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Federal Environmental Issues and Regulations

• Ben Yale's website regarding legislation, legal and regulatory issues


• Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship Program
  developed by EPA, USDA, and land-grant university staff to assist producers with all aspects of permit compliance.

• EPA Ag Assistance Publications
• EPA Construction General permit
• EPA Construction General permit
• CAFO Self Audit Checklist
• EPA Region 6
• EPA Agricultural Assistance Center
• EPA EPCRA Requirements
• USDA/EPA Unified National Strategy on Animal Feeding Operations
• Animal Feeding Operations' Voluntary Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans
• Effluent Guidelines for CAFO's
• Major Environmental Laws
• New Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Rule
CAFO highlights:
Production
Best Management Practices
Education & Training
Laws
Research
Compliance & Enforcement
Related Publications
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United States Department of Agriculture
Dairy Quality Standards
Dairy information
Dairy Key Contacts
Dairy Market News
Dairy Research and Promotion
AMS at USDA - Dairy promotions and research

House Committee on Agriculture webpage and information:

Subscribe to news releases from the House Committee on Agriculture. The news releases you will be seeing are the same as they are received by reporters who cover the House Agriculture Committee.

Agriculture results in the 2002 Census

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New Mexico State Government:

• Governor's Office
• State Legislature
• City Governments
• County Governments
• New Mexico Department of Agriculture
• State of New Mexico Homepage
• New Mexico State University

New Mexico Congressional Reps:
Find out who represents YOU, and contact them via email.

• Heather Wilson) (US Rep)
• Steven Pearce (US Rep)
• Tom Udall (US Rep)

New Mexico-Specific Environmental Rules and Regulations:

• NMED Ground Water Quality Bureau
• NMED Surface Water Quality Bureau
• NMED Home Page
• Natural Resources Conservation Service - Farm Bill and EQIP information
• NRCS New Mexico
• New Mexico County Extension Offices

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Consultants

Glorieta Geoscience, Inc.
Jay Lazarus
PO Box 5727
Santa Fe, NM  87505
voice (505) 983-5446 and fax (505) 983-6482
email:  lazarus@glorietageo.com or ggi@glorietageo.com 

Ag2Energy
Kyle Hoodenpyle
2602 Marlboro
Lubbock, TX 79415
806-224-3808
www.ag2energy.com
email: agr2energy@hotmail.com

Ashcraft Consulting, Inc.
Loney Ashcraft
Office: (575) 347-2600
Cell: (575) 626-4509

Barron's Engineering Solutions - In Time!
Mary Barron
11 Cajun Court
Roswell, NM  88201
Voice:  (575) 622-7224
email:  best9@cableone.net

EnviroCompliance Services, Inc.
Chet Wyant
564 SR 523
Clovis, NM  88101
Voice: (575) 762-9674
Fax: (575) 762-3749
Email: cwyant@plateautel.net
Gallagher & Kennedy
Anthony J. Trujillo
1233 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Voice: (505) 982-9523
Fax: (505) 983-8160
www.gknet.com
email:  gk@gknet.com

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Associations/Boards/Councils

