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Rangeland in Edwards Plateau Region

 Beginning Rancher

   
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>Thinking about purchasing land?

This app is a support tool that assists potential or new landowners during the initial stages of acquiring or owning property by providing management information and resources based on property goals selected.

 

Small Farms and Woodlots
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Learn about how woodlots of today provide much more for their owners, including income from selling wood and nonwood products, forest-based income opportunities such as lease hunting and recreation, solitude and escape from emotional pressures and stress of modern living and working, and simply the pride of owning and caring for the land.

 

Getting Started in Farming
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This guide was published in NIFA's Small Farm Digest designed for people considering starting up as begining farmers and ranchers.  Provides information on the opportinities and challenges of farming, land ownership, links to programs and resources to help get you started.

 

Texas Land Trends - Texas landowner changes and trends
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The goal of the Texas Landowner Changes and Trends report is to describe the state's growinf population and changing rural landowners.

 

New Farmers Website

An online resource provides centralized, one-stop shopping for beginning farmers and ranchers to explore the variety of USDA initiatives designed to help them succeed.

USDA’s new farmers site has in-depth information, including:

  • how to increase access to land and capital;
  • build new markets;
  • participate in conservation opportunities;
  • select and use the right risk management tools; and
  • access USDA education and technical support programs.

 

National Young Farmers' Coalition

The National Young Farmers' Coalition represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success across the country. NYFC supports practices and policies that will sustain young, independent, and prosperous farmers now and in the future through supporting independent family farms, sustainable farming pracices , affordable land for farmers, fair labor practices, farmer-to-farmer training, farmers of every ender, race and sexual orientaion, and cooperation and friendship between all farmers. Click Here.

 

Forage Information System

The Forage Information System, provided by Oregon State University is a resource for forage-related topics, including Extension, research, and teaching.

 

COMET-FARM™

COMET-FARM™ is a  whole farm and ranch carbon and greenhouse gas accounting system.  The tool guides you through describing your farm and ranch management practices including alternative future management scenarios. Once complete, a report is generated comparing the carbon changes and greenhouse gas emissions between your current management practices and future scenarios.

 

Annie's Project

Annie's Project offers a variety of extension classes across the country that educate farm women on risk management. The classes empower farm women to be better business partners through networks and by managing and organizing critical information. Click here to see courses offered in your state.

 

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)

The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center is an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. The site works to provide unbiased, science-based marketing information for U.S. farmers and ranchers. There is information related to commodities and products, market and industry trends, business creation and operation, research results and value-added resources.

This site is an on-going project of the Iowa State University and partially funded by USDA Rural Development. Click here. 
 

 

Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Rangeland Management
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A publication of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable and the Society for Range Management.

 

Ranching as a Conservation Strategy - Can Old Ranchers Save the New West?
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Working ranches are often promoted as means of private rangeland conservation because they can safeguard ecosystem services, protect open space, and maintain traditional ranching culture.

 

2012 Census of Agriculture - Texas State and County Data - Volume 1B
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The census of agriculture provides a detailed picture of U.S. farms and ranches every five years. It is the only source of uniform, comprehensive agricultural data for every State and county or county equivalent.

 

2012 Census of Agriculture - Texas State and County Data - Volume 1A
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The census of agriculture provides a detailed picture of U.S. farms and ranches every five years. It is the only source of uniform, comprehensive agricultural data for every State and county or county equivalent.

 

Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities - A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development
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This guide lists funding opportunities offered by federal programs, and is indispensable for anyone seeking government help to foster their innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture.

 

South Texas, the "Last Great Habitat"
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Concerns about conservation of the tropical rainforests and other well-known regions of the world are widely publicized, yet a region of inestimable biological wealth lies relatively unrecognized on the back doorstep of North America.

