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 pecans and chile in Doña Ana County, which also led in cotton production and total crop cash receipts.