• 2424milk
  Online educational resource designed and maintained to keep teens and moms engaged and educated about nature's power drink.
• American Association of Bovine Practitioners
  An international association of veterinarians organized to enhance the professional lives of its members through relevant continuing education.
• American Butter Institute
  Represents the marketing and regulatory interests of the nation's butter manufacturers, with its 32 member companies marketing approximately 90% of all the butter manufactured in the United States.
• American Cheese Society
  Non-profit organization to promote farmstead and specialty cheeses in North & Latin America. The site provides general information and sources for US and imported cheese.
• American Dairy Goat Association
  Organized in 1904 to collect, record and preserve the pedigrees of dairy goats and to provide genetic management and related services to dairy goat breeders.
• American Dairy Science Association
  International organization of educators, scientists, and industrialists who are committed to advancing the dairy industry.
• California Cheese and Butter Association
  Non-profit organization for any person, company or organization engaged in the manufacture, sale, promotion or distribution of cheese and butter in the state of California.
• California Dairy Herd Improvement Association
  Provides quality assurance, production statistics, communications, and program direction for a federation of local dairy herd improvement association located in the western states.
• Dairy Council of California
  Health and nutrition information provided to health professionals, educators and California consumers.
• Dairy Council of Florida
• Dairy Farmers of Ontario
  Marketing group for the largest sector on Ontario agriculture and is owned and operated by the farm families of Ontario, Canada's 7,000 dairy farmers.
• International Dairy Foods Association
  Washington, D.C. based association for processors, manufacturers, marketers, distributors and suppliers of dairy foods, including milk, cheese, ice cream and frozen desserts.
• Milk News Room
  Official newsroom for the got milk? & milk mustache campaign and the Milk Processor Education Program.
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• National Dairy Council
  Founded in 1915 and provides nutrition information through national, state and regional dairy council units.
• National Dairy FARM Program
  The National Dairy FARM Program is a nation-wide, verifiable program that addresses animal well-being.
• National Dairy Herd Improvement Association, Inc.
  Maintains a national dairy records program.
• National Ice Cream & Yogurt Retailers Association
  Organization of ice cream parlor operators.
• National Mastitis Council
  Non-profit organization devoted to reducing mastitis and enhancing milk quality.
• National Milk Producers Federation
  Farm commodity organization representing most of the dairy marketing cooperatives in the United States.
• New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
• New Mexico Hay Growers Association
• New Mexico Livestock Board
  Official website for New Mexico Livestock Board.
• Oregon Dairy Council
  Nutrition education that provides Oregonians with scientifically accurate information to encourage healthy food choices for life.
• Real California Cheese
  Site of the California Milk Advisory Board.
• Safe Food Inc.
  An Alliance of associations that represent the livestock, meat and poultry industries.
• United States Dairy Export Council
  Membership organization that represents the interests of U.S. milk producers, cooperative dairy companies, dairy processors, export marketing and trading companies, and suppliers to the dairy industry.
• Washington State Dairy Council
  Private non-profit nutrition agency that provides health professionals, educators, the media and the public with nutrition education resources, health and fitness information, an online catalog and more.
• Western States Dairy Producers Trade Association
  A nonprofit agricultural association formed to improve and promote the dairy industry by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of individual state dairy producer associations, and to improve and promote education and instruction regarding the dairy industry in the western United States.

Dairy Products

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Breeders

• American Guernsey Association
  registration and services for business of Guernsey dairy cattle.
• American Jersey Cattle Association
  Dedicated to the improvement and marketing of Jersey cattle.
• Brown Swiss Cattle Breeder's Association
  Provides history of the breed, and production and genetics information.
• Holstein Association, USA
  Non-profit membership organization of 43,000 people with strong interests in breeding, raising and milking Holstein cattle.
• Red and White Dairy Cattle Association
  Incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1964 to encourage and promote the breeding and development of a new breed of dairy cattle referred to as Red & White.

Holstein Breeders:

Best Sunrise Dairy Houston, MO Canyon Breeze Holsteins Cattle Exchange Covista Holsteins Ontario, Canada Carrousel Farms Orangeville, IL Cook Farm - Hadley, Mass Cooks Valley Farm Bloomer, WI Country Dairy New Era, WI Coyne Farms - Avon, NY Crescentmead Farm WI Del-Hollow Farm - Coudersport, PA Golden Oaks Farms - IL Green Meadow Farms - Elsie, MI Hillside Farms, Inc - Shavertown, PA Indies-View-GW Holsteins Kings Ransom Farms - Schuylerville, NY Maple Lawn Farms - MD Merry Air Holsteins

