Agronomy

This publication gives guidelines for calculating pesticide amounts for broadcast application, including tank mixing and rates of active ingredients.

This publication describes how to correctly calibrate a pesticide sprayer.

This publication gives information on how caliche affects plants and how to manage caliche soils.

This guide explains the importance of inoculating legume crop with rhizobia bacteria to promote nitrogen fixation. It also explains the process of inoculation and provides information on legume inoculant suppliers.

This guide explains the importance of inoculating legume crop with rhizobia bacteria to promote nitrogen fixation. It also explains the process of inoculation and provides information on legume inoculant suppliers.

Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that occur regularly in New Mexico alfalfa fields. They are often held in check by beneficial insects such as ladybugs. However, aphids can become an economic concern, causing plant stunting, delayed cuttings, or even some plant death in young stands.

Soil compaction affects many agricultural fields and can lead to yield reductions if not properly managed. Understanding soil’s physical components will help you understand how compaction affects the soil.

This publication provides information on the veterinary and agronomic importance, distinguishing features, biology, distribution, and control of blister beetles. Recommendations for the purchase and use of alfalfa hay by horse owners and other livestock owners are also provided.

This guide contains photographs, descriptions, and other information on forty-five troublesome weeds in New Mexico.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a nationwide program for protecting lands that are prone to environmental degradation and loss of wildlife biodiversity. This program was established by the Food Security Act of 1985, in order to protect lands to produce significant benefits to the environment and wildlife conservation (USDA-FSA, 2013a). The ultimate goal was to provide clean air, clean water, soil preservation, and a well-balanced ecosystem through effective stewardship of land.

This publication describes alfalfa weevil control options for New Mexico.

This publication gives an overview and basic information on soil health management, as well as strategies for managing soil for sustainable productivity.

This publication describes Palmer amaranth and gives management strategies.

This publication describes blossom-end rot (a plant disease cause by calcium deficiency), including symptoms and management strategies.

This publication gives guidelines for managing Roundup Ready alfalfa to prevent gene flow to nearby fields of conventional or organic alfalfa.

This publication provides strategies for coping with crop production under drought conditions and maintaining farm productivity.

This publication provides guidance for selecting physical and chemical soil analyses.

This publication gives guidelines for species selection and cultivation of millets for forage and grain in New Mexico and West Texas.

This publication provides general information on conchuela stinkbug, a common insect in New Mexico and occasional economic pest of cotton.

This publication describes the most important diseases of onion in New Mexico, including symptoms and management practices.

This publication describes whitefringed beetle, as well as techniques for scouting for whitefringed beetle in alfalfa fields and control methods.

This publication describes sainfoin production for forage under New Mexico growing conditions.

This publication describes cultivation of sorghum and sudangrass for forage under dryland and limited irrigation situations in New Mexico.

This publication answers several questions regarding increasing corn plant density in an effort to increase silage yield and/or nutritive value.

This publication describes New Mexico’s certified noxious weed free program, including which products can be inspected, how to obtain an inspection of your products or production site, and what to expect during an inspection.

This publication describes peanut production for New Mexico, including variety selection, soil preparation, planting, fertilization, irrigation, and weed, insect, and disease problems.

This publication describes ways to assess alfalfa stands after suspected winter injury or freeze damage, as well as describing when and how to renovate alfalfa stands.

This publication describes sulfur’s importance for agriculture, including plant sulfur needs, sources of sulfur in the environment, and ways to manage sulfur in plant growth.

This publication describes strategies for managing alfalfa during drought, including harvest management, irrigation management, insect control, and fertilization.

This publication presents results from a research project comparing production costs and produce yield and income from high-input (drip-irrigated) vegetable plots and low-input (furrow-irrigated) plots.

This publication describes onion culture and management for Southern New Mexico growing conditions, including planting, fertilizing, irrigation, and harvest of onion, as well as onion weeds, insect pests, and diseases.

This publication describes variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia [HŸbner]), an early-season pest of alfalfa in New Mexico, including description, impact on alfalfa hay, and management strategies.

Herbicide resistance is a growing threat to the sustainability of agricultural systems. This publication describes the scope, mechanisms, types, factors affecting, and prevention and management of herbicide resistance.

This publication describes beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), an occasional pest of alfalfa in New Mexico, including life cycle, typical damage, and management strategies.

This publication gives an overview of seed certification and common terms.

This publication describes three types of tags that may be encountered when purchasing seed (certification tags, analysis tags, and treat tags), and describes how to use each when selecting seed.

This publication gives instructions on using the Dairy Annual Nutrient Manager, a user-friendly application that balances nutrients according to user-defined crops planted, soil analyses, effluent irrigated, dry manure applied, and chemical fertilizers supplemented.