Alamogordo will be the final stop in the 2018 agricultural listening session series held by New Mexico’s top agricultural leaders.
New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Dean Rolando A. Flores and New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte will host the session beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, at the Otero County Cooperative Extension Service office at the Otero County Fairgrounds, 401 Fairgrounds Road in Alamogordo.
Since beginning the listening sessions in 2017, Flores and Witte have conducted five meetings across the state. The information they learn helps them lead their organizations.
“As representatives of NMSU, we address the agricultural needs through research, teaching and Extension,” Flores said. “The best way to know about the agricultural issues is to listen to the stakeholders in the state.”
Topics at this year’s first two sessions in Roswell and Belen ranged from education of future agricultural leaders to agricultural projects that will be included in the state general obligation bond election in November.
“We look forward to meeting with New Mexico residents in Otero and Lincoln counties and listening to their concerns,” Witte said. “The listening sessions provide New Mexicans with the opportunity to engage in face-to-face conversation with us, while allowing us to answer questions they may have regarding agriculture in our state.”
Information from NMSU