New Mexicans will soon have another option for the back of their cars. The chile license plate is coming, and as it turns out, it’ll cost less than originally planned.

Ironically, New Mexico’s newly beloved chile plate may have never happened if it weren’t for competition. In February 2017, Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill to recognize Pueblo-grown chile ...

Harvested acreage of New Mexico chiles has declined from 35,000 acres in 1992 to less than 9,000 in 2013, according to the New Mexico Chile Assn. Last year’s harvest was the smallest in recent ...

I just got back from a week in New Mexico, and that usually means, by rough calculation, having consumed approximately 21 meals based on chile, most of it green. That’s not including snacks ...

New Mexico produced more than 60% of the U.S. chile pepper crop in 2021 and is home to Hatch, an agricultural village known as the chile capital of the world for the unique red and green peppers ...

So far this season, officials said New Mexico’s green chile harvest is more than 10 days ahead of schedule and experts are expecting between 55,000 and 60,000 tons of peppers to be harvested.

Despite these obstacles, New Mexico’s green chile growers continue to excel, managing to cultivate about 85,000 acres of chile annually. However, demand for the crop still far exceeds supply.

Chile plants arrived in New Mexico with the Spanish in 1540, and today are synonymous with the state's unique cuisine, a blend of Spanish and Pueblo Indian flavors.

HATCH, New Mexico — The aroma of fresh roasted green chiles is already wafting through southern New Mexico as some farmers are getting a jumpstart on the harvest. The earlier start to the season ...

New Mexico will use the federal relief funds to boost wages among chile pickers and processors to $19.50 an hour in an effort to ensure adequate labor. Republican State Sen. Crystal Diamond on ...

For New Mexico, chile is more than a key ingredient for every meal. It's life. It's at the center of the official state question — "Red or green?" — and is one of the state's official vegetables.