Moo Juice Holsteins - Canisteo, NY Milkworth Holsteins - Middlesex, NY Mohrfield Holsteins - OH Morningview Holsteins - Durango, IA Nabholz Farm - IA Neu-Way Holsteins - Hoyleton, IL North Florida Holsteins - FL North Rush Holsteins - PA Owenlea Holsteins - Homerville, OH Pinehurst Farms - Sheboygan Falls, WI Regancrest Farm - IA Solid Gold Holsteins - PA Stouder Holsteins Tri-Day Holsteins - PA UNECO - Home of Fatal Welcome Stock Farm - Schuylerville, NY Willows Edge Holsteins - New Richmond, WI Whittier Farms - W. Sutton, MA

Colored Breeds:

New Generation Genetics - Brown Swiss Nabholz Farm - Jerseys

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Selected Farm Safety Links from www.fs4jk.org:

• Buckle Up or Eat Glass
  Farm Safety 4 Just Kids rural roadway program. It is a youth organized program to increase seatbelt use on rural roads.
• RFD Television
• Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
• Children's Health Environmental Coalition
  Making your home and community safer for children
• Farm Medic
• Safety World
  Producing leading safety awareness products for over 20 years.

Farm Safety Related Web-sites

• Agriscape
  Provides a search engine for agricultural professionals and others who wish to research various products, services, information, and other topics of agriculture existing on the web.
• Great Plains Center for Ag Safety and Health
• Illinois Agriculture
  The kid's ag page
• Lorenzo's Links
• Make a Farm
• National Safety Council
  Child Safety on the Farm
• Organic Valley
  Visit the Hey Kids Section for a farm tour and a kids farm journal.
• Quia
  Farm Safety Sleuths
• Saskatchewan Labour
  Farm Safety Links

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Ag Safety and Children

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Resources, news, and other links to sites for parents, health professionals, and others interested in child and adolescent development.
• Canada Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
  Info and more on safe and healthy working environments
• Center for Rural Emergency Medicine (CREM)
  Info on the delivery of emergency and trauma care in rural areas.
• Cooperative Extension Service
  Land grant universities across the U.S.
• Children's Safety Network (CSN)
  Links to other injury prevention sites.
• National Ag Safety Database-University of Florida
  Extension compedium of safety and health resources including videos, directories, publications, and abstracts.
• National Center for Farmworker Health
  Info resources and special projects with migrant and seasonal workers.
• National SAFE KIDS Campaign
  Includes safety information for kids.
• National Safety Council
  Includes an ag division.
• North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT)
  NAGCAT offers parents, employers, and educators a unique resource to assigning jobs to children ages 7-16.
• United States Department of Agriculture
  Includes reports, data, program information, and links to other related sites.
• Injury Control Resource Information Network
  Injury prevention information, database searches, updates and links to nationwide and international sites.
• NECAS
  NECAS stands for the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety. It is located in Peosta, Iowa. For more information visit their website!

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Dairy-related Services and Companies

AgTech Inc. Embryo Transfer Training Agricultural Marketing Service - USDA Agricultural Marketing Service includes six commodity programs--Cotton, Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable, Livestock and Seed, Poultry, and Tobacco Citizens State Bank of Loyal Creamland Dairy Dairy Practices Council Dean Foods Co. - Manufacturer of dairy and other specialty food products. Denise Rich aka 'The Rich Artist' eDairy, Inc. - The dairy industry's best source for market news, information, research and analysis. eHay weekly- Past issues EliteCows.com Financial Consulting Five-G Consulting - Dairy design firm The Hay Barn Hay for sale in New Mexico Internet Hay Exhange

Kraft Foods, Inc. - The largest packaged food company in the United States and Canada. Nearly on in every 10 cows in the United States supplies Kraft with the company's dairy products, including Kraft Cheese. Land-O-Lakes Financing Leprino Foods - the world's largest producer of premium-quality mozzarella cheese and pizza cheese blends made for pizzeria and manufacturers. Lester Building Systems New Mexico Hay Growers Association - Includes links to an online marketplace: Hay for Sale Hay Wanted Quality Chekd Rafael Carrillo - Alfalfa production in Socorro area Roswell New Mexico Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc. - Manufacturer of ice cream and other food products.

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