COULD NEW MEXICO’S PECAN CROP HIT A SNAG THIS YEAR? THERE ARE REPORTS OF PECAN WEEVILS IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. AN OFFICIAL WITH THE NEW MEXICO FARM AND LIVESTOCK BUREAU SAYS INFESTATION USUALLY ISN’T NOTICEABLE UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR HARVEST, WHICH WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH.
PECANS ARE A 180-MILLION DOLLAR-A-YEAR INDUSTRY IN NEW MEXICO…AND ARE THE FIFTH BIGGEST AG COMMODITY IN THE STATE.
