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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

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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

http://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/dairy/documents/dairy-facts-handout-dec-2011.pdfNew Mexico Dairy Facts
New Mexico Dairy Facts

www.nationaldairycouncil.org

www.dairymax.org

www.moomilk.com

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Beef:

www.nmbeef.com

www.beef.org

www.nmagriculture.org/
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association

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Chile Peppers:

www.chilepepperinstitute.org/
This site provides everything you need to know about chile peppers.

www.keepnewmexicogreen.org

A great resource on New Mexico Green Chile.
 
www.nmchileassociation.com
This site provides statistics and everything you would want to know about chile producers in NM.
 
http://www-psych.nmsu.edu/~linda/chile.htm
A collection of all things chile.

 

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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.

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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!

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Water:

http://www.projectwet.org/

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.

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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.

www.cottonsjourney.com/

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 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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