(AP) — This undated photo provided by New Mexico State University shows research technician Christopher Pierce logging alfalfa harvest data while operating a forage plot harvester at an NMSU science center near Las Cruces, N.M.
NMSU researchers are using genetic analysis with traditional plant breeding to develop alfalfa varieties that are more drought tolerant. (AP Photo/New Mexico State University, Jay A. Rodman)
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