Viticulture @ N.M.S.U. edit
The Viticulture Program at NMSU was started to ensure the sustainability of grape growing agriculture in New Mexico. Part of the universities' agricultural college, the program aids local farmers and farmers all over the state with climate information, disease and pest support, and irrigation consultation.
The program's director and Viticulture Specialist is Bernd Maier. With over 15 years of arid irrigation experience, Mr. Maier is qualified to install specialty irrigation in New Mexico. Many of the vineyards overseen by the college of agriculture have special arid irrigation systems, like drip irrigation.
The wine industry in New Mexico is a proud tradition reaching back more than 400 years.
On our Webpage: Find information for growing your own grapes in the resources provided. Also check out Vineyards and wineries around the state, as well as climate updates from one of our four vineyard climate stations. Keep up to date on the events going on by viewing our viticulture events calendar. This website was created and is maintained by the Viticulturist at New Mexico State University Extension Plant Sciences, with contributors who work to keep updates on resources, information and research in viticulture.
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Logo for Viticulture Program -
How wine was made before modern fermentation tanks. -
An Example of grapes in New Mexico Grown with the University's Help. -
The director of the Viticulture Program at work.
N.M.S.U. edit
New Mexico State University is located in Las Cruces New Mexico, 40 Miles west of El Paso Texas along highway 10. New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a land-grant university that has its main campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school was founded in 1888 as Las Cruces College, an agricultural college, and in 1889 the school became "New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." It received its present name, New Mexico State University in 1960. NMSU has approximately 26,400 students enrolled as of Fall 2005.
External links edit
- Viticulture Program official website
- New Mexico State University official website
Internal Links edit
Redirect info for History of Wine in New Mexico
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