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What’s
a crop like you doing in a place like this?
 Traditionally, much of
the irrigated land in northern New Mexico has been planted in
forage crops for pastures that have limited economic value. To
increase farm incomes, New Mexico State Extension urban horticulture
specialists are working with farmers to test specialty crops and find
markets for them. As an example-raspberries bring $2.20 per half-pint
at growers' markets, and yields for a mature raspberry planting can be
as high as 15,000 half-pints per acre with gross returns of $33,000
per acre. In California, researchers developed a salt-tolerant
tomato plant. The genetically engineered tomato offers hope for
producing crops on salt-damaged soils or in areas with salty
irrigation water.
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