WE TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS MONTH ABOUT AN INVASIVE BUG THAT WAS THREATENING NEW MEXICO’S LUCRATIVE PECAN INDUSTRY. NOW, STATE AG OFFICIALS ARE ISSUING A QUARANTINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE PECAN WEEVIL.
STARTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, NO PECAN SHIPMENTS WILL BE PERMITTED FROM CHAVES, EDDY, CURRY AND LEA COUNTIES FOR SIX MONTHS. IT’S HOPED THE QUARANTINE WILL STOP THE WEEVILS FROM SPREADING TO THE WEST WHERE MOST OF NEW MEXICO’S PECANS ARE GROWN.
