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A Rare Glimpse at Traditional Crops Grown in New Mexico

December 05, 2019 Longino Bustillos, New Mexico State Statistician, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service

Farming has been a part of New Mexico for over 2,500 years, ever since Native Americans first grew corn, squash, and beans throughout the region. The 2017 Census of Agriculture provides a rare look into our state’s agriculture crop acreages and livestock numbers. For instance, the 2017 Ag Census...

Research and Science

Georgia: A Peach of an Agricultural State

October 17, 2019 Jacqueline Moore, NASS Deputy Regional Director of the Southern Regional Field Office

While growing up, we’re taught to mind our Ps and Qs. When it comes to Georgia agriculture, it’s all about the Ps – poultry, peanuts, pecans, peaches, and people. As the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture show, Georgia continued to lead the nation in poultry, peanut, and pecan production and...

Research and Science

Pecan Industry Cracks Foreign Markets

February 02, 2012 Katie Gorscak, Foreign Agricultural Service

In 2009 when Tim Montz first traveled to Shanghai, China, representing the Texas pecan industry, Montz had to explain what pecans were. Two years later, promoting pecans to China and other countries is “business as usual” for the father-and-son team of Tim and Jake Montz of the Montz Pecan Company.

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