The eighth annual Hill Country Land Stewardship Conference, will be held on March 14-15 in Kerrville.
Hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, the event will be held at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel and Conference Center, 2033 Sidney Baker St.
Registration is $125. To register and for additional conference details, visit https://tx.ag/Mar2024BennettTrust.
There will be a total of three general Texas Department of Agriculture continuing units available, and all meals and refreshments are included in the registration fee.
There also are four levels of sponsorship available and those interested in being a sponsor can sign up on the registration link.
Sponsorships include the following:
- Bronze, $250: Includes breakfast or lunch for one person on March 14.
- Silver, $375: Includes breakfast and lunch for one person on March 14.
- Gold, $500: Includes all meals for one person on March 14.
- Platinum, $1,000: Includes all meals for March 14-15 and the March 15 tour for two people.
Goal and keynote speaker
The conference’s goal is to help current and future landowners and managers learn about the unique needs for managing land in the Hill Country region.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Rick Machen, Ph.D., professor in the Texas A&M-Kingsville Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Technology and Paul Genho Endowed Chair in Ranch Management.
Conference agenda and tours
There also will be an equipment showcase where vendors and demonstrators will have 30 minutes each to demonstrate the latest fire tools and herbicide equipment.
March 14 activities begin at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast and the main program starting at 8 a.m. Speakers and topics will include:
- Herbicide management tools demonstration – Megan Clayton, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension range specialist and professor in the Texas A&M Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Uvalde.
- Brush management tools – Morgan Treadwell, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension range specialist and associate professor in the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, San Angelo.
- Top laws – Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, J.D., AgriLife Extension agriculture law specialist and associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Amarillo.
- Sheep and goats – Reid Redden, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension sheep and goat specialist and center director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo, San Angelo.
- Managing whitetail deer – Larry Redmon, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension program leader and associate department head, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
The second day will begin at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast and participants will have the choice of touring either the Diamond V Ranch in Mountain Home or the Hillingdon Ranch in Comfort.
For more information, contact Linda Francis at linda-francis@ag.tamu.edu.
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