STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS FEWER AND FEWER NEW MEXICO FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN MAKE A GO OF IT THESE DAYS. AND HE THINKS ONE OF THE REASONS IS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES ON THE PART OF LARGE CORPORATE FARMING INTERESTS. HE SAYS RECORD PROFITS HAVE GONE TO THE PACKAGING AND PACKING INDUSTRIES OUTSIDE OF NEW MEXICO AND THERE HAVE BEEN SMALLER PROFITS GOING TO SMALL RANCHERS.
AS PART OF HIS INVESTIGATION, BALDERAS IS ASKING NEW MEXICO RANCHERS WHO FEEL THEY’VE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY CORPORATE FARMING OPERATIONS TO CONTACT HIS OFFICE.
