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Edwards County to host rangeland leasing conferenceTexas The Texas AgriLife Extension Service office in Edwards County will conduct a rangeland leasing conference to begin at 8 a.m. April 16 at the county's 4-H barns. The conference ends at noon and will be followed by a complimentary lunch courtesy of Lockhart Real Estate in Rocksprings. Three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be offered. Sam Silvers, AgriLife Extension agent in Edwards County, said the conference is for landowners struggling with how to best lease their lands for hunting or grazing. The program's keynote speaker will be Judon Fambrough, senior lecturer and attorney with the Texas Real Estate Research Center at College Station. Fambrough will discuss issues related to wind energy and negotiating wind leases. The day's other two speakers, both from the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde, are Dr. Bob Lyons, AgriLife Extension range specialist, and Dr. Rick Machen, AgriLife Extension livestock specialist. Lyons will discuss types of leases and the importance of monitoring natural resources on them. Machen will address livestock and grazing management considerations relating to leases. For more information, call the AgriLife Extension office in Edwards County at 830-683-4310. 4/7/08 Date: 4/3/08
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