KING RANCH INSTITUTE FOR RANCH MANAGEMENT, TEXAS AGFINANCE PARTNER TO CREATE NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

New program provides for continuing education in advanced ranch management

KINGSVILLE (February 26, 2008) — Thanks to a generous gift from Texas AgFinance, the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will broaden the educational services it offers. With a $1 million commitment, the institute will initiate the Texas AgFinance Certificate in Advanced Ranch Management aimed at ranchers and landowners who want to expand their skills to keep up with the ever-changing ranching industry.
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SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN COMES TO AN END
AS KING RANCH INSTITUTE GARNERS $1 MILLION GIFT

Texas AgFinance provides final gift to establish ranching certificate program.

KINGSVILLE (February 26, 2008) — A $1 million gift from Texas AgFinance, based in Robstown, put the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management’s capital campaign over the top in just four years. The institute, located at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has raised $10.4 million since it was established four years ago in the College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences.

The gift from Texas AgFinance will be used to create the Texas AgFinance Certificate in Advanced Ranch Management aimed at ranchers who want to expand their managerial skills to keep up with the ever-changing ranching industry.
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The 5th Annual HOLT CAT® Symposium on Excellence in Ranch Management will be held October 30 – 31st, 2008, in Kingsville, Texas. This year’s topic will focus on transitioning ranch ownership and management to the next generation and will be held in a workshop format.

For additional information, please call 361-593-5401 or visit us at krirm.tamuk.edu.

KINGSVILLE -- From a laptop computer in a university classroom beams a long list of letters and numbers -- an equation, Les Nunn tells his colleagues, for getting the most beef out of your pastures' grass.
It's noon Friday at Texas A&M University-Kingsville's nascent Institute for Ranch Management, time for brown bag lunches and "bullosophy." Nunn's Power Point presentation, "Searching for the Economic Optimum Stocking Ratio," follows another student's profit loss analysis of a government incentive program for land conservation and another's stab at formulas for sharing land between hunting lessees and livestock. Read more>>>

Sometimes landing your dream job takes more than just the notion that you can do it. It takes a combination of education, experience and just a little networking to get there. For Matt Etheredge, that dream job is to serve as a general manager for a large, diverse cow-calf or stocker operation. And he’s headed down the right path.
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When you have 60,000 head of cattle spread across hundreds of square miles of tough, South Texas range, a national plan to individually ID every animal to allow lifetime traceback in the event of an animal-health emergency could be a real case for consternation. But a fabled Texas ranch found such concern was mostly unwarranted from the practical side. Read more>>>

When the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently gave Texas A&M University-Kingsville final approval to create a master of science degree in ranch management, it gave the King Ranch Institute of Ranch Management (KRIRM) the distinction of having the only degree of its kind in the world. Read more>>>

On March 31, 2006, the Burnett Foundation generously gave $600,000 to fund a KRIRM fellowship under the name of “6666 Ranch Fellowship.” The earnings from these funds will be used to support a graduate student for a Master's degree in the ranch management program. The fellowship will help to carry on the legacy of the famous north Texas ranch, which continues to be a leader in the ranching industry with its famous cattle, quarter horse, and land stewardship programs.

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“Every manager of the place, and there haven’t been many,” says Paul Genho, vice president of King Ranch, “has been committed to improvement through research. Captain King, Robert Justus Kleberg, Bob and Tio Kleberg ,” have each made a contribution to an area of the industry in which they saw a lack. More >>>

A new ranch management program will make its debut this fall at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. The King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management is a master's degree program designed to train students in all areas of ranch management — from range and wildlife management to finance and personnel management. More>>>

The legendary King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas, which recently marked its 150th Anniversary, is not only one of Texas’ great historic treasures; it is also one of the oldest continuing businesses in the United States. More >>>

Anyone who has heard of Texas can probably name its most legendary ranch: the King Ranch. During its long and colorful history, this ranch pioneered in the development of hybrid cattle, improved the blood lines of the quarter horse and, until a few years ago, ran a Thoroughbred racing operation. But the ranch deserves to be better known as a major force for wildlife conservation. Its 825,000 acres probably comprise the largest block of wildlife habitat in the state. More >>>

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2006-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the availability of two new risk management tools for pasture, rangeland and forage, beginning with the 2007 crop year. More>>>