Commodities
- Food
- Fiber
Wheat/Grains:
www.wheatfoods.org
Go to How Wheat Works to plant, grow, and harvest your own wheat!
www.usarice.com
USA Rice Federation - Learn all about rice and even get recipes.
www.wheatworld.org/
National Association of Wheat Growers
www.namamillers.org/
North American Millers’ Association - Learn about milling wheat, corn, and oats.
www.gowiththegrain.org
Grain Foods Foundation
Dairy:
www.southwestdairyfarmers.com
Great site for cooking ideas, kids korner, fun links, and to schedule the mobile dairy classroom.
www.nmdairy.org
Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Beef:
www.nmagriculture.org/
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association
Chile Peppers:
New Mexico Nuts:
peanuts, pecans, pistachios,pinon (pine nuts)
www.heartofthedesert.com/
Heart of the Desert Pistachios & Wines From Eagle Ranch
www.nmpecan.com
New Mexico Pecan Company - Salopek Farms
www.stahmanns.com
Stahmann Farm Pecans
www.sunlandinc.com
Sunland Peanuts - Get recipes nutrition information, facts about peanuts.
www.newmexicopinonnuts.com/
New Mexico Pinon Nuts
www.nmhay.com
New Mexico Hay Association- Learn more about alfalfa and its’ role in agriculture and the environment.
Corn:
http://www.ncga.com/
Learn about key issues dealing with corn, biofuels, biotechnology, trade, and research.
www.corn.org/
Learn about the many ways corn is a part of our daily lives.
http://www.campsilos.org/mod3/students/index.shtml
Interesting corn facts!
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?dbid=90&tname=foodspice
Learn the health benefits of corn!
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/corn/03.html
Learn all about corn! You might be surprised at all the different corn related products!
Water:
http://www.headgate.org/html/new_mexico.html
New Mexico contacts for water education
http://nm.water.usgs.gov/
Find water data and research for New Mexico.
FIBER
Cotton:
www.cotton.org
National Cotton Council of America- Great educational resources to learn all about cotton and cottonseed.
www.cottoncampus.org/
Great site that provides a fun way for students of all ages to learn about cotton.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAUQNMldp_Y
The Story of Cotton video-shows cotton’s journey from seed to hundreds of products!
http://cottontoday.cottoninc.com
Learn about advances in cotton production.
Wool:
http://www.nmagriculture.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=148
New Mexico Wool Growers Association
http://www.sheepusa.org/Sheep_Associations/state/NM
Provides contacts for New Mexico sheep industry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJeL_oE6UQs
YouTube - New Mexico's Wool - America's Heartland, great video to share with your class!
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