Fall Vegetable Gardening Workshop – September 21, 2022
Reference Guide for Leon County Landowners
Agriculture/Natural Resources Publications
Agriculture Statistics for Leon County
Selected Publications on Various Agriculture and Natural Resource Topics
Soil Management
Soil Properties and Quality
- Testing Your Soil: How To Collect And Send Samples
- Soil Acidity and Liming
- Introduction to Soils: Managing Soils
- Introduction to Soils: Soil Quality
- Texas A&M Soil Testing Laboratory
Soil Conservation
- Improving Water Quality With Grassed Waterways
- North American Soil Degradation: Processes, Practices, and Mitigating Strategies
Water
- Texas Watershed Steward Handbook
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Keep Pesticides Out Of Texas Water Supplies
- Basics of Texas Water Law
Wells and Drinking Water
- Texas Well Owner Network: Well Owner’s Guide to Water Supply
- Disinfecting Your Private Well
- How to Sample Your Well Water and Understand the Results
Wastewater and Septic Systems
- On-Site Water Treatment Systems: Homeowner’s Guide to Evaluating Service Contracts
- On-Site Water Treatment Systems: Operation and Maintenance
- Additional information on septic and other on-site sewage treatment systems may be found at https://ossf.tamu.edu/educational-materials-2/
Ponds and Pond Management
- Texas Farm Pond Management Calendar
- Aquatic Herbicide Selection Table
- Determining the Size of Your Pond
- My Fish Are Dying
- A Pond To Call My Own: Understand Water Law in Texas
- Ponds – Planning, Design, Construction
- The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension AquaPlant website has an easy to use Pond Weed ID and control information. https://aquaplant.tamu.edu/
Vegetation
Pasture Management
- Forage Species for Texas
- Forage Bermudagrass – Selection, Establishment, and Management
- Establishing Cool Season Annual Grasses
- Hay Production in Texas
- Restoring Native Grassland
- Know Your Grasses
Brush and Weed Control
- Know Your Grasses
- Weed Identification
- Brush Control for Small Acreages
- Weed Control in Pastures and Forages
- Managing Grassy Weeds in a Grass Pasture or Hay Meadow
- Chemical Weed and Brush Control
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has a great website for their Brush Busters program: https://texnat.tamu.edu/about/brush-busters/. This resource covers a multitude of methods to control brush and other noxious species of plants.
Fruits and Vegetables
- Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Fruit and Nut Varieties for Leon County
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Horticulture Department has a great website with a wealth of information: https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/. This resource contains information on planting and harvesting a wide variety of fruit and vegetable crops. It also contains information on garden preparation, disease management, and landscaping.
Livestock
Choosing Livestock Operations and Stocking Rates
- Livestock for Small Acreage Landowners
- Stocking Rate Decisions
- Reference Guide for Texas Ranchers
- The Texas A&M Animal Science Department has a variety of educational resources for the different livestock species. You can find this information at https://animalscience.tamu.edu/livestock-species/.
Livestock Management Nutrition, and Health
Cattle
- Buying versus Raising Replacement Heifers
- Recognizing and Managing Common Health Problems for Beef Cattle
- Managing External Parasites of Texas Cattle
- Keeping Cattle Hydrated and Healthy During a Drought
- Seven Management Techniques That Move Cow-Calf Producers Toward Profitability
Sheep and Goats
- Monitoring Internal Parasite Infection in Small Ruminants
- Biosecurity for Sheep and Goat Producers
- Getting Started in the Meat Goat Business
- Texas Breeding Goat Guide
Horses
- Nutrition and Feeding Management of Broodmares
- Care and Management of Horses on the Ranch
- Best Management Practices for Equine Disease Prevention
- Selection and Use of Hay and Processed Roughage in Horse Feeding
- Mature, Senior, and Geriatric Horses: Management, Care, and Use
- Horse Theft Awareness and Prevention
Poultry
Swine
Beekeeping
- Beekeeping Basics
- Honeybees and Beekeeping
- What Beekeepers Should Know About Bee Mites
- Using Honeybees in Pollination
- How to Minimize Pesticide Risks to Honeybees
- Protecting Honeybees from Pesticides
Wildlife
- Texas Comptroller – Guidelines for Qualification of Agricultural Land in Wildlife Management Use
- TPWD-Agricultural Tax Appraisal Based on Wildlife Management
- Wildlife Management Activities and Practices
- The Wildlife and Fisheries Science Department at Texas A&M have a great website with information on wildlife management at https://wildlife.tamu.edu/new-landowners/
Feral Hogs
- Recognizing Feral Hog Signs
- Wild Hog Hunting – Stay Healthy on Your Hunt
- Feral Hog Diseases
- AgriLife Extension Feral Hog website: https://feralhogs.tamu.edu
Ranch Maintenance and Operations
Infrastructure, Fences, and Structures
- Five Strands: A Landowner’s Guide to Fence Laws in Texas
- NRCS Conservation Practice General Specification – Fence
- Planning and Building Fences on the Farm
Operating a Farm/Ranch Business
- Business Entity Planning
- Basic Business Structures: Sole Proprietor, Joint Operating Agreements and Partnerships
- Business Plans for Agricultural Producers
- Limited Liability Companies and Corporate Business Structures
- Developing a Marketing Plan
- Texas Comptroller – Agricultural and Timber Exemptions
- The Agricultural Economics Department with AgriLife Extension maintains a website with a number of helpful tools ranging from crop profitability analyzers to budget sheets. Website: https://agecoext.tamu.edu/
Property Taxes
- Texas Property Taxes
- Understanding Texas Taxes
- Agriculture Taxes in Texas
- Appraisal of Agricultural Land
