Position Title: Ranch Manager/Ranch Director of Operations Name of Ranch/Business: Clawson Ranch Partnership Location: 3 Primary Locations – Meade & Englewood, Kansas; Hardesty, Oklahoma; 1 Satellite Location – Sedan, Kansas Position Description: Searching for a Ranch Manager with strong cow/calf, backgrounding and people management experience. Candidate must be willing and capable of managing the complexity of four non-contiguous ranches and …
By Clay Mathis, Ph.D. From the Director, KRIRM Fall 2021 Newsletter. The KRIRM model for developing excellent ranch managers is founded upon a learn-by-doing approach requiring students to complete multiple case studies for partnering ranches. The projects are designed to solve problems for the ranches we serve, and to provide hands-on discovery opportunities for our students. Over time, some similar …
The annual King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management symposium will be a hybrid event on Sustainable Ranching, delivered in Kingsville, Texas, and online October 14-15, 2021. In the past, “sustainability” was a relatively simple concept within the ranching industry. It was passing on the ranch to sustain the next generation by taking care of livestock and wildlife and maintaining or …
By Elaine Barnes Coordinator, Alumni and Donor Communications August 23, 2019 (Kingsville, TX) – The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation announced, with gratitude, the largest singular gift from an individual in the university’s almost 100-year history. The $19.5 million bequest is also the leading commitment to date for the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, With You. Without Limits. The Campaign for …
What will be the same? What will be different? By Ashley Patterson, Featured in the Spring 2019 Newsletter What will the ranching industry look like in the year 2039? That question was raised during a presentation made at the 2019 Cattle Raisers Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, to kick off the School for Successful Ranching. In front of a crowded …
A Cowpuncher’s Journey by Hank Willemsma, published in the April/May 2019 issue of Working Ranch Magazine. Hank Willemsma, a 2018 graduate of the ranch management master’s program at KRIRM, appeared in the latest issue of Working Ranch Magazine. Hank tells us how he was led to the Institute in pursuit of a ranch management career. In his feature, “A Cowpuncher’s …
We were honored to meet with Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp to talk about our ranch management master’s program at Texas A&M-Kingsville and the dedication of the King Ranch family to preserving America’s ranching heritage. Chancellor Sharp, our director Dr. Clay Mathis, and alumnus, Tylor Braden, spent some time on King Ranch to talk about the benefits the program …
Everyone knows that old saying, “It’s not about what you know, it’s about who you know.” Graduate students in our ranch management master’s program understand the importance of building networks and relationships in the industry. In fact, when asked what they believe is the greatest benefit they receive at the King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management, students most often explain …
Nearly 5 years ago, Tylor Braden and Tyson Johnson graduated from the master’s program at the King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management. Hear the KRIRM alumni share their experience and take-aways from the program, and how it helped prepare them to manage diversified ranching operations. Tylor is the Area Manager of Cattle Operations for King Ranch in Texas and Tyson is the …
Three Ranch Management Graduate students at KRIRM prepare for graduation, reflecting on their experiences and ready to serve the ranching industry By Kindra Gordon Featured in the Winter 2019 Newsletter It’s been said that graduation marks both an end and a beginning. It’s an exciting time to look back on growth and new skills gained – and to look forward …
The winter 2019 newsletter is now available here. In this issue, we recap last year’s symposium on Horse Program Success on Working Ranches, feature the graduating class of KRIRM ranch management students, and showcase two brothers (alumni of KRIRM) and their roles as ranch managers. The cover photo was taken by Kelli Brown on R.A. Brown Ranch. Keep reading for …
We are now accepting applications to the Master of Science in Ranch Management program. At the King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management, we offer the only master’s degree in ranch management in the world. It is uniquely designed to teach a multi-disciplinary, systems approach to ranch management, providing students with an educational experience and network of partnering ranches that is …