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  • Researchers consider water conservation

    Darrel Pehr, New Mexico State University|Aug 26, 2020

    TUCUMCARI - In the semiarid climate of northeastern New Mexico, farmers and ranchers have no guarantee of water for their crops or livestock. In the Tucumcari area, dry weather patterns can mean little or no rain for fields, and inadequate rain to replenish reservoirs that feed farmers' irrigation canals. Water conservation is a priority not only in this part of the state, but across New Mexico where water seldom is plentiful. Such extremes are the kinds of challenges that researchers at New...

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