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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences will host its annual fruit grower workshop virtually from 9 a.m. to noon on March 11-12. The workshop, which will be presented on Zoom, is free but pre-registration is required.
To receive the Zoom information, register at https://alcaldesc.nmsu.edu/.
Topics for the two-day workshop include pollinator conservation in orchards, an update on jujube cultivar trials, challenges of stone fruit production in northern New Mexico, protecting fruit trees from wildlife and fruit predators and increasing fruit quality and reducing disorders through nutrient management in apples along with an opportunity to meet the extension agents.
Dry conditions persist in the Southwest, plaguing those who raise beef cattle.
With producers looking hard at their herds, the annual Southwest Beef Symposium recently focused on “Dealing With Drought” to help producers develop a strategy in response to deteriorating conditions.
Hosted jointly by New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, topic presentations drilled down on assistance specifics like the cattle market outlook and strategies for rebuilding herds along with nutritional option considerations.
“Drought has again stricken New Mexico and West Texas with a vengeance, leaving producers coping the best they can. Our focus this year was to provide drought management topics to assist area producers through this trying time,” said Fort Stockton’s AgriLife Extension livestock specialist Bruce Carpenter.
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A team of specialists and agents with the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will present a seven-week webinar series, Coping with COVID Burnout, offering strategies for managing chronic stress related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A team of specialists and agents with the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will present a seven-week webinar series, Coping with COVID Burnout, offering strategies for managing chronic stress related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman)
The sessions will cover the effects of stress on the brain and body, anxiety, depression, building resilience, positively leveraging stress, maintaining social connections, and practicing self-care through healthy nutrition, sleep and exercise.