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LAS CRUCES – The New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) announced on Tuesday that $563,843 in funding has been awarded to seven specialty crop projects for fiscal year 2022-2023. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service awards the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funding to NMDA, and NMDA administers the funding, which is awarded to projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the state and support specialty crop growers through marketing, education and research.
