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
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.
Austin Brown III
General Manager/Partner, Brown Ranches & Landair, Inc.
Dave DeLaney
Former Vice President and General Manager of Ranching and Wildlife, King Ranch, Inc.
Stephen Diebel
Owner/Operator, Diebel Cattle Company
Kelly Georgiades
Owner/Operator, GKG Land and Cattle
Justin Gleghorn, Ph.D.
Director of Value Management, Cactus Feeders
Jim Link
Owner, Link Cattle Company
Coleman Locke
President, J.D. Hudgins, Inc.
Jim McAdams
McAdams Cattle Company
Bob McCan
Manager, McFaddin Enterprises
Frank Price
Owner/Operator, Frank and Sims Price Ranch
Kimberly Ratcliff
Executive Director, 100 Ranchers
Gilly Riojas
General Manager, La Babia Cattle Company
John Zacek
Executive Vice President of Regional Lending, Prosperity Bank
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.
