"AG"mazing Web Resources

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Commodities

Everything is Rooted in the Soil

Everything is Rooted in the Soil Activity Answer Key

A Look at New Mexico Agriculture

Beef

• Beef Poster
• Beef: It's What's for Dinner in New Mexico Discover the beef sustainability story in New Mexico!
• Facts 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

NMSU CPI & Chile Pepper, Info, Products, & Recipes

• Bueno Foods – For recipes and more!
• Chile Pepper Institute A great resource on New Mexico Green Chile. This site provides everything you need to know about chile peppers.
• New Mexico Chile Association
• Seco Spice

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 American Journey

Dairy

• Dairy Farmers of America
• Dairy MAX
• Dairy Poster
• Dairy Producers of New Mexico
• Discover Dairy Engaging, interactive, cross-curricular educational series that meets Common CORE Standards for Math, Science and Reading
• Leprino Foods
• National Dairy Council
• New Mexico Dairy Facts
• Southwest Cheese
• Southwest Dairy Farmers Great site for cooking ideas, kids korner, fun links, and to schedule the mobile dairy classroom.

Grains

• Grain Foods Foundation: What are grains?
• MyPlate Eat Healthy Grains
• North American Millers' Association Learn about milling various grains such as wheat, corn, and oats.

Corn

• National Corn Growers Association Learn about key issues dealing with corn, biofuels, biotechnology, trade, and research.
• The Great Corn Adventure Learn all about corn! You might be surprised at all the different corn related products!
• Illinois Corn
• Iowa Corn – Let's get "poppin' with corn education"
• Popcorn Lessons

Rice

• USA Rice Federation Learn all about rice and even get recipes.
• Free Rice Have your students help feed the hungry with good vocabulary!

Wheat

• Wheat Foods Council Go to How Wheat Works to plant, grow, and harvest your own wheat!
• National Association of Wheat Growers: Wheat 101
• Kansas Wheat

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
• National Peanut Board - How Peanuts Grow
• U.S. Pecans
• Western Pecan Growers Association

Onions

• National Onion Association
• New Mexico Onion Varieties

Water

• Natural Resources Conservation Service New Mexico
• New Mexico Water Science Center Find water data and research for New Mexico.
• New Mexico Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts
• Project Wet
• Project WET Foundation

Wool/Sheep

• American Sheep Industry Association Fast Facts Provides contacts for New Mexico sheep industry
• YouTube - New Mexico's Wool, America's Heartland Great video to share with your class!

Educational Fair Posters

• Dairy Poster
• Beef Poster
• Sheep Poster
• Swine Poster
• Horses Poster
• Goats Poster
• Rabbits Poster
• Poultry Poster