NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service how-to guides and circulars cover such topics as gardening, health, clothing and sewing, family resource management, and livestock and range management.

While NMSU's publication listing is vast, we have collected publications specific to McKinley County and the more common requests from our clientele.

Health & Family Well-Being Publications

Food & Nutrition

• My Plate: The Vegetable Group

• My Plate: The Dairy Group

• My Plate: The Fruit Group

• My Plate: The Grain Group

• My Plate: The Protein Group

Food Preparation

• New Mexico Favorites: Chile and Pecans

• Guide E-327: Using Chile to Make Ristras and Chile Sauce

Food Preservation

• Guide E318: Preparing and Canning Pickled and Fermented Foods at Home

• Preserving Tomatoes at Home

• Make Jelly, Jam, and Spread at Home

• Freezing Vegetables

• Freezing Fruit Basics

• Drying Foods

Health

• Guide f-123: Healthy Habits for a Healthy Weight in Children: A Parent’s Guide

Individual Publications

• Control Your Diabetes for Life: Choosing Foods at Meals and Snacks

• Control Your Diabetes for Life: How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label

• Control Your Diabetes for Life: What About Sweets?

• Control Your Diabetes for Life: Keeping Heart Healthy

• Control Your Diabetes for Life: Diabetes Food Guide Pyramid

Animal Publications

• Controlling Pocket Gophers in New Mexico

• Extension Pesticide Applicator Training Series- #1 Pest Identification

• Extension Pesticide Applicator Training Series- #2 Pest Management Practices

• When to Harvest Vegetables

• Hoop House Construction for New Mexico

• Sheep Production and Management

• 1994 Guide for Control of External Parasites of Sheep and Goats

• Wool Grades

• Small Poultry Flock Management

• Horse Bots

• Evaluation of Equine Hoof Care

• Documents Required to Transport Horses in New Mexico