NMSU Sandoval County Extension

08/12/2026

🌶️ Spice Up Your Knowledge at the Los Lunas Field Day! 🌿

📅 Date: August 13, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 AM – Noon
📍 Location: NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Los Lunas, 1036 Miller Road

🔥 Featured Highlights:

🌶️Dive into chile flavor analysis with NMSU researchers and discover what makes New Mexico chile so special!
🌶️Visit the Chile Pepper Institute booth for your favorite chile seeds, cookbooks, and products—perfect for chile lovers!

🌱 Plus, explore:

•Innovations in saffron farming—the world’s most expensive spice—and its potential in New Mexico.
•Research on mitigating tomato stress, improving soil health with perennial forage grasses, and efficient water management.
•Tours of the Urban Agriculture Center of Excellence and the renovated orchard.

🍽️ Free event with lunch provided! Open to the public.
🔗 RSVP now: https://loslunassc.nmsu.edu/

Join us for a day of learning, discovery, and all things chile! 🌍✨

08/12/2026

Interested in helping with the NWSW defense effort? Mark your calendars! Register today!

08/11/2026

Learn directly from the researchers with a chance to ask your questions at the Los Lunas Field Day! Ongoing research includes mitigating tomato stress with sun, perennial forage grass effects on soil health in New Mexico, water management, and more! Located at the Los Lunas Agricultural Science Center on August 13th, 7:30 am - noon.

Learn more and rsvp here: https://loslunassc.nmsu.edu/

08/06/2026

Seeds and plants which produce food for household consumption are eligible to be purchased with SNAP benefits.

08/06/2026

08/04/2026

08/04/2026

Save the Date for the 2026 Placitas Garden Tour!
📆 Sunday, September 13
⏰ 9am - 4pm
📍 various Placitas locations
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Visit the Placitas Garden Tour website for more info: https://placitasgardentour.com/

07/31/2026

TOP TEN TIPS for pocket gophers
View this and previous Top Ten Tips on farming at the Sandoval CES website: https://sandovalextension.nmsu.edu/yard/producers.html

07/29/2026

Join us at the Los Lunas Ag Science Center for an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) workshop put on by the NMSU Viticulture program! Learn about best pest management practices for vineyards with hands-on and lecture-based instruction.

📆 August 20th, 2026
🕘 9:00 am - 12:30 pm