KRQE News 13 · Oct 12, 2026

MRGCD makes water deliveries available to farmers for late-season crops

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District is telling farmers to contact their irrigation system operators to request deliveries because there's water available now, just weeks before the end of the growing season. Owner of Beal Farms, Jimmy Beal, said he'll be requesting water Tuesday for his late-season winter crops.