 

Show Beginning Rancher Organizations & Professionals (145)
There are 145 resources serving Edwards Plateau Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Beginning Rancher Organizations & Professionals serving Edwards Plateau Region
Conservation Districts
Alamo SWCD
- San Antonio, TX
Bandera SWCD
- Bandera, TX
Big Bend Soil and Water Conservation District
Jody Donet - District Clerk - Alpine, TX
Caldwell-Travis SWCD
- Lockhart, TX
Central Colorado SWCD
- Coleman, TX
Coke County SWCD
- Robert Lee, TX
Comal-Guadalupe SWCD
- Seguin, TX
Concho SWCD
- Eden, TX
Crockett County SWCD
- Ozona, TX
Devil's River SWCD
- Del Rio, TX
Edwards Plateau SWCD
- Sonora, TX
Eldorado-Divide Soil and Water Conservation District
- Eldorado, TX
Gillespie County SWCD
- Fredericksburg, TX
Glasscock County SWCD
- Garden City, TX
Hays County SWCD
- San Marcos, TX
Hill Country SWCD
- Burnet, TX
Howard Soil and Water Conservation District
- Big Spring, TX
Kendall Soil and Water Conservation District
- Boerne, TX
Kerr County SWCD
- Kerrville, TX
Llano County SWCD
- Llano, TX
Mason County SWCD
- Mason, TX
McCulloch SWCD
Kendria Ray - Field Representative - Brady, TX
Medina Valley SWCD
- Hondo, TX
Menard County SWCD
- Menard, TX
Middle Clear Fork SWCD
- Abilene, TX
Middle Concho SWCD
- Big Lake, TX
Midland SWCD
- Midland, TX
Mustang SWCD
- Stanton, TX
Nolan County SWCD
- Sweetwater, TX
North Concho River SWCD
- Sterling city, TX
Nueces-Frio-Sabinal SWCD
- Uvalde, TX
Pedernales SWCD
- Johnson City, TX
Rio Grande-Pecos River SWCD
- Sanderson, TX
Runnels SWCD
- Norton, TX
San Saba SWCD
- San Saba, TX
Taylor SWCD
- Granger, TX
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Temple, TX
Tom Green SWCD
- San Angelo, TX
Toyah-Limpia Soil and Water Conservation District
- Balmorhea, TX
Trans Pecos SWCD
- Fort Stockton, TX
Upper Llanos SWCD
- Junction, TX
Upper Nueces-Frio SWCD
- Rocksprings, TX
West Nueces-Las Moras SWCD
- Brackettville, TX
Cooperative Extension
Bandera County Extension
- Bandera, TX
Bexar County Extension
- San Antonio, TX
Blanco County Extension
- Johnson City, TX
Brewster - Jeff Davis County
- Alpine, TX
Burnet County Extension
- Burnet, TX
Coke County Extension
- Robert Lee, TX
Coleman County Extension
- Coleman, TX
Comal County Extension
- New Braunfels, TX
Concho County Extension
- Paint Rock, TX
Crockett County Extension
- Ozona, TX
Ecosystem Service Management
Texas Agrilife Extension - College Station, TX
Edwards County Extension
- Rocksprings, TX
Gillespie County Extension
- Fredericksburg, TX
Glasscock County Extension
- Garden City, TX
Hays County Extension
- Wimberley, TX
Howard County AgriLife Extension
- Big Spring, TX
Irion County Extension
- Mertzon, TX
Kendall County Extension
- Boerne, TX
Kerr County Extension
- Kerrville, TX
Kimble County Extension
- Junction, TX
Kinney County Extension
- Brackettville, TX
Llano County Extension
- Llano, TX
Mason County Extension
- Mason, TX
McCulloch County Extension
- Brady, TX
Medina County Extension
- Hondo, TX
Menard County Extension
- Menard, TX
Midland County Extension
- Midland, TX
Nolan County Extension
- Sweetwater, TX
Pecos County Extension
- Fort Stockton, TX
Reagan County Extension
- Big Lake, TX
Real County Extension
- Leakey, TX
Runnels County Extension
- Ballinger, TX
San Saba County Extension
- San Saba, TX
Schleicher County Extension
- Eldorado, TX
Sterling County Extension
- Sterling City, TX
Sutton County Extension
- Sonora, TX
Taylor County Extension
- Abilene, TX
Terrell County Extension
- Sanderson, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
- College Station, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Fort Stockton
Staci Schoenfeldt - District Office Manager - Fort Stockton, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center Uvalde
