New Mexico Crop Information

 

US 1996 Farm bill
Budgets for Crops in New Mexico
National Agricultural Statistics Service (crop and weather conditions in NM) New Mexico Dept. of Agricultural Statistics for New Mexico

Alfalfa	FAO-56 All crops	Ornamentals	Pumpkins	Soybeans
Barley	Grasses	Organic farming	Rangeland	Salt Bush- Atriplex
Chile	Grapes	Pasture Grass	Riparian Vegetation	Trees
		Pinto Beans
Corn	Lettuce	Peanuts	Sorghum	Gardens
Cotton	Onions	Potatoes	Wheat	Links to BMP's

Additional information can be found about growing crops at the Cooperative Extension Office. 
Gardening tips exists at garden guides.
The University of California and the University of Florida has information on vegetables.
Indiana maintains a center for new crops and plant products .
Irrigation scheduling can be done using climate data and information on the internet.
Texas high plains has developed crop coefficients along with  Colorado.
Texas has developed a water use calculator. 
Potential evapotranspiration calculated from Penman's and Samani's equation are available for New Mexico and excel irrigation scheduling programs  are available from the crop list above.
Precision Agriculture Technology in the Messilla Valley New Mexico has also been developed to evaluate irrigation management
Depth of water applied to dead level fields in the Messia valley has been shown to change with irrigations and crops.
Consumptive use using the Blaney-Criddle method has been calculated for selected locations and crops in New Mexico.

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