Women in Wildlife Conservation - Resources to Set a Stewardship Path

The Inn on Barons Creek,
308 S. Washington St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624

October 3-4 2016

 

Day 1 WILDLIFE RESOURCES ON YOUR PROPERTY

7:30 – 8:30 am – Registration/Breakfast

8:30 am – Welcome
8:30 a.m. – Land Management and the Story of Hope – Colleen Gardner, Selah Bamberger Ranch Preserve
9:30 a.m. – Habitat Management: Job #1 - – Annaliese Scoggin, TPWD
10:30 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Rainwater Harvesting to View Wildlife at Home and in the Field – Billy Kniffen
12:00 – LUNCH
1:00: p.m. – Key Points for Developing Hunting Lease Agreements – Jason Johnson
1:30 p.m. – Becoming a Master Naturalist – Mary Pearl Meuth
2:00 p.m. – Deer Management in 1 Hour – The Fundamentals – Annaliese Scoggin
3:00 p.m. – BREAK
3:30 p.m. – What Women Need to Know About Finances and Their Hunting Enterprise – Jae Jones Thompson, Capital Farm Credit
4:30 p.m. – Stewardship in the Edwards Plateau: The Next Generation – Megan Clayton
5:30 p.m. –Panel Discussion – Traveling a Little Further Down the Stewardship Path
6:30 p.m. – Dinner and Music
Day 2  HILL COUNTRY TOUR
7:00 a.m. – Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – Load Tour Buses/Vans- for tour of the Texas Hill Country with several stops to visit different enterprises.
8:45-9:45 – Whitney and Wynn Whitworth Ranch, Sisterdale, TX
9:45-10:45 – Plant ID and Track ID AgriLife Extension Specialists
10:45-11:15 – Load Buses and travel to Singing Water Vineyards
11:15-11:45 – Honey Bee Management
12:00 12:30 – Singing Water Vineyard Wine Tasting and Tour
12:30-1:15 – Lunch with Cindy Zoeller
1:15 -1:50 – Hand out Certificates and Survey Instruments
1:50-2:15 – Load buses and travel to Chris Summers Ranch Sheep Farm
2:15-3:00 – Dinosaur tracks – Dinah Zike, Comfort, TX
3:00- 4:00 – Chris Summers discussion of sheep production in the Edwards Plateau 3:30-4:30 – Lamb samples and wine tasting by Lost Draw Cellars
4:30 – Load buses and return to Fredericksburg.

Time: Day 1 - 7:30 am - 6:30 pm, Day 2 - 7 am  - 4:30 pm
Cost: $75 for 2 day conference/onsite
Register: https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/index.cfm/productDetails/productid/1981/
Contact Person: Linda Francis, Soil & Crop Sciences, Ph. 979-845-2425, l-francis@tamu.edu  

Market Ready Training: Selling to Restaurants for Local Growers

Our upcoming FREE workshop, Market Ready, will discuss some of the best practices involved in marketing and selling your home-grown products locally. It's perfect for small-acreage producers, but even backyard growers who want to explore selling produce, herbs, eggs, honey, etc. locally, will benefit. Please join us! Press release below.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County will present a marketing workshop to help small-scale agricultural producers sell their produce to area restaurants and grocery stores.

The free workshop, “Market Ready Training: Selling to Restaurants for Local Growers,” will be held from 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 26 at the AgriLife Extension office, 1600-B Smith Road in Austin.

“The program is designed for local farmers and small-acreage growers, as well as potential buyers,” explained Dr. Daniel Chavez, AgriLife Extension economist, College Station

Chavez, who will present the program the workshop, said topics will include restaurant sales, product marketing, the Young Farmer Grant Program and the Texas Department of Agriculture’s GO TEXAN program.

“The Market Ready program is value-added, best practices course that covers the nuts and bolts of making your product market ready for sale to local restaurants, smaller grocery stores, small grocery chains and others,” he said.

Chavez said workshop specifics would include relationship building, product packaging, labeling and pricing, delivery and storage, along with invoicing, quality assurance and insurance requirements. There also will be information on the financial assistance programs available to small-scale producers.

“At this workshop, attendees will get to know what the potential buyers want and how to effectively market their produce,” he said.  

For more information, contact Chavez at 979-587-4492 

To RSVP, contact Daphne Richards at drichards@ag.tamu.edu

Visit the Central Texas Horticulture website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/travis/index.html

Beef Cattle Replacement Selection & Economics of Rebuilding the Cowherd

Beef Cattle Replacement Selection & Economics of Rebuilding the Cowherd
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Parish Hall
4045 FM 535, Rockne, TX
September 23, 2016

8:15 - 8:45 a.m.  Registration
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.  Alternatives for Selecting and Obtaining Replacements- Dr. Steve Hammack, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist (retired)
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.  Economic Value of Management Practices (calf & reproductive)- Mac Young, Extension Program Specialist
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.  Cow Bid or Herd Rebuilding Decision Tools- Dr. Greg Kaase, Extension Program Specialist
11:30 - Noon  Beef Cattle Market and Replacement Cattle Values- Dr. Rob Hogan, Extension Economist
Noon - 1:00 p.m.  Lunch (RSVP by September 19 to ensure an accurate meal count) Sponsored by Capital Farm Credit of Lockhart & La Grange, TX       1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Pesticide Laws & Regulations/Worker Protection Standards Update- Perry Cervantes, Texas Department of Agriculture
2:00 p.m.  Evaluation & Adjourn

Registration is $15 per person if paid by September 19 to Bastrop County Extension Office at 901 Pecan Street in Bastrop. Late registration onsite is $25. Make checks or money orders payable to the Bastrop Ag Fund (no cash will be accepted). This program is sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Bastrop & Caldwell Counties, and Capital Farm Credit. One hour of CEU credit (1 hour in Laws & Regulations) will be offered to commercial, non-commercial and private pesticide applicators. One (1) Texas Beef Quality Assurance Program (BQA) credit will also be offered.

Person with disabilities who plan to attend meetings or functions who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Caldwell County two days prior to the event (512) 581-7186, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension provides equal opportunities in its programs and employment to all persons, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.