/tags/farming farming en-US Copyright Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:02:36 GMT /local-news/2024-12-18/advocacy-group-fight-mega-farms-new-mexico Over the past 20 years, New Mexico has lost half of its family-scale dairy farms to big factory farms. That’s according to Food & Water Watch, an advocacy group that argues this increasing reliance on these big farms is harmful to air, land, and water quality. The organization is seeking a moratorium on these operations. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:02:36 GMT /local-news/2024-12-18/advocacy-group-fight-mega-farms-new-mexico Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-10-05/nm-agriculture-experts-highlight-benefits-of-future-farm-bill-despite-congress-stalling Congress avoided a government shutdown last week with a stopgap funding measure. However, the all-important farm bill, which is passed every five years, expired on September 30. Despite the chaos in Washington, state agriculture experts highlighted benefits the new farm bill will eventually bring during a legislative committee this week. Thu, 05 Oct 2023 22:57:52 GMT /local-news/2023-10-05/nm-agriculture-experts-highlight-benefits-of-future-farm-bill-despite-congress-stalling Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-06-12/with-small-farms-in-decline-growers-seek-help-from-the-farm-bill Farming is big business, with profits in the billions of dollars every year. But for small farmers, it's often a different story. And as fewer young people get into the hard job of small scale production, rural communities suffer. Meet the people trying to change that. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:24:11 GMT /local-news/2023-06-12/with-small-farms-in-decline-growers-seek-help-from-the-farm-bill Alice Fordham /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-05-16/lets-talk-about-farming-and-climate-change Our warming atmosphere is giving us stronger storms, hotter summers and winters with an unpredictable snowpack that is shifting growing seasons and putting water supplies at risk. You may have noticed changes in your home garden, while farmers across the state are adapting to protect their livelihoods, generations-old lifeways, and our food supply. Wed, 17 May 2023 00:21:22 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-05-16/lets-talk-about-farming-and-climate-change Kaveh Mowahed /local-news/2023-04-13/conservationists-and-farmers-ask-federal-court-to-strike-down-toxic-herbicide Several environmental and farmer advocacy groups are asking a federal court to strike down the use of a controversial crop-damaging pesticide known as dicamba. Conservationists claim the herbicide is especially harmful to New Mexico’s trees, endangered wildlife, and land. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:10:15 GMT /local-news/2023-04-13/conservationists-and-farmers-ask-federal-court-to-strike-down-toxic-herbicide Bryce Dix /local-news/2021-07-26/meeting-climate-challenges-through-soil Hardly a day goes by without a terrifying reminder that the earth’s climate is in crisis. The Southwest is in a mega-drought and fires are erupting around… Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:14:18 GMT /local-news/2021-07-26/meeting-climate-challenges-through-soil Zelie Pollon /local-news/2019-11-15/feds-take-comment-on-program-to-fund-conservation-projects Farming and ranching generate nearly half of the agricultural and food processing industry’s revenue in New Mexico - about 4 billion dollars a year. A… Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:20:41 GMT /local-news/2019-11-15/feds-take-comment-on-program-to-fund-conservation-projects Bryce Dix /local-news/2019-10-04/a-dump-site-becomes-a-greenhouse-in-the-south-valley The South Valley near Albuquerque has a long history of agricultural practice. Friday, October 4, marked the grand opening of a state-of-the-art… Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:54:57 GMT /local-news/2019-10-04/a-dump-site-becomes-a-greenhouse-in-the-south-valley Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-08-09/lets-talk-green-chiles-past-present-and-future Let's Talk New Mexico 8/15 8a: New Mexico and green chile seem inextricably linked. How did green chile get here in the first place? We’ll talk about… Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:48:59 GMT /local-news/2019-08-09/lets-talk-green-chiles-past-present-and-future ty bannerman /local-news/2019-01-16/lets-talk-federal-government-shutdown-in-new-mexico Let's Talk New Mexico 1/17 8a: How is the partial federal government shutdown playing out in New Mexico as it drags on for its fourth week with no end in… Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:43:05 GMT /local-news/2019-01-16/lets-talk-federal-government-shutdown-in-new-mexico Elaine Baumgartel