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Impact Report
| For plan | Profitable Livestock Production (Chaves County) |
| Date | October 16, 2008, 4:13 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | County Emergency Agriculture Plan Annex The Southwest Border Food Safety and Defense Center coordinated a meeting in Roswell to bring together law enforcement, health officials, livestock board officials, county government, state and federal fish and wildlife officials, agricultural producers, and food processing plant administrators to discuss the development of an Agricultural Emergency Annex to the County Emergency Plan. The Chaves County group decided to complete an agricultural annex to add to the existing plan. The agent worked with the Chaves County Emergency Manager and a smaller committee (the Chaves County Agricultural Preparedness Committee) made up of the agent, livestock auction owners, Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau representative, the New Mexico Wool Grower’s president, and the Dairy Producers of New Mexico executive director to rate the various areas of agricultural vulnerability and prepare the plan. A tabletop exercise is scheduled for October 2008 to assess the plan and determine any additional planning needs. Twenty-two individuals have participated in compiling the plan since the primary meeting. The agent has served as coordinator of the Chaves County group and has assisted the County Emergency Manager with agricultural information for the actual plan. In the event of a major agricultural disaster, this plan will positively impact Chaves County’s response to that disaster. |