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by Pat Boone

New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association President’s Message

Dear fellow NMCGA members and friends of agriculture

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At this writing it is four days before Easter. The grass is green and the cattle are working it pretty hard. It’s been a while since we had a winter and spring this wet in our country. The cattle market is good and our product is worth a lot of money. I pray it’s this good for all of you, and if it’s not soon will be.

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by José Varela López

New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association President’s Message

Dear Fellow Members & Industry Supporters,

In a letter dated July 20, 1794 President Washington wrote: “I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman’s cares.”

Obviously President Washington’s words have been borne out over these past centuries as all of American agriculture has continued to evolve into a very efficient and productive industry that utilizes science to make meaningful improvements year after year.Read the rest

 

by José Varela López

New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association President’s Message

Dear Fellow Members & Industry Supporters,

You would think that the federal government, with all of its taxpayer funded resources, would be at the forefront in utilizing science to justify their proposed actions. But you’d be wrong. Apparently the same lack of science that has empowered many agencies such as the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) to list numerous animal and plant species as threatened and endangered, or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to declare that global warming is definitively caused by human activities has now permeated the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the form of the proposed “2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans”.

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