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Impact Report

For plan Agronomic Crop and Improved Pasture System Development (Chaves County)
Date October 16, 2008, 4:05 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report AgClimate Tool New Mexico State University, in cooperation with University of Arizona and University of Georgia, is compiling an interactive website with climate and agriculture information that allows users to assess resource management options linked to climate phases that have a strong influence on the climate in New Mexico. The New Mexico AgClimate website currently contains a Climate Risk Tool that allows decision makers to compare climate variability under different climate conditions, plus has links to other sources of related information. Other tools are still under development. In March, researchers and specialists hosted an informational session and demonstration at the Chaves County Extension Office in Roswell where multiple counties attended to learn about this new website. One Chaves County producer and another legislative liaison attended the spring program to learn about the new website. Another meeting/demonstration was held in the Chaves County Extension Office in June, where five producers representing 5 different farms or agencies attended the second program and offered their insight as to what additions to the website would be beneficial to their sector of the agricultural community. The agent assisted in coordinating the meetings, and also arranged to take the researchers to two other farms for personal interviews with the owners in order to gain information that would assist the researchers in providing beneficial information for producers on the website. The program is ongoing, and as more information is provided on the website, producers will be informed. Producers are able to utilize these webtools to monitor long-range climate forecasts in order to effectively plan their farming practices for optimum production.