Kathleen Greer - District Extension Administrator - Uvalde, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Research San Angelo
Kerri Michalewicz - District 7 Office Manager - San Angelo, TX
Tom Green County Extension
- San Angelo, TX
Travis County Extension
- Austin, TX
Upton County Extension
- Rankin, TX
Uvalde County Extension
- Uvalde, TX
Val Verde County Extension
- Del Rio, TX
Farm Equipment Sales and Service
Agri Drain
Charlie Schafer - President - Adair, IA
AgroTech
- Lampasas, TX
Best Tech Brands LLC
- Houston, TX
Cobacha, LLC
Kurt Oriol - Director - New York, NY
Conservis
- Minneapolis, MN
DripWorks
- Willits, CA
Forest Safety Products
Forest Safety Products - Van Hornesville, NY
On Target Spray Systems
Progressive Grower Technologies, Inc. - Mt. Angel, OR
Ranch Supply Co. of Odessa
- Odessa, TX
Williams Welding and Construction
- Dublin, TX
Farm Ranch And Forest Retailers
Andrew (Sponge) Palmer
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent - Monroe, LA
Bryan Ashley
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent - Monroe, LA
Carlo Sciara, Jr.
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent - Monroe, LA
Charlie Paris
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent - Monroe, LA
Clift Land Brokers
- Amarillo, TX
Cobacha, LLC
Kurt Oriol - Director - New York, NY
CoBank
Robert B. Engel - Chief Executive Officer - Greenwood Village, CO
Don Coleman
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent - Monroe, LA
Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Indianapolis, IN
Forest Safety Products
Forest Safety Products - Van Hornesville, NY
Go Native Tree Farm
John Rosenfeld - Owner - Lancaster, PA
Hall and Hall
- Billings, MT
John Kilian
Field Coordinator - Burns Forestry - Crockett, TX
Keith Welch
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent - Monroe, LA
L. Sam Middleton, ARA
Chas S. Middleton and Son - Appraiser, Manager - Lubbock, TX
Mason & Morse Ranch Company, LLC
- Colorado Springs, CO
Pat Porter
RecLand Realty, LLC - Broker - Monroe, LA
Ranch Supply Co. of Odessa
- Odessa, TX
San Pedro Land & Cattle CO
Chase Currie - CARRIZO SPRINGS, TX
Scott Nevins
RecLand Realty, LLC - Forester/Agent (TX) - Monroe, LA
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Steven J. Bilicek
Texas Ag Realty - Houston , TX
Teddy Reynolds, B.S.F., R.F., S.R.
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Estate, PLLC - President/CEO - Magnolia, AR
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Agricultural Tax Appraisal Based on Wildlife Management
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Division Private Lands and Habitat Program - Austin, TX
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Federal Endangered Species Tax Deduction
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Arlington, VA
Wildlife Management Tax Exemption
Comptroller, Property Tax Division - Austin, TX
Federal Incentives
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program
U.S. Department of Defense - Washington, DC
Sustainable Ranges Initiative
John Conger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment) - US Department of Defense
Livestock Auctions and Traders
Abilene Livestock Auction
Randy Carson - Owner - Abilene, TX
Big Spring Livestock Auction
- Big Spring, TX
Bobby Edmond Horse Sales, Ltd.
- Clyde, TX
Coleman Livestock Auction Commission Co., Inc.
- Coleman, TX
Gillespie Livestock Commission Inc
- Fredericksburg, TX
Hondo Livestock Auction
- Hondo, TX
Jordan Cattle Auction - Mason & San Saba
- San Saba, TX
Producers Livestock Auction Co
- San Angelo, TX
RAZ Livestock Sale Inc
- Harper, TX
Southwest Livestock Exchange Inc
- Uvalde, TX
Southwest Livestock Sale Company
- Round Mountain, TX
Sweetwater Cattle Auction
- Sweetwater, TX
Talpa Horse Sale LLC
- Talpa, TX
Western Livestock Auction Company
- Midland, TX
Winnsboro Livestock & Dairy Auction
- Winnsboro, TX

