ECONOMIC EXTENSION - STATEWIDE AGENT FORECASTING

Jason is a Statewide Forecasting Specialist with the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) at NMSU.

His areas of expertise are: Agricultural Market Outlooks, Economic Development, Rural Development, Tourism Development, and Business Development and Entrepreneurship.

Jason has 6 years of teaching, research, and economic development experience at NMSU. He has also worked for the NMSU Center for Border Economic Development.

EDUCATION

• Doctorate of Economic Development - All but Dissertation
• Ph.D. Water Science and Management - All but Dissertation
• M.A. in Economics from University of Oklahoma, 2011
• B.A. in Classics from University of New Mexico, 2006
• Technical certificate Texas A&M Engineering Extension: Infrastructure Disaster Management, 2017
• Technical certificate Texas A&M Engineering Extension: Infrastructure Protection, 2017
• Teaching Certificate from NMSU/ACUE: Effective Online Teaching Practices, 2022

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

• NMSU Agricultural Outlook Data Dashboard

• New Mexico Beef Cattle Trends and 2025 Outlook

• New World Screwworm and Livestock Border Closures: A Guide for New Mexico Livestock Producers

• Opportunities and Management Strategies for New Mexico Beef Cattle Producers Considering an Organic Transition (Part 1 of 3) - Organic Beef Marketing Basics
  

• Opportunities and Management Strategies for New Mexico Beef Cattle Producers Considering an Organic Transition (Part 2 of 3) - Organic Beef Production Basics
  

• Opportunities and Management Strategies for New Mexico Beef Cattle Producers Considering an Organic Transition (Part 3 of 3) - Organic Beef Finance and Expansion Basics
  

• Cost and Return Estimates (CARE) for Farms and Ranches: Enterprise Budgets Series
  • What Are They and Why Do Producers Need Them? (Series 1 of 3)

• "A systematic review of geographic information systems based methods and criteria used for electric vehicle charging station site selection"
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, May 2023, Volume 30, pages 69054-6883
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-023-27383-6

VIDEO

Agricultural Forecasting for Sustainable Growth

 VIDEO

USDA funded Webinar Series: Careers in the food system in the Southwest!

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZsVC18M7_hG6y5etZLY-ipHKsRQoBdq#Careers in the food system in the Southwest

• https://fluxpoolexchange.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/careers-related-to-agriculture/

 AUDIO PROGRAM

 89.9 FM Live From The University Of New Mexico

     Let's Talk New Mexico  - Let's talk about the harvest   

https://www.kunm.org/show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2025-08-31/lets-talk-about-the-harvest

Jason Banegas
Office Location: GT 384
Phone: 575-646-5928
Mobile: 505-573-3555
zumbabwe@nmsu.edu