CHILE SEASON IS APPROACHING IN NEW MEXICO. NMSU VEGETABLE SPECIALIST STEPHANIE WALKER SAYS IN THE MID 90S, MORE THAN 35-THOUSAND ACRES OF CHILE WERE GROWN. THAT NUMBER HAS NOW DWINDLED TO BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN THOUSAND ACRES. BUT WALKER EXPECTS IT TO STABILIZE RIGHT THERE.
WHILE THE BULK OF THE CHILE HARVEST WILL BEGIN IN EARLY AUGUST, WALKER SAYS SOME VARIETIES WILL BE READY IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
