Beginning Farming
We provide education and resources to assist the beginning farmer or rancher. Our statewide resources include instruction on startup, marketing, loans, funding and beginner resources.
Related Departments: Agricultural Economics, Animal Science, Food Science & Technology, Horticultural Sciences, Soil and Crop Sciences

Farm Policy Minute

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- Podcast
Agricultural Policy Specialist Dr. Joe Outlaw and colleagues from the Agricultural and Food Policy Center provide periodic updates on current agricultural policy issues.
- Tools and Apps
Texas A&M University’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center located within the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri teamed up to develop the tool. The tool provides information about: the decisions each producer and/or landowner must make when the different sign-up windows are for […]
- Course
An educational initiative designed to help new and inexperienced landowners understand the fundamentals of natural resource management.
- Program
Generation Next targets new landowners, those who are inheriting land or those who are looking to start a new agricultural operation on an existing ranch.
- Program
The Small Acreage – Big Opportunity (SABO) program is a joint effort of Texas Wildlife Association and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension to address this need.