About the Center
Mission
To safeguard the ecologic and economic resiliency of grazing land resources and ranching operations in Texas and beyond.
Vision
To serve as a national and international leader in producer-directed, applied grazing land and ranch management research, outreach and industry engagement.
Howdy and Welcome.
The Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management is dedicated to providing critical research-based tools and resources to land managers and producers. We accomplish this through our strategic partnerships across all of Texas A&M AgriLife, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as state and federal agencies and non-governmental organizations.
After years of strategic planning guided by expert stakeholders across the state, the Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management is thrilled to have our boots on the ground and our team in the field conducting research, building relationships and serving the producers of Texas.
As we move forward, the Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management will provide a framework to bring together the breadth of expertise within the Texas A&M system to address current, on-the-ground issues facing producers, as well as industry-level challenges that impact grazing lands and ranch enterprises in Texas and beyond.
This is an exciting time for those of us in the fields of livestock production and grazing lands management. Together, we can advance resource stewardship, boost economic resiliency and improve the health of Texans through sustainable food systems. We are excited to have you join us in advancing this mission.
Jeff Goodwin, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management
What Drives Us
Operational
Resiliency
Ranching operations continually face challenges that threaten their ability to recover. CGRM provides solutions to operational resiliency by fostering innovation through multidisciplinary, applied research at scales that are relative to ranchers.
Enterprise Sustainability
Ranching operations continually face challenges that threaten their ability to recover. CGRM provides solutions to operational resiliency by fostering innovation through multidisciplinary, applied research at scales that are relative to ranchers.
Fostering
the Future
As the challenges facing grazinglands and the ranching industry evolve, so to must our strategies to prepare students to appreciate the complexities of grazinglands and the importance of the ranching industry.
Center Staff
Students
Steering Committee
The Livestock and Ranching Steering Committee is comprised of 19 highly regarded and experienced ranchers across Texas who provide insight and guidance on Center for Grazingland and Ranch Management research and outreach priority areas to effectively address the complex challenges facing the ranching community.
Jason Bagley
VP, Beef Resources at Texas Beef Council
Austin Brown III
General Manager/Partner, Brown Ranches & Landair, Inc.
James Clement III
SVP, Rangeland, EarthOptics
Stephen Diebel
Owner/Operator, Diebel Cattle Company
David Eppright
Owner at Seventy Six Cattle
Kent Ferguson
Kelly Georgiades
Owner/Operator, GKG Land and Cattle
Misty Giles
Justin Gleghorn, Ph.D.
Director of Value Management, Cactus Feeders
Heath Grigg
VP & GM of Ranching and Wildlife Operations
Sharon Holman
Owner/Operator, Holman Ranches, Holman Dorpers and Holman Exotics
Jim Link
Owner, Link Cattle Company
Jim McAdams
McAdams Cattle Company
Bob McCan
Manager, McFaddin Enterprises
Poncho Ortega, Sr.
Owner/Operator
Frank Price
Owner/Operator Frank & Sims Price Ranch
Jason Sawyer
Chief Science Officer, East Foundation
Mike Turner
Ranch and Resource Manager, Blue Ranch Division of McCloy Family Land LLC
Michael Vance
Owner/Operator, Southern Reds – Red Angus Cattle
Texas A&M University System Advisory Board
Center Advisory Board is comprised of members across the Texas A&M University System. Ultimately, the Livestock and Ranching Committee defines “what” the Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management prioritizes, and the Center Advisory Board provides internal guidance on “how” we implement these strategies with a Texas A&M system-wide focus.
