Planning for drought.
Planning for drought. Planning involves having an understanding of, and employing, different management styles. It also includes being aware of different insurance plans and their limitations.
Texas A&M Resources.
- Rangeland drought management – planning is key to surviving drought.
Drought management is often just a survival strategy. However, even survival requires that you have a plan flexible enough to deal with the individual circumstances of each drought as it comes. - Rangeland resource management – strategic planning.
Strategic planning is the process of determining the direction your enterprise will take. -
Planning for drought.
Using Historical Rainfall Patterns to Plan for Drought in the High Plains -
Total Resource Management.
Rangeland Resource Management for Texans -
Alternative farm business models.
Several progressive producers across the country have used new approaches to capture economies of scale, reduce costs, improve asset utilization, and employ higher levels of technical expertise. -
Starting a sustainable agriculture business.
Sustainable agriculture involves using innovative strategies to produce and distribute an agricultural product. - Financial management tool.
A balance sheet is a statement of the financial condition of a business at a specific time. It is one of the principal reports provided by a good accounting system. -
How productivity and land use can affect tax valuation of land.
Farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness managers— as well as governmental officials—need to understand these tax exemptions and how revisions to them might affect agriculture. - https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/agricultural-law/basics-of-texas-water-law/Water Law information.
Texas property owners need to understand the basics of Texas water law as well as their rights and legal limitations related to the use of water on their property. -
Information on converting CRP land to farming or ranching – process and considerations. (PDF format)
https://cdn-ext.agnet.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/EAG-006-after-the-conservation-program-economic-decisions-with-farming-and-grazing-in-mind.pdf -
Crop insurance terms and definitions.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/crop-insurance-terms-and-definitions/ -
CRC – “CRC protects a producer from loss of revenue resulting from low prices, low yields, or a combination of the two.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/crop-revenue-coverage-crc/ -
Low-cost protection against widespread crop losses.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/group-risk-plan-grp-insurance/ -
Basics of the Multiple Peril Crop Insurance program. A quick internet search says that drought is covered by this type of insurance plan.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/the-multiple-peril-crop-insurance-actual-production-history-aph-insurance-plan/ -
Pasture rangeland and forage insurance - Discusses Rainfall Index Program.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/pasture-rangeland-and-forage-insurance-in-texas/ -
Grazing systems.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/agricultural-business/grazing-systems-for-profitable-ranching/ -
Stocking rate decisions.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/ranching/stocking-rate-decisions/ -
Mention of drought considerations when determining minimum and maximum stocking rates for lease agreements.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/agricultural-law/leasing-texas-rangelands/ -
Horsepower requirements and sizing irrigation supply pipelines.
https://cdn-ext.agnet.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EB-6011-calculating-horsepower-requirements-and-sizing-supply-pipelines-for-irrigation.pdf -
Grain sorghum irrigation.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/grain-sorghum-irrigation/ -
Subsurface drip irrigation systems.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/installing-a-subsurface-drip-irrigation-system-for-row-crops/ -
Irrigation monitoring with soil water sensors.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/irrigation-monitoring-with-soil-water-sensors/ -
Irrigation of forage crops.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/irrigation-of-forage-crops/ -
Irrigation water quality.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/irrigation-water-quality/ -
Irrigation water quality standards and salinity management strategies.
https://cdn-ext.agnet.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EB-1667-irrigation-water-quality-standards-and-salinity-management-strategies-1.pdf -
Surge flow irrigation.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/water/surge-flow-irrigation/ -
Using renewable energy to pump water.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/using-renewable-energy-to-pump-water/ -
Risk Management
Types of risk.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/ranching/rangeland-risk-management-for-texans-types-of-risk/ -
Mention of production risk tools.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/developing-a-marketing-plan/ -
Rangeland risk – drought.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/ranching/rangeland-risk-management-for-texans-drought/ -
Managing climatic and financial risk.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/ranching/rangeland-risk-management-for-texans-managing-climatic-and-financial-risk-with-grazing/ -
Section on managing climate risk.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/ranching/rangeland-risk-management-for-texans-types-of-risk/ -
Risk management. Lists weather and natural disasters as a source of risk in the global market.
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/marketing-risk-management/managing-risk-in-a-dynamic-world-economy/