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Arizona Co-Chairs
  Donald Butler
Director
Arizona Department of Agriculture
(602) 542-0997
dbutler@azda.gov

  Russell Jones
President
R.L. Jones Customs Brokers
(928) 627-3003
russ@rljones.com


Sonoran Co-Chairs
  Hector Ortiz Ciscomani
Secretario
SAGARHPA
(662) 217-28-25
sagarhpa@prodigy.net.mx

  Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Agricola Gonzmont her. SPR de RL
miko40@prodigy.net.mx




Committees AGRIBUSINESS

Individuals, institutions and companies engaged in the business of supplying and processing agricultural and livestock products and commodities, and individuals involved in buying, selling and supplying of services to the agribusiness industry.


How To Get Involved
By serving on the Agribusiness Committee, you can participate in grassroots policy development, exchange ideas and information through cross-border communication and collaboration, and contribute to the implementation and advancement of cross-border projects. Contact your co-chairs today!


Committee Action Item Progress Report: Agribusiness Progress Report




News & Events
Pressure mounts on food security farming capacity in border states
The economic downturn water scarcity rising oil prices climate change and the loss of prime farmlands are creating "a perfect storm" that is likely to leave many hungry people in its wake....
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Yuma farming groups push for special worker visa
Farming groups in Yuma have enlisted Rep. Raul Grijalva to push for a special guest worker program they are proposing for the winter vegetable season. The pilot program would exempt local employers from a requirement to provide housing for Mexicans...
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AZ Immigration law opens farm jobs to unemployed
For years both sides of the immigration issue have debated whether immigrants take jobs that Americans won't. Now high unemployment and a tough new Arizona immigration law will test that idea in a $9 billion industry: Arizona agriculture.Arizona...
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Mexican economy rebounds with big Q2 growth
The government says Mexico's economy grew 7.6 percent in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the previous year's quarter the largest jump since the 2009 global economic crisis plunged the country into recession....
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Senate's H-1B foes begin new attack
With the cap on H-1B visas reached last week proponents have renewed calls for a higher cap. But two leading critics of the program may be getting ready to seek new restrictions on the use of foreign labor....
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Arizona ranchers asking for more border security
Rancher Dan Bell has come face to face with drug smugglers on his southeastern Arizona cattle ranch he has found the bodies of illegal immigrants who died of exposure on his property and a Border Patrol agent was killed in December about 5 miles from...
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U.S.-Mexico Trucker Dispute Takes a Step Forward
A proposal by the Obama administration that would grant Mexican truckers greater access to Texas roadways and far beyond would be a boon to businesses in the state supporters say. But unions the Teamsters in particular say the plan would cost...
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Mexico US agree on Colorado River allotments
U.S. and Mexican officials reached a deal Monday for Mexico to defer part of its water allotment from the Colorado River until 2014 while farmers in the Mexicali area repair irrigation networks damaged by an earthquake this year....
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