Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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New Mexico's $3.17 billion agricultural industry is as diverse as the state's environmental conditions. With four crop production regions, 11 plant hardiness zones, five watersheds and 126 distinct soil types in New Mexico, agricultural production varies. As the state's land-grant university, New Mexico State University and its College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences supports fundamental and applied research to meet the agricultural and natural resource management needs of...
The New Mexico Department of Health last week reported 515 New Mexico residents died by suicide in 2019, down 4% from the 535 recorded in 2018. There was a slight decrease in suicide deaths by women and among non-Hispanic whites from 2018 to 2019. The number of suicide deaths by poisoning went down, but suicide deaths by firearms, hanging and falls remained consistent to the findings in 2018. More than 48,000 men, women, and children died by suicide in the U.S. in 2018. “The decline in suicide deaths in our state is encouraging, but we must rec...
The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday reported three confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quay County, all in the Tucumcari ZIP code. The state also reported a record high of deaths – 40 – and hospitalizations from the disease Wednesday. New Mexico also recorded its 100,000th confirmed case of the virus. The age breakdown of the confirmed cases in the county was one age 9 and younger, one age 30 to 39 and one age 70 to 79. Two females and one male were infected. The total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began rose to...
The New Mexico Department of Health on Saturday reported two confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quay County, both in the Tucumcari ZIP code. The Tucumcari region crossed the 200 mark with total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March. The age breakdown of the confirmed cases in the county was one age 20 to 29 and one age 40 to 49. One female and one male were infected. The total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began rose to 269, with five deaths. A total of 87 people have been deemed by the state as recovered from...