 Grazing Rights

   
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Grazing Leasing and Liability
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Guidlines and examples

 

Texas Grazing Lease Checklist
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Leasing land to another person for grazing can benefit both the landowner and lessee.

 

 Livestock Best Management Practices

   
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Reducing Conflict with Grizzly Bears, Wolves and Elk A Western Landowners’ Guide
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This guide has been produced by and for landowners and practitioners constructively engaged in one of the greatest conservation challenges of our time—how to share and manage a wild, working landscape that sustains both people and wildlife.

 

Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Rangeland Management
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A publication of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable and the Society for Range Management.

 

How to Compost and Use Horse Manure- A Step-By-Step Guide for Horse Owners
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Provides essential steps for building and using a horse manure composting system that can be managed without the aid of a tractor. This system is intended for backyard or small farm (ranchette) operations with 1 to 5 horses.

 

Creating & Using a Sacrifice Area for Horses- A Good Start for Healthy Pastures
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A sacrifice area is any small enclosure intended to be a horse's outdoor living quarters during the winter and spring. These areas can improve the health and productivity of pastures.

 

Lone Star Healthy Streams - Beef Cattle Manual
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This publication aims to help beef producers protect Texas waterways from contamination that is associated with the production of livestock and that may pose a health risk to Texas citizens.

 

Water Quality Management Program - Managing and Abating Agricultural & Silvicultural Nonpoint Source Polluation
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A WQMP is a site-specific plan developed through and approved by soil and water conservation districts for agricultural or silvicultural lands.

 

Livestock for Small Acreage Landowners
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New rural landowners are often interested in establishing livestock enterprises, even when their acreages are small. While forage availability may limit stocking rate, there are some livestock operations that can succeed on small acreages.

 

 Range Best Management Practices

   
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Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) Conservation Framework

The Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) Conservation Framework can be used by natural resource professionals and landowners to guide habitat management practices, conservation planning, and decision making for priority species and a variety of other wildlife that can provide economic, recreational, and aesthetic value to a single property or an entire region. Managing habitat for priority species like the endangered black-capped vireo can benefit other species, including popular game species, such as northern bobwhite, white-tailed deer, and wild turkey. Similarly, managing for game species, if done responsibly, can benefit endangered species. 

 

Forage Information System

The Forage Information System, provided by Oregon State University is a resource for forage-related topics, including Extension, research, and teaching.

 

Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Rangeland Management
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A publication of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable and the Society for Range Management.

 

Integrating Bird Conservation into Range Management

This manual is designed to assist resource professionals with integrating birds and their habitat needs into range management and monitoring, and to train landowners and land managers to do the same.& ...

 

Best Management Practices for Shortgrass Prairie Birds
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The information in this guide is designed to guide you in creating and maintaining habitat for 13 bird species of the shortgrass prairie, birds that are in need of conservation efforts.

 

Private Lands Public Benefits - Incentives For The Stewardship Of Texas Agricultural Lands
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This guide is for Texans who want to ensure a future for the state’s farms and ranches: landowners who want to conserve, protect and steward their land and its resources; policymakers concerned about the costs to the state of the loss of rural lands; and all Texans who value the many benefits provided by working farms and ranches.

 

NBCI’s Bobwhite Almanac, State of the Bobwhite 2012
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This 2nd edition of the NBCI’s annual “State of the Bobwhite” report provides the most comprehensive assessment ever compiled on the current state of bobwhite conservation in the US.

 

State Of The Bobwhite - Grassland Conservation At A Crossroads
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This first annual “State of the Bobwhite” report by the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) and the National Bobwhite Technical Committee (NBTC) provides a snapshot of the population, hunting, and conservation status of the northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus.

 

The Role of Prescribed Fire in Mitigating Catastrophic Wildfires
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The value of prescribed burning in maintaining the functionality of rangelands has long been recognized. Prescribed burning can improve rangeland conditions, forage productivity and wildlife habitat.

 

Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Program for Texas Agriculture
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This fact sheet helps agricultural producers understand the basic obligations under the Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasture (SPCC) Program.

 

Fragmented Lands - Changing Land Ownership in Texas
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This brochure provides information to help you make crucial decisions that address the ownership fragmentation issue and its potential impact on Texas’ rural communities and the natural resources upon which our waters, wildlife habitats, and agricultural economies are ultimately based.

 

Water Quality Management Program - Managing and Abating Agricultural & Silvicultural Nonpoint Source Polluation
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A WQMP is a site-specific plan developed through and approved by soil and water conservation districts for agricultural or silvicultural lands.

 

How to Manage Manure Harvesting Frequency for Summer Drought Dust Control

Texas Agrilife publication about making supplemental water go further, managing dry manure depth, and timing of manure removal.

 

Proper Lagoon Management to Reduce Odor and Excessive Sludge Accumulation
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Texas Agrilife discusses the efficiency, bacteria, management, pumping, salts and pH of lagoon management for poultry and livestock waste.

