LAS CRUCES -- Learning to shoot a shotgun by first practicing with a BB gun is the innovative technique described on a video entitled "Flying Targets: From Basic BB Gun To Shotgun Shooting" produced by New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service.

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LAS CRUCES - Fall is a good time to protect peach and related trees against their worst enemy: the peach tree borer.

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ALBUQUERQUE - New Mexicans may scowl when they buy their jack o'lanterns this year. Droughts in the East and Midwest have slashed pumpkin yields up to 50 percent, pushing prices higher, said George Dickerson, horticulturist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service.

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LAS CRUCES - Cotton growers in the Mesilla Valley are banding together to try to control the boll weevil, which has infested 500 of the area's 30,000 acres of cotton, said a New Mexico State University agricultural agent.

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LAS CRUCES -- Robert Flynn began work Sept. 1 at New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center in Artesia as an assistant professor.

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LAS CRUCES -- Three New Mexico State University freshmen are the first recipients of four-year scholarships from the newly created Fabian Garcia Multicultural Scholars Program.

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LAS CRUCES -- Jesus Trujillo, of Loco Hills, NM, is one of the first recipients of a four-year scholarship from the newly created Fabian Garcia Multicultural Scholars Program at New Mexico State University.

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LAS CRUCES -- New Mexico State University's equitation team, ranked first in the nation in Western-style riding, will host two horse shows Oct. 14 and 15, beginning at 8 a.m. each morning.

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LAS CRUCES - Before heading for work, Curtis Monger packs for the day -- a trowel, some common plastic bags, a sturdy straw hat and plenty of drinking water. While this New Mexico State University soil scientist's tools are simple, his work has implications for understanding one-third of the world's surface, which is covered by desert.

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LAS CRUCES - Windstorms in mid-September and early October could decrease New Mexico's pecan yields by 5 percent this year, said a New Mexico State University horticulturist.

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