SM 19 — NEW MEXICO MEAT, CHEESE & PRODUCE IN SCHOOLS

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e b l e e h n d d i = = o h WHEREAS, New Mexico boasts one of the most diverse l ] b ,d i a º e r i = r agricultural industries in the United States, and the state is t e w d m a n o a leader in milk, cheese and beef production;

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b e d s º o t n = .231326.4AIC March 10, 2025 (3:27pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d WHEREAS, raising beef is a complex process, but throughout the entire journey, one thing remains constant — the shared commitment to raising cattle in a safe, humane and environmentally sustainable way by using the latest technology and resources, and today, there are more than one million four hundred thousand cattle and more than ten thousand cattle farms and ranches in New Mexico;

and WHEREAS, New Mexico has more than one hundred licensed dairy herds and the largest average herd size in the nation, twoSM 19 Page 1 wo thousand seven hundred cattle;

and h WHEREAS, New Mexico is currently ranked ninth in the u » r nation for milk production and fourth in the nation for cheese t h g e l i production;

and h r i s WHEREAS, most of New Mexico's land use is agricultural, h , e h and agriculture and related industries contribute more than t u g e b l e e , gh forty-eight thousand jobs, nearly six billion dollars n d d i = = o h ($6,000,000,000) in output and more than two billion dollars l ] b ,d i a º r ($2,000,000,000) in labor income to New Mexico's economy;

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b r e t º o t n = .231326.4AIC March 10, 2025 (3:27pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d providing healthy and nutritious meals to New Mexico students in public schools, and these ingredients can be cultivated from the state's robust agricultural industry;

and SECº BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that representatives from the Newwork Mexicogroup cattlebe growers'requested association,to dairyprovide producersa report of Newits Mexico,recommendations southwestto cheesethe andappropriate Tucumcariinterim mountainlegislative cheesecommittees bestudying invitedagriculture toand thepublic workeducation group;by November 1, 2025;

and»SECand BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that thecopies workof groupthis memorial be requestedSM to19 providePage a2 reporttransmitted of its recommendations to the appropriateNew interimMexico legislativedepartment committeesof studying agriculture and the public h education bydepartment SECºfor September»SECappropriate SECºNovember»SECdistribution. 1, 2025;

andSM u19 »Page r3 BE5 IT7 FURTHER9 RESOLVED25 that copies of this memorial be t h g e l i transmitted to the New Mexico department of agriculture and the h r i s public education department for appropriate distribution.

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