 

Reducing the Risk of Groundwater Contamination By Improving Livestock Manure Storage and Treatment Facilities
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A publication that addresses issues arising when landowners answer “yes” to these questions: Are you aware of manure sampling ...

 

Improving the Air Quality of Animal Feeding Operations with Proper Facility & Manure Management
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Another publication from Texas Agrilife Extension, this publication covers control of odors and dust attained through siting of new facilities and practices for existing facilities.

 

Western Grasslands Initiative - A Plan for Conserving Grassland Habitat and Wildlife
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The mission of Western Grassland Initiative is to serve as the primary contributor to the implementation of conservation and management actions, through partnerships and cooperative efforts, resulting in improved species status, grassland habitats, and recreational opportunities for grassland dependent species across North America.

 

A Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Friendly Fences - How to Build Fence with Wildlife in Mind
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Bobwhite and Upland Songbird Response to CCRP Practice CP33, Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
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Summary Findings The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP33) is the first Federal conservation practice to target species-specific population recovery goals of a national wildlife conservation initiative (the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative).

 

Patch Burning
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Patch burning is a relatively new concept to range management; however, it has been occurring naturally for hundreds of years from lightning strikes.

 

Biological Control
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Biological control is the use of herbivores (domestic or wild) to aid in the management of invasive plant species. These plants are typically chemically or physically defended; therefore, herbivores do not readily seek them out for consumption.& ...

 

Flexible Grazing
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Almost every year some areas of Texas experience drought conditions at some level. For most of us, we don’t think about drought in a year when we have received above normal rainfall totals, we tend to start thinking of drought when the rain stops and the drought is upon us.& ...

 

Riparian Restoration on Farms and Ranches in Texas
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Texas has over 191,000 miles of waterways with riparian areas – the green vegetation zones along creeks, rivers and lakes – that provide great economic, social, cultural and environmental value to the state.& ...

 

Improving Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Through Revegetation and Rangeland Management
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A diversity of habitats is required throughout the lifecycle of the prairie-chicken to provide food and shelter. Planting to improve lesser prairie-chicken habitat requires not only the correct species of grasses, wildflowers, and shrubs, but, also the selections which have proven success or which are locally adapted.

 

Using Animal Manure and Wastewater for Crops and Pastures - Know and Take Credit for Your N,P, and K.
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When managed properly, irrigation of crops with effluent reduces a producer’s reliance on commercial fertilizers and helps protect surface and groundwater quality.

 

Managing Crop Nutrients through Soil, Manure and Effluent Testing
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Texas Agrilife summarizes how to use soil, manure and effluent testing to determine  and calibrate land application rates for nutrients.

 

The Role of Farm Policy in Achieving Large-Scale Conservation - Bobwhite and Buffers
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The conservation provisions of the Farm Bill can produce more consistent positive wildlife habitat benefits when policy (program statutes, rules, practices, and practice standards) is developed in the context of explicit goals identified as part of large-scale conservation initiatives.

 

Managing working lands for northern bobwhite - the USDA NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project
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Land Fragmentation - Texas' Open Spaces Rapidly Disappearing
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Texas Rural Lands - Trends and Conservation Implications for the 21st Century
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This report describes the key findings of an analysis of the status and recent changes in ownership size, land  use and property values of private farms, ranches and forestlands in Texas.

 

Influence of Rainfall, Type of Range, and Brush Management on Abundance of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in Southern Texas
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ABSTRACT—Assessing numerical response of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) to habitat improvement in semi-arid rangeland often is confounded by responses of populations to highly variable patterns of rainfall.

 

Best Management Practices for Agricultural Water Users
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BMPs for agricultural water users are combinations of site-specific management, educational, and physical practices that have proven to be effective and are economical for conserving water.

 

Algal Blooms, Scums and Mats in Ponds
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This brief document is full of photos that will help landowners to determine what form of algae they may have.  It describes the major types, their causes, effects, and what can be done to manage algal blooms.

