Serving the High Plains
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Did you know a chile cultivar developed at New Mexico State University is being grown aboard the International Space Station? The NuMex Espanola Improved pepper is part of NASA's Plant Habitat-04 experiment, and NMSU graduates are among the researchers and scientists who helped chile find its way to space. NuMex Espanola Improved is a hybridization between Hatch Sandia and the traditional Espanola Valley native type peppers of northern New Mexico and was developed in 1984 by Roy Nakayama, NMSU...
For the first time since 2019, New Mexico State University's agricultural science center in Tucumcari will host an in-person field day Tuesday. Last year's field day took place in a virtual setting due to COVID-19 restrictions. Although this year's field day will take place in person at the Rex E. Kirksey Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari, COVID-19 safe practices will be respected. Presentations will also be posted to the center's Facebook page. "While we did our best in 2020 to do a virt...