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Impact Report
| For plan | Agronomic Crop and Improved Pasture System Development (Chaves County) |
| Date | October 31, 2011, 8:17 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Pistachio Production in Chaves County Although pistachio production is not a large cash crop in Chaves County, there are small growers in the area who are interested in expanding their knowledge about pistachio tree management and harvesting processes to maximize their efforts with their crop. Since this is not a common crop, people do not possess the knowledge of production and management of pistachios. The agent assisted two growers this reporting year in this area. One grower attended the Pistachio Growers Workshop with the agent to have his questions answered about tree care and management. The agent also sent literature from the workshop to a grower that was unable to attend. The agent also assisted both growers with harvesting, nut processing techniques, and marketing. One grower in the Hagerman area was very pleased with the end results of his crop after he learned how to harvest the nuts and ultimately marketed them with an Alamogordo processing facility. |