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EPISODE · Aug 13, 2025 · 37 MIN

Pecan orchards in the desert? More on the sustainability of water and farming in El Paso

from The El Paso Matters Podcast

As climate change and drought pressure El Paso's water supplies, pecan farmers in one of the nation's biggest pecan-growing hubs are testing out new techniques to sustain agriculture in the face of heat and increasingly salty groundwater. El Paso Matters reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers speaks with Orlando Flores, the county extensions agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, about agriculture in the El Paso area and how farmers manage water shortages. You can read Diego's recent reporting on the regional pecan industry at elpasomatters.org.

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