Task Force publications
The College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences is aggressively involved in finding solutions to current problems in New Mexico. These reports from Task force reports are publications that report commissioned studies or the efforts undertaken by interdisciplinary task forces.
Water Task Force
- Report No. 1: Efficient Irrigation for Water Conservation
- Report No. 2: River, Acequia and Shallow Groundwater Interactions
- Report No. 3: A Simple Flow Measuring Device for Farms
- Report No. 4: Irrigation Practices vs. Farm Size: Data from Elephant Butte Irrigation District
- Report No. 5: Landscape Attitudes and Choices: A Survey of New Mexico Homeowners
- Report No. 6: Evaluation of User Friendly Drip Irrigation/Mulch Systems for Urban and Small Farm Specialty Crop Production
- Report No. 7: Market-Based Management of Water Scarcity in the Elephant Butte Irrigation District
- Report No. 8: Irigation Scheduling of Pecan Orchards: The Water Budget Approach
New Mexico Chile Association/Chile Task Force
- Report No. 1: An Industry-University Response to Global Competition
- Report No. 2: Chile Seed Germination as Affected by Temperature and Salinity
- Report No. 3: Yield and Quality of Machine-Harvested Red Chile Peppers
- Report No. 4: Chile Seed Quality
- Report No. 5: Guidelines for Chile Seed Crop Production
- Report No. 6: Improving Chile Harvesting and Cleaning Technologies
- Report No. 7: Farm Labor Employers' Handbook
- Report No. 8: New Mexico's Chile Pepper Industry: Chile Types and Product Sourcing
- Report No. 9: Economic Impact of Southern New Mexico Vegetable Production and Processing
- Report No. 10: Chile Pepper Growers' Notes: 2003
- Report No. 11: Developing New Marketing Strategies for the Southwestern Chile Industry
- Report No. 12: Incidence of the Beet Leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), in New Mexico Chile
- Report No. 13: Plant Spacing/Plant Population for Machine Harvest
- Report No. 14: Economic Return to Adoption of Mechanical Thinning: The Case of New Mexico Chile
- Report No. 15: U.S. Imports and Exports of Chile Peppers and Pepper Products: Frequently Asked Questions
- Report No. 16: International Trade in Chile Peppers: Data from the Global Trade Atlas.
Related Documents below in MS Excel Format:
- Report No. 17: Basic Research on the Use of Polarization to Sort Chile Peppers
- CTF 17: Polarization Sorter Appendices - Report No. 18: An Analysis of Farm Labor Contracting in New Mexico
- Report No. 19: Use of Kaolin to Suppress Beet Curly Top Virus in Chile Peppers
- Report No. 20: Using a Color Sorter to Remove Sticks from Mechanically Harvested Red Chile
- Report No. 21: Regional Branding in a Global Marketplace
- Report No. 22: Refinement and Testing of Mechanical Cleaners for Red Chile
- Report No. 23: NMSU Crop Thinner Project: A Model for Commercialization of University Intellectual Property
- Report No. 24: Chile Harvesting Observations: 2004
- Report No. 25: Design and Development of a Prototype Mechanical Gap Sorter for Mechanically Harvested Red Chile
- Report No. 26: Good Agricultural Practices: What Growers Should Know
- Report No. 27: Red Chile Pod Reclaimer Evaluations
- Report No. 28: Chile Machine Harvesting Trials
- Report No. 29: Southwest Agribusiness Conference Proceedings
- Report No. 30: Bacterial Leaf Spot of Chile Pepper: A Short Guide for Growers
- Report No. 31: Research and Promotion Program Prospects in the Chile Industry
Range Improvement Task Force
- Report 1: Estimated Benefits and Costs of State Ownership of BLM Lands in NM
- Report 2: Market Values of Federal Grazing Permits in NM
- Report 3: Statement Summary Presented by RITF
- Report 4: A Bibliography of Forest and Rangeland NonPoint Sources of Pollution
- Report 5: Appraisal of BLM Responses to RITF Public Comments on Grazing Environmental Impact Statements
