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u/Sckillgan 1d ago
I have some pictures that I took when I was a kid down around Artesia that look like this.
So many damn pecans.
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u/tlbs101 22h ago
My BIL owns several Pecan orchards near Las Cruces. We get fresh Pecans for Christmas every year. The in-laws even take the time to shell them (that’s more of a gift than the unshelled Pecans by themselves). There is nothing better than a fresh Pecan… so creamy.
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u/ChimayoRed9035 20h ago
I honestly hope that he gets puts out of business someday soon for the betterment of our state.
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u/Bipolar__highroller 19h ago
I honestly hope you take your opinions to channels that actually work towards your sentiments instead of shitting them on relatives of farmers sharing their happy memories. You know, for the betterment of our state and all.
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u/arist0geiton 40m ago
You might believe that and you might even be correct, but why say it to them? Just to hurt them? What do you gain from hurting a stranger?
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u/elephantsback 1d ago
All I see is wasted water for a crop that no one needs and the Rio Grande dried up for half the year as a result.
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u/Pretty_Inspector_791 1d ago
A tremendous amount of water from the Pecos goes to alfalfa production largely sent to Texas hobby horses.
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u/elephantsback 22h ago
That's bad, too.
But that doesn't make flood irrigation of pecans good. Multiple things can be bad at the same time.
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u/Spoonbills 1d ago
Quit eating horrendously wasteful beef and pecans are no longer a problem.
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u/elephantsback 22h ago
The last time I ate beef was 1991. I apologize for not quitting sooner.
Also, water from the Rio Grande isn't going to grow alfalfa down here. It's going to grow useless pecans.
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u/WasteMenu78 21h ago
The water to nut ratio is crazy for pecans. Unfortunately, I don’t think the industry will survive in NM with severe water scarcity in our future. Just like all the beautiful ski/snowboarding slopes