LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – Water is a necessary resource for pecan farmers, but farmers in the Borderland are having to find other ways to get enough of it.
Shannon Ivey, a fourth generation pecan farmer, says this has led to farmers having to get their water through alternative methods after noticing climate changes in his 25 years of farming.
“Our biggest challenge has been the drought, so water is our number one issue,” he says. “So instead of relying exclusively on the Rio Grande and ground water, we now are pumping a lot of ground water and developing a lot of wells to irrigate our trees.”…