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Impact Report

For plan Profitable Livestock Production (Santa Fe County)
Date October 30, 2009, 7:17 pm
For Objective Long-term Show long-term objectives
Impact Report The Santa Fe County Agent has been involved with the steering committee of the Beef Industry Improvement-New Mexico (BII-NM)initiative since the fall of 2009. The committee is comprised of individuals from the Cooperative Extension Service, NM Beef Council, NM Cattle Growers Association, ranchers, La Montanita Food Coop, Farm to Table, NM Department of Agriculture and the NM Economic Development Department. Through the committees efforts, several townhall-type meeting have been held throughout the state sharing with participants the "State of the Industry" report which is based on a research project that was done by some NMSU Extension Economist. In addition input was sought from attendees as to what kinds ideas they had that would help make them more profitable. As a follow-up to the townhall meeting an initial summit was held in Albuquerque in November 2009 in which the participant came up with 6 major recommendations which are : 1. Develop a Branded Beef Program using the “value chain” framewok. 2. Enhance Coordination and identify roles and responsibilities among beef and other agriculture-related organizations and agencies. 3. Work with NMSU Cooperative Extension to facilitate Regional Supply Chain Cooperations that create economies of scale. 4. Research and educate producers on how Secondary Income Streams can be created from existing operations. 5. Bring together policymakers, regulators, producers, processors, and experts to address key Regulatory Issues. 6. Educate producers on Best Practices for Cattle Health and develop ways to ensure that these practices result in added value. A second statewide summit was held in August held in which the participants came up with goals and objectives and prioritized them for the industry to work on. The committee members have been assigned to work on specific recommendation's goals and objectives which are both short and long term. The Agent will be very involved with recommendation number 3. The BII_NM steering committee has been meeting on an almost monthly basis in order to keep the momentum going and see some of this effort pass to fruition.