Let me tell you about someone who had an enormous impact upon New Mexico Agriculture. While there are others with a claim to the title I think of him as Mr. New Mexico Agriculture. The Agriculture Building on the campus of New Mexico State University is Thomas Hall named for Dr. Gerald W. Thomas, the 17th NMSU President and the 2nd longest serving president. Agriculture was enhanced so much by Dr. Gerald Thomas.

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When talking about the development of agriculture in Southern New Mexico I always like to talk about military forts 150 years ago like Fort Selden just north of Las Cruces. While we all have watched Hollywood movies of forts, they are not true to what made a huge change in Southern New Mexico. Let me tell you about the agriculture of crops in 1880s New Mexico.

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This is Memorial Day 2025 week and I want to celebrate someone special. When I interviewed people from World War Two there was a bad week in April 1945. On the 12th President Roosevelt suddenly died and six days later Earnie Pyle was killed on by a Japanese sniper. Both deaths were devastating. Especially war correspondent Ernie Pyle who I think of on Memorial Day.

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