The Future of Agricultural Water Use in Arizona: A Conference Dialogue
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Water Resources Research Center and the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort, Casa Grande AZ
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
AGENDA
8:00 Conference Registration - Continental breakfast in the Sonoran Ballroom
8:30 Welcome - Eugene Sander, Vice Provost and Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alan Ker, Head, Agricultural and Resource Economics
8:45 Opening Keynote -The Future of United States Agriculture
James G. "Jim" Butler, Deputy Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
9:30 Young Farmers Panel -Arizona's Future in Agriculture
Moderator: Russ Tronstad, Associate Professor and Specialist, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Anna Groseta, Current FFA President, UA Student
Ana Kennedy, M.S. Agricultural and Resource Economics Brian Hogue, Past FFA Present, ASU East Student
10:15 Break
10:30 Panel -Key Issues Affecting the Future of Agricultural Water Usein Arizona
Moderator: John F. Sullivan, Associate General Manager, Water Group, Salt River Project Bill Perry, William K. Perry Farms and CAP Board member
Matt VanBaale, Assistant Professor and Dairy Specialist, UA Animal Sciences Sheldon Jones, Executive Director, Agri-Business Council of Arizona
Grant Ward, Santa Cruz Water and Power District Association Don Pope, Yuma County Water Users' Association
11:45 Break for Lunch -a selection of boxed lunches and drinks can be picked up at the back of the Sonoran Ballroom. Seating is available at rounds set up in the Promenade, and the terrace and pool areas.
12:30 Reconvene for Keynote Address: Achieving Public Goals on Private Property: A New Model for the 2st Century
Ralph Grossi, President, American Farmland Trust.
Introduction by Dean Lueck, Professor and Cardon Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economic
1:15 Presentation -The Imperial Irrigation Deal -An Arizona Perspective
Bill Swan, Attorney/Consultant
Introduction by George Frisvold, Professor and Specialist, Agricultural and Resource Economics Discussant: Bonnie Colby, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
2:00 Panel - The Changing Nature of Arizona Agriculture
Moderator: Joe Sigg, Director of Government Relations, Arizona Farm Bureau. Richard Morrison, President, J&M Farms, Inc. and Attorney, Salmon, Lewis & Weldon Jeffrey Silvertooth, Professor and Head, UA Soil, Water and Environmental Science The Honorable Mary Thomas, Lt. Governor, Gila River Indian Community
Daniel Preston, San Xavier District, Tohono O'odham Nation Robert Flake, Cedar Ridge Sod, Snowflake, Arizona
3:15 Break
3:30 State Officials Panel
Moderator: Sharon B. Megdal, Associate Director, Water Resources Research Center and Professor/Specialist, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Donald Butler, Director, Arizona Department of Agriculture
Herb Guenther, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources Mark Winkleman, Commissioner, Arizona State Land Department - The Honorable Jake Flake, Speaker, Arizona House of Representatives
4:30 Conference Wrap-up and Discussion -Kevin Rogers, President, Arizona Farm Bureau
Sponsors
Background Materials
- Obtaining, Interpreting Water Use Data is Complex Task, Sharon B. Megdal
- Estimating Agricultural Water Use, Kenneth Seasholes
- Map of Arizona Agriculture, ADWR
- Estimating Crop Acreage and Water Withdrawals for Crop Irrigation in Arizona Using Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs, USGS
- Collection of Water Withdrawal Data by the U.S. Geological Survey in Arizona, USGS
- Arizona Cropland: A Background Paper, George Frisvold
- Trends in Non-Indian Agricultural Water Use Within the Phoenix Active Management Area, John Hetrick and David Roberts
- Arizona Agricultural Trends: A Graphical and Geographical Perspective (Or Let the Pictures do the Talking), Sharon Megdal
- Arizona Agriculture: A Thumbnail Sketch, Harry Ayer