New Mexico Statutes Chapter 25. Food § 25-10-4. Genetic research program initiated

A. devote an appropriate portion of its funding for the purpose of initiating a program of genetic research and procedures for developing a seed source for faster growing piñon trees suitable to New Mexico's climate;

B. study methods to prevent and control diseases that threaten the piñon trees in this state;

C. conduct and publish a nutritional analysis of piñon nuts;

D. research and recommend storage methods for both shelled and unshelled nuts for periods of up to three years;

E. recommend packaging methods for shelled nuts to preserve freshness;

F. conduct a marketing study to define the potential of exploiting the state's present wild-growing piñon nut crop resource both for in-state consumption and for out-of-state export;

G. conduct research in the development of mechanical means for harvesting piñon nuts from wild trees that will not cause damage to the trees or their surroundings and mechanical means for shelling the piñon nuts; and

H. report annually to the legislature regarding the amount of funding it is devoting and expending for the research, development and marketing programs called for in this section, the funding being devoted to and expended for other agricultural, range, forestry and land stewardship programs and the progress being made towards fulfilling the research, development and marketing programs called for in this section.