FERAL COWS IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO GROW PECANS. TODD KURTZ STOPS BY ONE OF THE LARGEST ORCHARDS IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF LAS CRUCES. TODD: I LOVE DRIVING TO LAS CRUCES AND SEEING PECAN ORCHARDS. THE CLIMATE DOWN HERE IS PERFECT TO GROW THIS NOT. THE DRIVE ALONE IS WORTH THE TRIP. THE FEW MILES THROUGH THE ORCHARD IS STUNNING. THERE ARE A FEW PLACES IN OUR STATE WHERE YOU GET A CANOPY LIKE THIS. >> IN 1930 THROUGH -- 1932 THEY STARTED PLANTING PECAN TREES. TODD: ORIGINALLY THEY PLANNED TO GROW COTTON. >> A TRUCKLOAD OF PECANS CAME THROUGH. MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT THEM. TODD SALLY AND HER SON RAPHAEL ARE SHOWING US THIS YEAR’S CROP. THE 4000 ACRE FARM PRODUCES THE MOST PECANS IN NEW MEXICO. AS A WHOLE OUR STATE IS A LEADER IN PECAN PRODUCTION. IN 2020 130% OF U.S. PECANS CAME FROM NEW MEXICO, THE SECOND BEHIND GEORGIA. THESE PECANS ARE SHIPPED ALL OVER U.S. AND EUROPE. THEY TYPICALLY HARVEST IN LATE NOVEMBER WHEN THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN. >> ONCE WE HAVE HAD A GOOD FREEZE WE WAIT A FEW DAYS AND SHAKE THE TREES WITH A BOOM SHAKER. I WAS -- TODD: I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE THE ANSWER. >> THE PECANS FALL TO THE FLOOR. TODD: THEY ARE SWEPT INTO ROSE AND SCOOPED FROM THERE. IT’S A MONTH-LONG JOB. HALF THE TREES ARE FROM THE ORIGINAL CROP. THEY PLANTED 4000 ACRES BETWEEN 1932 AND 1939. >> WE DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW LONG THEY LAST. THEY COULD BE HERE ANOTHER 100 YEARS. TODD: HOPEFULLY, A LOT MORE GENERATIONS OF STA