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Adventurous pigs cause a stir in Slidell, Louisiana after escaping farm life for a day of exploration, leading to a comical chase with Deputy Robbins dubbed the 'pig whisperer'.

Adventurous pigs cause a stir in Slidell, Louisiana after escaping farm life for a day of exploration, leading to a comical chase with Deputy Robbins dubbed the 'pig whisperer'.

September 21, 2023 | A Rio Grande photo expedition shows the beauty and perils along 470 miles of New Mexico’s prize waterway.

Catastrophic storms, raging wildfires, historic flooding and unrelenting droughts have all combined to create new concerns. But communities are responding, fighting and innovating to reshape the future.

DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico -- One mans inconvenience is another mans blessing. "We love the rain!” said Greg Daviet, the farm manager of Dixie Ranch in Dona Ana County. “Growing the world’s food supply requires a lot of water." For every quarter inch of rain that falls, Daviet told ABC-7 he will save $1,000 in irrigation costs. He said an inch of rain will bring $1 million in economic benefit to the entire region. “Last year’s monsoon would be better called a non-soon," he joked. "W...

More: New Mexico top pecan producer in U.S., despite early fall freeze; Georgia rebuilds crop New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte said the 2019 Agriculture Statistics Bulletin showed the industry’s continued economic impact and benefit to the state and its ability to evolve with changes in weather including a year of devastating drought and an unseasonably cold fall which saw a mid-October freeze that affected both of New Mexico’s top crops. The state was led in production of pec...