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Hedging Cattle with an LRP Policy
Livestock producers have always had to manage in uncertain environments. Price uncertainty is as common an issue as uncertain rainfall patterns for Texas cattle producers. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) policies were ...
Leasing Texas Rangelands
Rangelands make up almost 90 million acres, or about 59 percent of the land surface of Texas. Traditionally, these lands have been managed for livestock grazing and wildlife production, but they are also the major watershed ...
Stocking Rate Decisions
On any ranch, decisions must be made as to the management of each ranch resource (land, animals, personnel, facilities and finances). When those decisions are made with specific short- and long-term goals in mind, and when ...
2007 Texas Panhandle Forage Sorghum Silage Trial
The summer of 2007 we completed our ninth year of consecutive sorghum silage variety trials conducted at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bush Farm, located approximately 8 miles west of Amarillo.
Thinking About a Preconditioned Feeder Calf Sale?
The purpose of preconditioning and process verification for stocker/feeder calves is to minimize the morbidity and mortality experienced by calves as they move from their home ranch into the beef production system.
Break-even Costs for Cow/Calf Producers
CALCULATING BREAK-EVEN COSTS of production can help cow/calf producers make better management decisions for the current year or for the near future.
La Grange Community Resource Center
A natural disaster can hit anywhere and any time. When a community prepares through the use of disaster mitigation, it enables a community to be resilient in the face of adversity. Architecture can play a key role in the ...
POLA Energy Recovery Center
This project is a Waste to Energy facility in Wilmington Waterfront, Los Angeles, which integrates municipal waste treatment facilities with outdoor green roods, indoor exhibition hall, and indoor visitor centers. Encouraged ...
Transitional Living Community: a Study of Transformation
The model of removing and replacing slum areas with new infrastructure has widely proven to only relocate its current residents to an equal or lower standard of living by the product of property value increase. The goal ...