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Commodities
Wheat/Grains
- Wheat Foods Council Go to How Wheat Works to plant, grow, and harvest your own wheat!
- USA Rice Federation Learn all about rice and even get recipes.
- National Association of Wheat Growers
- North American Millers' Association Learn about milling wheat, corn, and oats.
- Grain Foods Foundation Videos, articles, research, and infographics
- Grainchain Great cooking in the classroom tips. Specially designed for teachers with lessons, curriculum links and fun & games
- Kansas Wheat
- Free Rice Have your students help feed the hungry with good vocabulary!
Dairy
- Dairy MAX
- Dairy Poster
- Dairy Producers of New Mexico
- MooMilk
- National Dairy Council
- New Mexico Dairy Facts
- Southwest Dairy Farmers Great site for cooking ideas, kids korner, fun links, and to schedule the mobile dairy classroom.
Beef
- Beef Poster
- Fact About Beef
- New Mexico Beef Council
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association
- New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association
- Texas Ranch House The history of Cattle Drives Lessons
Chile Peppers
- Chile Pepper Institute A great resource on New Mexico Green Chile. This site provides everything you need to know about chile peppers.
- Chile Pepper Info, Products, & Recipes A collection of all things chile.
New Mexico Nuts: peanuts, pecans, pistachios,pinon (pine nuts)
- Heart of the Desert Pistachios & Wines From Eagle Ranch
- New Mexico Pecan Company - Salopek Farms
- Stahmann Farm Pecans
- New Mexico Pinon Nuts
- National Peanut Board - How Peanuts Grow
- U.S. Pecans
Corn
- National Corn Growers Association Learn about key issues dealing with corn, biofuels, biotechnology, trade, and research.
- Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Interesting corn facts!
- The World's Healthiest Foods Learn the health benefits of corn!
- The Great Corn Adventure Learn all about corn! You might be surprised at all the different corn related products!
- Illinois Corn
- Popcorn Lessons
Water
- Project WET Foundation
- New Mexico Water Science Center Find water data and research for New Mexico.
- New Mexico Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts
- Project Wet
Cotton
- National Cotton Council of America Great educational resources to learn all about cotton and cottonseed
- Cotton Campus Great site that provides a fun way for students of all ages to learn about cotton.
- YouTube - The Story of Cotton Shows cotton's journey from seed to hundreds of products!
- Cotton Today Learn about advances in cotton production.
- Cotton's Journey
Wool
- American Sheep Industry Association Provides contacts for New Mexico sheep industry
- YouTube - New Mexico's Wool, America's Heartland Great video to share with your class!