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Deming Daily Digest Friday, June 05, 2026

Ty McDuffey

05 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

The governor's drought declaration lands different when you're looking at your well gauge instead of a statewide map, and every farmer from here to the Florida Mountains knows it. New Mexico's been running on fumes for years, but Luna County doesn't get the luxury of hoping things improve—we're already rationing what little we've got, and fire season coming in this dry means one spark anywhere near the bosque or the agricultural lands could turn into something none of us can stop. The real conversation isn't about what the state declares in Santa Fe; it's about what happens in July when the monsoon doesn't show up and we're still trying to keep the onion and chile crops alive. Good time to remember that a family BBQ this weekend—and there's nothing wrong with that—takes more water than most of us want to think about.

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