TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION TO HOLD INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS

  

 The Multi-County New Landowner Education Program is a program with nine informational meetings/seminars/field days to demonstrate to landowners in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington Counties different ways of developing agricultural enterprises that are appropriate for their property.

The program also give new residence to the area an outlet to meet new people in their communities and what can be done with their land that might be profitable.

The program is held on the Third Friday of the months of January through May and August through October.

This month’s meeting will be Friday, January 16, at the Washington County Fairgrounds, where the participants will hear from experts in certain agriculture fields about the best way to manage and implement their properties, assisting landowners in understanding the concepts of rural living, and are given exposure to ideas on raising livestock and horses, plant identification, soil testing, stock pond management and fruit and nut production, and many other topics.

The cost is $125 per person or $200 per couple for all nine meetings, or $20 per person per individual meeting.

For more information, call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Austin County at 979-865 2072.