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"Not Grown In New Mexico" since when? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hatch is failing me. )=

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@ramble81 @owatnext
Why are they using chiles grown outside of NM? Crop shortages? Increased demand?
Some transparency seems to be in order if you're gonna sell people chiles from Canada (or Colorado; same thing).
#NMChiles

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The processing chile market in New Mexico has been a dumpsterfire for a long time. It all starts out with them trying to maximize profits and minimize costs

New Mexico growers often plant F2 seed to save money on buying hybrid seed. When they do this the resulting crop is highly variable in yield and quality. So the processors never know how much product they will be able to use from one year to the next.

To buffer this issue they contract acres in other locations like Arizona, Mexico, and even Peru and Chile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

@The_v 😱