Agriculture meetings to take place in New Mexico

Oct 21, 2015

Meetings scheduled to start in December 2015

In an effort to bring together the voices of farmers, ranchers, commercial marketers, consumers, educators and other types of people whose work impacts the agriculture community, New Mexico First and New Mexico State University County Extension Service are hosting a series of regional meetings.

The Resilience in New Mexico Agriculture Community Meetings will look at the issues, trends and challenges facing agriculture, along with solutions to some of the industry’s pressing issues.

Organizers are confident the meetings will lead to a statewide plan that can assist in many ways including:

Creating common ground around food and agriculture policies
Generating ideas for more economic value for producers and economic vitality for consumers
Coming up with strategies to support younger generations interested in agriculture
Tackling water, land-use, climate change and economic issues

Meetings will be held in 11 counties, beginning on Wednesday, December 2^nd and continuing until March 2016.

Meeting Schedule
Schedule is sorted from earliest date to latest date
Check in is 30 minutes before meetings begin and lunch will be provided at each meeting at 12PM

Community	Date	Time	Address
Roswell	Wednesday, December 2, 2015	9:30AM - 12PM	Roswell Convention & Civic Center - 912 N. Main St
Las Cruces	Thursday, January 7, 2016	9:30AM - 12PM	New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum - 4100 Dripping Springs Road
Albuquerque	Wednesday, January 13, 2016	9:30AM - 12PM	Mid-Region Council of Governments - 809 Copper Ave NW
Laguna (Tribal)	Thursday, January 14, 2016	1PM - 3:30PM	Route 66 Casino & Hotel - 14500 Central Ave SW
Silver City	Friday, January 15, 2016	9:30AM - 12PM	Bataan Memorial Park Building - Fort Bayard Road
Espanola (Tribal)	Wednesday, February 10, 2016	9:30AM - 12PM	Santa Claran Hotel & Casino - 460 North Riverside Drive
Taos	Thursday, February 11, 2016	9:30AM - 12PM	Juan I. Gonzales Memorial Taos County Agricultural Center - 202 Chamisa Road
Farmington	Wednesday, March 2, 2016	1PM - 3:30PM	Farmington Civic Center - 200 W Arrington St
Crownpoint (Tribal)	Thursday, March 3, 2016	1PM - 3:30PM	Navajo Technical University - Lowerpoint Rd State Hwy 371
Shiprock (Tribal)	Friday, March 4, 2016	1PM - 3:30PM	Diné College - 1228 Yucca Street
Tucumcari	Wednesday, March 9, 2016	9:30AM - 12PM	Tucumcari Convention Center - 1500 West Historic Route 66

Interested parties must register to ensure a spot at the meeting.

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Mexico produced more than $298 million worth of hay, making it the top crop in the state.

Join the discussion and tell us what you think some of the main issues facing agriculture in New Mexico are. Do you plan on attending any of the meetings? If so, what kind of information do you want to see presented?

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