near Phoenix slices 42-inch by 30-foot swaths of a special sod called Princess 77, which will be used as the foundation turf for Super Bowl XXXVIII. The seeded Bermuda grass, which was overseeded with ryegrass for more green color in winter, was developed by Arden Baltensperger, an emeritus professor at New Mexico State University. The grass was cut, rolled and shipped in refrigerated trucks to Houston's Reliant Stadium two weeks before the championship game. View larger...
2004 Cotton Conference (01/20/2004)
The success of next fall's cotton harvest will depend, in part, on how well New Mexico producers optimize water and nutrient management in the face of prolonged drought. New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service and the New Mexico Cotton Growers Association will highlight research and production updates at the 8th Annual Cotton Conference Jan. 28 at the Ruidoso Convention Center. View larger...
Power of Praise (01/16/2004)
Greg Daviet praises his daughter, Liz, by telling a power story at bedtime about her positive behavior that day. Power stories are one of the suggested activities in "Family Times," a parenting newsletter from New Mexico State University, which will be inserted in 35 newspapers statewide the week of Jan. 26. The first issue focuses on the power of praise in parenting. View larger...
"La Vida en Familia" (01/16/2004)
Durante la última semana de enero, periódicos nuevo mexicanos de todo el estado incluirán ejemplares de La Vida en Familia, un nuevo boletín informativo bilingüe para padres producido por la Universidad Estatal de Nuevo México. El primer ejemplar se enfocará sobre los beneficios del elogio a los niños. La Vida en Familia incluye información útil para todas las familias, así como una sección de consejos para parejas, actividades constructivas para niños y listas de libros y sitios de Internet sobre cómo criar a los niños. View larger...
NMSU's "Family Times" newsletter (01/16/2004)
New Mexico newspapers statewide will carry "Family Times, " a special parenting supplement from New Mexico State University, during the week of Jan. 26. The first issue focuses on the power of praise. "Family Times" includes information for all types of families, as well as a Couples' Corner, children's activities and a resource list of helpful books and Web sites. View larger...
2004 Tucumcari Bull Test Sale (01/14/2004)
Martin Mead, a technician with at New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari, keeps a close eye on two bulls in the 43rd edition of the Tucumcari Bull Test. This year, the annual sale at noon on March 16 has been revamped from a traditional auction to a private treaty sale. View larger...
2004 NM Chile Conference (01/09/2004)
Last year this Dona Ana County chile field rippled with life as irrigation water flowed across sprouting pepper plants. Now, on the cusp of a new season, New Mexico's prolonged drought has once again made irrigation efficiency the hot topic of the 21st annual New Mexico Chile Conference on Feb. 3 at the Hilton Las Cruces. Sponsored by New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute, the daylong program draws more than 400 chile industry growers, processors and researchers from across the Southwest. View larger...
2004 New Mexico Onion Conference (01/07/2004)
Stephanie Walker, vegetable specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, examines one of the new onion varieties being tested. New onion breeding research, along with improved marketing and disease control, will be featured at this year's New Mexico Onion Conference March 3 at the Hilton Las Cruces. View larger...
Cattle Supplement (01/05/2004)
New Mexico State University graduate student Richard Waterman, left, and range animal nutritionist Mark Petersen examine a recently developed and patented cattle supplement loaded with protein and a high-calorie ingredient called calcium propionate. NMSU's new range cubes will provide a boost for cows grazing dry winter forage. View larger...