Agrilife Extension Resources
We provide a wide variety of information related to ranching and rangeland management from animals and forages to business plans, leases and natural resources. Publications and resources cover a range of topics from soil sampling, fence law and disaster preparedness.
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Discover the secret to a healthier, more beautiful pond! The shoreline area is crucial for maintaining the water’s health and the surrounding environment. Our free publication reveals the importance of using vegetative buffers in the emergent zone—a natural barrier that protects your pond and enhances its beauty. Don’t miss out on this essential guide to creating a thriving pond ecosystem!
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Are you a Texas landowner? Learn which federal, state, and local organizations can help improve your land with funding, expert advice, planning, and other assistance. Download this free New Landowner Resource and Reference Guide PDF for details.
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This CDE reference incorporates revisions and new plants approved by the Texas FFA Career Development Events Committee in 2016.
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This publication helps explain Native reseeding sites often have problems with noxious plants‚ competitive, unwanted, or invader species growing out of place.
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This factsheet provides an overview of the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP), an online platform that provides vegetation cover maps from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean.
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This free, downloadable 2-page publication discusses the identification and management of tanglehead.
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Performing a prescribed fire is a serious undertaking, and a burn plan is key to the safest and easiest way to accomplish a prescribed burn. Leading up to the day of the prescribed fire, a checklist should be thoroughly reviewed and assessed to determine critical elements such as: The weather conditions during which the burn […]
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Throughout Texas, prescribed burning is a popular grassland management tool landowners can use to manage invasive brush and rejuvenate native, perennial grasses. These burns, when conducted carefully, can be used to maintain and restore native grasslands, manage weeds, enhance forage quality, and mitigate wildfires. However, when not carefully conducted, escapes and spot fires may occur, […]
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The Communications Kit provides resources to facilitate discussion and interactions within and between those who conduct prescribed burning and local communities. The contents of this kit are the direct result of a Joint Fire Science Program-funded research project-Fighting Wildfire with Prescribed Burning in the Southern Great Plains. (10 pages)
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This publication provides practical information about ranch management and is contained in easy-to-read tables and charts that forms a handy reference for ranchers.