SOME OF NEW MEXICO'S GREEN CHILE CROP IS IN DANGER … ALL BECAUSE OF THE WET WEATHER THAT'S HIT THE STATE IN RECENT WEEKS. FARMERS SAY THE SOME CHILE HARVESTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED BY THE RAIN AND THE CHANCES OF A CHILE PLANT DISEASE ARE INCREASING. PHYTOPHERA … A DISEASE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH MOISTURE … IS ALREADY KILLING OFF THE CHILES IN SOME FIELDS.
THE U-S AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SAYS 75 PERCENT OF THE CROP HAS BEEN HARVESTED SO FAR … COMPARED TO 92 PERCENT AROUND THE SAME TIME A YEAR AGO.
