NM ground water conference

	SAVE THE DATE! NEW MEXICO GROUNDWATER CONFERENCE July 20 & 21, 2020 State Bar of New Mexico, 5121 Masthead NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87199

Groundwater resources play an important role in New Mexico’s drinking water supply in urban and rural areas. Additional water needs for mining, oil & gas, industry, agriculture, and for sustaining ecology add demand stress to an already limited supply. There are likely to be future constraints on stream flow dependability and aquifer recharge rates. Realistic water planning to achieve optimal use of the state’s aquifers is essential if New Mexico is to achieve a long term sustainable supply/demand balance. The Annual New Mexico Groundwater Conference will explore the next frontiers in water planning and implementation.

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Continuing Education

• Application will be submitted to the State Bar of NM for Attorneys for CLE Hours
• Application will be submitted to the Office of State Engineer for Well Drillers for CE Hours
• Application will be submitted to the NM Environment Department for Water Operators for TThank you to our 2019 Conference Sponsors

Febuaruary 12 deadline to be included in court action on water in the Pecos system.

If you have primary water rights in the Pecos system. There has a been a claim for water rights that equal what has been retired to meet the Texas New Mexico compact. Legal notice has been published in local news papers and members of PVACD and CID were mailed information. However water-right holders not in those two units were not sent information. You can find out more at NM Courts search CID or PVACD. If you e-mail me I can send what is public information.
This has potential compact compliance issue. If a call for water by the federal water master occurs to meet the compact he will take what water is available. NM has to deliver water.
The dead line to be included is 12 Feb.

Biennial High Plains Dairy Conference slated for March 3-4 in Amarillo

Biennial High Plains Dairy Conference slated for March 3-4 in Amarillo
DATE: 02/04/2020
WRITER: Jane Moorman, 505-249-0527, jmoorman@nmsu.edu
CONTACT: Robert Hagevoort, 806-786-3421, dairydoc@nmsu.edu
Dairy producers are always seeking ways they can improve their operations both in terms of productivity as well as sustainability. One place they can learn the latest ways to do so is at the High Plains Dairy Conference.

The 2020 conference will be Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3-4, at the Embassy Suites, 550 S. Buchanan Street in Amarillo, Texas. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. with the seminars starting at 8 a.m.

The conference, held every-other-year, provides dairy producers in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma with seminars that apply to issues faced in the High Plains region.

“We strive to provide practical information to the producers,” said conference co-chair Robert Hagevoort, New Mexico State University’s Extension dairy specialist. “We want them to consider the take-home messages as they drive home and see if some of the information is applicable to their operation.”

Presenters and panel discussions focus on issues that the producers deal with including groundwater situation on the High Plains, nutrition and animal health, reproduction and transition cow management, young-stock management, and workforce development and training, as well as the dairy economic and legislative outlook.

“Our producers like panel discussion because they hear different viewpoints about issues,” Hagevoort said. “There will be panel discussion or round-robin presentations on water and cropping, dairy legislative update and animal health.”

One of this year’s hot topic is the newest version of the National Milk Producer Federation’s Farmers Assuring Responsible Management program that was implemented on Jan. 1. A panel discussion on the perspectives of the producer, veterinarian and customer will be led by NMPF senior director Emily Yeiser-Stepp.

“Every version of this third-party verification program has improved how the industry is operating,” Hagevoort said. “It is a continuous process to ensure that producers and their employees are doing things in a responsible manner – specifically as it relates to the care of the animals.”

Further detail about the conference agenda is available at http://highplainsdairy.org/.

Online registration is available at the website. Early bird registration fee before Feb. 17 is $275 per person. A one-day fee for March 3 is available for $150.

Those who choose to mail the registration form should send it to High Plains Dairy Conference, Attn: Charlotte Bruna, 244 Cyclone Lane, Waterville, Kansas, 66548. Questions can be addressed by calling Bruna at 785-747-6313.
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NMSU to host 2020 Economic Outlook Conference Feb. 13

NMSU to host 2020 Economic Outlook Conference Feb. 13
DATE: 02/03/2020
WRITER: Carlos Andres Lopez, 575-646-1955, carlopez@nmsu.edu
CONTACT: Anthony Casaus, 575-646-5817, acasaus@ad.nmsu.edu
National and state economists will gather in Las Cruces Thursday, Feb. 13, to present their economic forecasts for 2020 during New Mexico State University’s ninth annual Economic Outlook Conference, hosted by the College of Business and Wells Fargo & Company.

The conference – free and open to the public – will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave. A reception will start at 9:30 a.m.

This year’s speakers include Charles Dougherty, vice president and economist at Wells Fargo Securities, and NMSU Regents professor emeritus Jim Peach, who served as a faculty member in the Department of Economics, Applied Statistics and International Business from 1980 to 2018.

Dougherty, who joined Wells Fargo in 2017, covers the commercial real estate, housing and construction sectors of the United States’ regional and macro economy. He regularly writes indicator reports, produces special commentary and contributes to Well Fargo’s Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary report.

Before joining Wells Fargo, Dougherty worked as a regional economist and consultant for IHS Markit and CertainTeed, one of the largest building product manufacturers in North America. He holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in economics from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Peach recently published two articles on Major League Baseball, as well as a book on the New Mexico economy and an article on the process of economic development. In addition to receiving numerous awards for teaching, research and service, Peach has served as president of four different academic organizations.

Peach earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include economic policy, energy, economic development, income distribution, demography and the economics of sports.

The deadline to register for this year’s conference is Monday, Feb. 10. To register, visit http://business.nmsu.edu/cob-events, or call Anthony Casaus at 575-646-5817.
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