- Report 6: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating Grazing Management Plans; A Guide for Public Land Livestock Operations
- Report 7: Guide to NM Range Analysis
- Report 8: Characteristics of State Non-Game Management Programs in 1980
- Report 9: Innovative Features for a Range Stewardship Program in NM, 1980
- Report 10: A Bibliography of Literature Related to Grazing Systems
- Report 11: Reassessment of Grazing Allotments in the BLM Roswell and Socorro Districts
- Report 12: Grazing Lease Arrangements and Costs of Privately Owned Rangelands in NM, 1980
- Report 13: A Rancher's Guide for Monitoring Deer and Antelope Populations in NM
- Report 14: The Prices Paid Index in the Federal Grazing Fee Formula
- Report 15: Alternative Valuation Methods for Cattle Ranches on the White Sands Missle Range 1942-1982
- Report 16: Control of Kangaroo Rats with Poison Baits
- Report 17: Methods and Compensations for Ranch Properties and Grazing Permits on the White Sands Missle Range
- Report 18: Private Land Grazing Transactions in NM 1983-84, Implications for State Trust Land Grazing Fees
- Report 19: Potential Returns for Landowner Management of Wildlife
- Report 20: Financial Status of the Range Livestock Industry: The NM Example
- Report 22: NM Hunter-Rancher Relationships Survey
- Report 25: Legal Liability of Landowners with Fee Hunting Enterprises
- Report 26: Procedures For Preparing Contracts Associated with Fee Hunting Enterprises
- Report 31: The Value of Public Land Grazing Permits and the Grazing Fee Dilemma
- Report 32: The Importance of Public Lands to Livestock Productions in the U.S.
- Report 34: RITF Critical Review of RANGELAND REFORM '94: BLM Proposed Rulemaking; FS Proposed Rulemaking; EIS Scoping Issues
- Report 37: Monitoring and Interpreting Ecological Integrity on Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of the Western United States
- Report 40: The Economic Impact of Protecting the Knowlton Cactus (Pediocactus knowltonii) Under the Endangered Species Act
- Report 43: Management of Mountain Mahogany and Wright's Silktassel to Increase Browse Availability for Big Game
- Report 47: Forage Utilization by Elk and Livestock in Selected Riparian Areas in the Gila National Forest
- Report 49: Herbaceous Utilization by Elk in Selected Meadows in the Gila Wilderness, Gila National Forest
- Report 52: Diets of Elk, Mule Deer & Coues White-Tailed Deer on Fort Bayard in Southwestern New Mexico
- Report 53: Monitoring Rangelands in NM
- Report 57: Impacts of Controlled Grazing Versus Grazing Exclusions on Rangeland Ecosystems: What We Have Learned
- Report 58: Using the Rapid Assessment Methodology (RAM) to make Adaptive Management Decisions
- Report 60: 2005 Summary of Range Brush Control Research: Demonstration Trials in NM
- Report 67: Characteristics of the United States Organic Beef Industry
- Report 69: Montane Meadow and Open Area Encroachment in the Lincoln Forest, Sacramento Grazing Allotment
- Report 70: The Financial and Ecological Impacts of Two Stocking Levels on Chihauhuan Desert Rangeland
- Report 71: Range Livestock Costs and Returns for New Mexico, 1998
- Report 72: Range Livestock Costs and Returns for New Mexico, 1999
- Report 73: Range Livestock Costs and Returns for New Mexico - 2000
- Report 74: Range Livestock Costs and Returns for New Mexico - 2001
- Report 75: Range Livestock Costs and Returns for New Mexico, 2002
- Report 76: Data Entry, Organization and Analysis for Rapid Assessment Metholology
- Report 78: Review of Livestock Management Practices to Minimize Livestock Depreciation by Wolves: Applicability to the Southwest
- Report 400 B-18: Brush Control on New Mexico Rangeland
Range Improvement Task Force publications are distributed by the Extension Animal Resources department. Contact the Department of Extension Animal Resources, MSC 3AE, Room 314, Knox Hall, (575) 646-5102. ritf@nmsu.edu