MULTI-COUNTY NEW LANDOWNDER PROGRAM TODAY
The Multi-County New Landowner Education final program in the 2016 series is taking place today (Friday). 
The final program will focus on livestock production for small acreage. The series includes nine informational meetings, seminars, and field days that are designed to make new landowners in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington Counties aware of what types of agricultural enterprises are best for their property.
The program today will be held at Sand Creek Ranch, located at 26598 New Bremen Rd. in New Ulm. Registration is $20.00 per person and includes refreshments and educational materials. The meeting will begin at 1:30 and will last 4 to 5 hours.
For more information please contact the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office in Austin County at (979-865-2072).
Let’s be honest, this program was designed to help people with 15 to 11 acre plots create an ad exemption on their total property taxes for a 50 percent reduction. Hay production has been great the last two years, so cattle farms are no longer scrounging and leasing any smaller size acreage for hay and to give these landowners EASY tax exemptions. Ag exemptions on property taxes should only be granted if 30% of net income for property owner comes from those agriculture products. The state wants to give relief to payers of property tax this session and if they do not address this unfair practice, then they are not serious and do not represent anyone but the wealthy tax evaders. City dwellers, seniors and single family homes on lots, please contact your state representatives and ask them to fix this blatant abuse of the property tax system.