Agriculture forums for lessees
The State Land Board offers seminars at no cost to our lessees because we aim to provide ranchers -- and our lessees -- with more tools to become better stewards of trust land and to become more profitable through the use of adaptive grazing management practices and improved business practices. Stewardship matters to us because trust land needs to earn income not only for today's students, but also for future generations of students.
Registration is now open for our next Agriculture Grazing Forum: Greening the Chihuahuan Desert.
In January, desert ranching expert Alejandro Carrillo will facilitate the seminar, providing actionable insights into how you can run trials on your operation with minimal investment and see tangible results (more diversity and greener pastures) by the next growing season—enough that you may even be motivated to scale up!
Light breakfast as well as a full lunch will be provided.
For your convenience, we're offering the same seminar at two different locations.
- Tuesday, January 27, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM in Craig, Colorado
- Thursday January 29, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM in Lamar, Colorado
Be sure to RSVP by Friday, January 16, 2026.
Stay tuned for more details on the next Agriculture Farming Forum: Managing your Farm for the Future.
Mr. Steve Tucker will facilitate a farming seminar that covers soil health in today's world, farming regeneratively for the future, examining our philosophies in how we farm, incorporating diversity and other enterprises into the operation, how we search for opportunities in today's markets, and more!
Light breakfast as well as a full lunch will be provided.
- Monday, February 23, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM in Limon, Colorado
Q&A
We are offering this program for free because we aim to provide ranchers -- and our lessees -- with more tools to become better stewards of trust land and to become more profitable through the use of adaptive grazing management practices and improved business practices.
Yes. As an attendee to the annual lessee forums as well as the upcoming 3-day adaptive management course, a lessee's participation will be considered when evaluating competitive bid applications. Other adaptive management seminars may also be considered that you have participated in.
- January 2023
- Forum in Pueblo with Dave Pratt titled 'Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Managing Through Drought'
- Forum in Ft. Collins with Dave Pratt titled 'Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Managing Through Drought'
- December 2021: virtual forum featuring Dallas Mount, CEO of Ranch Management Consultants, Ranching for Profit School Instructor
- January 2020: one-day forum featuring Dallas Mount, CEO of Ranch Management Consultants, Ranching for Profit School Instructor
- January 2019: one-day forum featuring Dr. Tim Steffans, Assistant Professor, Rangeland Resource Management, West Texas A&M University
Do you have a suggestion for a forum topic? Please let us know by contacting Jesse Price, Regenerative Agriculture Manager, at jesse.price@co.state.us.