Business Development

Before signing a carbon contract, know what you’re getting into. This free factsheet outlines 10 legal and practical points every rancher or producer should review first. Download your copy today.

This factsheet discusses a project that assessed labor and equipment limitations, risks, and benefits of different cost-sharing options in vineyards.

This 2-page publication discusses the risks and fatalities associated with farm operations and the need for effective worker safety programs.

The Master Marketer program is a 64-hour intensive marketing education course during which agricultural producers, ag lenders, and others are trained in marketing techniques, marketing plans, technical analysis, futures and options, and many other marketing related skills.

The AgriLife Extension Rural Student Success Initiative aims to increase the number of rural students enrolling in and completing a postsecondary certificate or degree program.

The BattleGround to Breaking Ground Project is a 4- phase educational program available to veterans, active-duty military, their families, and other beginning farmers and ranchers.

The BattleGround to Breaking Ground Program (BGBG) consists of several Program Tracks developed for active-duty military, military veterans, their families, and the general public who are new / beginning farmers and ranchers to assist them in starting or enhancing a production agriculture business. The program offers online business planning courses, hands-on training and mentoring, and online agriculture production courses for the Skills Training Program, Traditional Program, and Condensed Programs. It also offers Tracks that offer introduction to agriculture type workshops through the Introduction to Agriculture Business online course and the in-person Boot Camp.

Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service faculty produced and taught this four-day workshop in Fall 2023 that targeted new or inexperienced ranchers and landowners.

Immerse yourself in the ever-evolving realm of vine cultivation and wine expertise!