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Animal Health Black Ink Book Reviews Caren Cowan Cowboy Heroes Estrays Farm Bureau Minute Global Economy In Memoriam Jingle Jangle Lee Pitts N.M. Federal Lands News N.M. Livestock Board NMCGA Presidents Letter Obituaries Old Times & Old Timers On the Edge of Common Sense Riding Herd Scatterin' the Drive To The Point View From the Backside	Category: To The Point Go Ahead, Be Offended Obviously I am a current events junky, thus we watch and listen to a lot of news. In an attempt not to be blindly led by any single perspective, in the mornings we watch Fox News for about an hour. In the evenings we try to watch two network national news broadcasts. At night we watch the local news. During the day there is a mix of KOB 770 and Rural Radio in the car. Add in the emails and Facebook (until recently) and I have a pretty broad range in what is going on around me.… Read the rest Never a Dull Moment by Caren Cowan Along with being time consuming, there is never a dull moment in the governmental arena and the protection of private property rights. We are completing July, which one might think would be a slow time for most, especially those working for government — giving the rest of us a break. Not so much. We talked at length last month about the devastating news from the New Mexico Court of Appeals declaring the state’s agricultural workers compensation exemption unconstitutional.… Read the rest To the Point To The Point by Caren Cowan The Bad News … Memorials The state’s workers’ comp exemption has been ruled unconstitutional. In a ruling issued by the New Mexico Court of Appeals on June 22, 2015, all of agriculture is now subject to purchasing workers compensation insurance for its’ workers. In an action that can only be considered as punitive, the ruling is retroactive to March 20, 2012. Clearly one cannot go back and purchase this insurance for the past three years, so ranchers and farmers are open to the liability of any claims going back that far.… Read the rest To The Point To The Point by Caren Cowan The Rest of the Story … 2015 Legislature Memorials We haven’t talked about the various Memorials the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) worked on during the recent Legislature. There were a few favorite oldies and some new ones too. One must remember that a memorial in the Legislature doesn’t hold the force of law and doesn’t have to be signed by the Governor. A memorial is a statement of the sentiment of the House and/or the Senate on an issue.… Read the rest To The Point To The Point by Caren Cowan Why Don’t Foodies Like Agriculture? As home cooking, gourmet dinners and cooking shows come back into vogue; one might expect that food growers — agriculture — would be a pretty popular community. The mere fact that American agriculture feeds and clothes our nation and some of the rest of the world should be grounds for a cozy relationship with anyone and everyone who eats. But we well know that we missed that boat sometime ago.… Read the rest To The Point To The Point by Caren Cowan Another One in the Books The 2015 New Mexico State Legislature is history. Governor Susana Martinez has 20 days from the close of the Legislature, March 21, to sign, veto, or pocket veto the less than 200 bills that made it to her desk. The Session was unique as they all are. It seemed to take awhile to get rolling but there were enough early morning and late night committee meetings to wear a person out.… Read the rest To The Point To The Point by Caren Cowan So much material … so little time No matter what happens, the New Mexico Legislature always provides a lot of work, food for thought, high blood pressure and entertainment. Back in the olden days one of my favorite things to do was buy a Bill Locater and make fun of the names some bills got. As a disclaimer, it was never my intention to bully the bill drafters and I hope it was never considered as such.… Read the rest « Older Entries Newer Entries »	Categories Aggie Notes Beef Checkoff Black Ink Book Reviews Climate Change COOL Cowboy Heroes Cuts From the Edit Room Floor Endangered Species Environment Estrays Factory Farming Farm Bureau Minute General Global Economy In Memoriam Jingle Jangle Lee Pitts Letters to the Editor Marketing Our Products Merger Nat'l Animal ID System NM Federal Lands News NM Livestock Board NMCGA President's Letter Obituaries Old Times & Old Timers On the Edge of Common Sense People Press Release Press Releases Price Reporting Property Rights Riding Herd Scatterin' the Drive Strategic Alliance To The Point View From the Backside
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