 

 

 Google News about Rangeland

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Beginning Rancher News Items
Beginning Rancher Welcomes Assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service - USDA.gov
11/27/2013 3:00:00 AM
Beginning Rancher Welcomes Assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service    USDA.gov Despite the ongoing drought in part of Texas, there are always people who want to get into the cattle raising business. A growing segment of these new beef ...
Grazing Rights News Items
How Fracking Enriches Education In Texas - The Rest Of The Story - Forbes
1/2/2019 3:00:00 AM
How Fracking Enriches Education In Texas - The Rest Of The Story    Forbes Billions of dollars in income from mineral rights beneath West Texas lands deemed "too worthless to survey" 140 years ago have made The University of Texas ...
Cliven Bundy and Branch Davidian-Waco cases similar - Washington Times
1/2/2018 3:00:00 AM
Cliven Bundy and Branch Davidian-Waco cases similar    Washington Times Twenty-five years ago this year, federal agents stormed the compound of a religious group in Waco, Texas, with armored vehicles, machine guns and tear gas.
Statue of Comanche leader Quanah Parker dedicated in Texas - Seattle Times
12/2/2017 3:00:00 AM
Statue of Comanche leader Quanah Parker dedicated in Texas    Seattle Times SNYDER, Texas (AP) — Quanah Parker stands again above the Texas plain. Poised with spear in hand, he's turned eastward, ready to mount his horse and ...
Ranch sold to oil heir - Conejos County Citizen
9/27/2017 3:00:00 AM
Ranch sold to oil heir    Conejos County Citizen COSTILLA COUNTY — William Bruce Harrison, the 30 year old heir to one of Texas' original oil fortunes, has purchased what has been known as the Taylor ...
Cielo Vista Ranch, home of fourteener Culebra Peak, now owned by heir to Texas oil fortune - The Denver Post
9/18/2017 3:00:00 AM
Cielo Vista Ranch, home of fourteener Culebra Peak, now owned by heir to Texas oil fortune    The Denver Post Billionaire William Bruce Harrison, scion to one of Texas' original oil fortunes, has purchased the storied 83000-acre Cielo Vista Ranch in the San Luis Valley, ...
Hunters' money used to balance budget – - Lone Star Outdoor News
8/10/2017 3:00:00 AM
Hunters' money used to balance budget –    Lone Star Outdoor News By Mark England. Lone Star Outdoor News. An annual legislative tradition lives on with the approval of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's 2018-2019 ...
Texas ‘dirt bandit’ suspected in NM - Albuquerque Journal
8/10/2017 3:00:00 AM
Texas ‘dirt bandit’ suspected in NM    Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE, N.M. — Land Office says Lone Star State 'stealing from New Mexico schoolkids'
Chronicles: Cattle Kingdom flourished on the Llano Estacado - LubbockOnline.com
6/24/2017 3:00:00 AM
Chronicles: Cattle Kingdom flourished on the Llano Estacado    LubbockOnline.com Editor's note: Caprock Chronicles is written or edited by Paul Carlson, emeritus professor of history Texas. Today's essay looks at the early ranching history on ...
HOMESTEAD: Pioneer roots run deep in Jones family - San Angelo Standard Times
5/28/2017 3:00:00 AM
HOMESTEAD: Pioneer roots run deep in Jones family    San Angelo Standard Times John Lemuel “Lem” Jones became of the best auctioneers in Texas by accident.
Ranchers' dispute has deep ties to Fort Hood history - The Killeen Daily Herald
3/23/2015 3:00:00 AM
Ranchers' dispute has deep ties to Fort Hood history    The Killeen Daily Herald Last week, a group of ranchers appeared in a Coryell County courtroom as part of a lawsuit against the Central Texas Cattlemen's Association.
Texas Pacific Land Trust - Business Insider
8/7/2014 3:00:00 AM
Texas Pacific Land Trust    Business Insider The Texas Pacific Land Trust has traded under ticker symbol TPL since ticker tape was an emerging technology. But at a time when billions of shares change ...
Amid Nevada Fight, Texas In Its Own Land Dispute With BLM - CBS Local
4/24/2014 3:00:00 AM
Amid Nevada Fight, Texas In Its Own Land Dispute With BLM    CBS Local Filed Under:Attorney General Greg Abbott, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, federal government, federal overreach, Governor Rick Perry, Nevada, Red River, ...
Interactive: Billions of Dedicated Funds Unspent - Texas Tribune
12/6/2012 3:00:00 AM
Interactive: Billions of Dedicated Funds Unspent    Texas Tribune Lawmakers have stockpiled nearly $5 billion in more than 200 dedicated revenue funds, using the money to help balance the budget rather than for their ...
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