Land Owner Educational Class April 21
The Multi-County New Landowner Education program is a series of 8 informational meetings, seminars, and field days designed to make new landowners in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington Counties aware of what types of agricultural enterprises are best for their property.
Participants in the program will hear from experts in a variety of fields in agriculture about best management practices that can be implemented on their own property. This innovative program assists new landowners in understanding the concepts of rural living.
Participants in the program are given exposure to ideas on raising livestock and horses, plant identification, fence building, applying pesticides, soil testing, stock pond management, pond construction, fruit and nut production, rainwater harvesting, turf management, and much more. The program also serves as a way for new residents of the four counties to network and meet new people in their communities, find out what can be done on their land, what operations can be successful, and possibly what opportunities they have to serve the community.
The programs will be held on the third Friday of the months of February through May, and August through November.
Participants who sign up for the entire series will receive a notebook at the beginning of the series to fill as we progress through the program with handouts and reference material that will be useful as they move forward with improvements on their property.
The April meeting for the 2023 series will take place on Friday, April 21, at the Immaculate Conception German Catholic Church-Parish Hall located at 15994 TX-159 in Industry. The goal of this session is to help landowners identify common weeds and brush species in our area.
For more information, contact the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office in Austin County (979) 865-2072, Colorado County (979) 732-2082 Fayette County (979) 9685831 or Washington County (979) 277-6212.
Registration materials can also be found online at https:// washington.agrilife.org/nlo.