Agribusiness & Water Council of Arizona

The Arizona Agribusiness Roundtable is AZDA's opportunity to bring Arizona agriculture together and provide the industry with the most up to date information impacting them and how they address the issues that matter most".

Arizona Department of Agriculture Director, Paul Brierley introduced his department directors who provided updates as to what the AZDA has accomplished this past year and what is in store for Arizona Agriculture into 2026!
Shout out to Dr. Ryan Wolker, Teresa Lopez, and Ashely Grabb for their great presentations!

AAWWA would like to thank SRP for sponsoring the breakfast and Freeport-McMoRan for sponsoring the lunch at the 2026 Colorado River Update meeting. Also, thank you to Leslie Meyers & Sandy Fabritz for their continued support of our organization and all women in water!

Thank you, Brandi Ogle, General Manager, San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District, and Grace Garcia, General Manager, Hohokam Irrigation and Drainage District, for hosting the May ABWC Board of Directors meeting!

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the 2026 AAWWA Colorado River Update a success!

Shout out to this month's feature in the Irrigation Leader Magazine, Elvy Barton! Elvy is the Senior Manager of Water & Forest Sustainability at Salt River Project (SRP)!

For the full article, visit:
https://irrigationleadermagazine.com/volume-17-issue-6-june-7/

Nancy Caywood joined the River User Panel and provided an agricultural perspective on water use. Thank you, Nancy, for sharing with the group about the importance of Arizona Agriculture!

Nancy Caywood with Caywood Farms will be on the River User Perspectives Panel to share what agricultural water usage looks like. Want to hear Nancy speak at this year's AAWWA Colorado River Update? Visit www.agribusinessarizona.org/az-women-in-water-%26-ag to register!

We're looking forward to hearing from CAP's General Manager, Brenda Burman, during the upcoming AAWWA Colorado River Update. Brenda will be speaking on the Colorado River Compact and what's next.

There's still time to sponsor or register for this event!
Visit www.agribusinessarizona.org/az-women-in-water-%26-ag