ABOUT RANCH UNIVERSITY
Taught from a working ranch, not a studio.
Ranch University began with a simple observation: most land education isn't written for Texas, and most of it isn't written by people still doing the work.
01 THE STORY
We learned it the long way, so you don't have to.
Ranch University is run from a working Texas ranch โ cattle, hay, fence lines, and the paperwork that comes with all of it. The ag exemption process, the livestock decisions, the water planning: everything in the curriculum has been done on this ground first.
We built Ranch U because the answers new landowners need are scattered across county offices, extension bulletins, and hard-won conversations at the feed store. Membership puts them in one place, in order, in plain language.
โ Elizabeth Rogers, Founder
WHAT RANCH U STANDS FOR
Texas-specific
Counties, climates, and codes here are their own subject. We teach that subject, not a national average.
Practical first
Every lesson ends with something you can do this week โ a filing, a fence plan, a feed decision.
Neighborly
Ranching runs on neighbors. The community is half the value of the membership.
For the newly landed and the herd-minded.
New landowners sorting out their first exemptions. Aspiring ranchers building toward a herd. Families keeping land that's been theirs for generations. If you want the land to work โ and pay its way โ the curriculum starts where you stand.
SPRING PASTURE ยท THE HOME PLACE