A series of grazing workshops for land managers and livestock and wildlife producers will continue through Oct. 1.

"My Piece of Texas" grazing schools will teach participants how to estimate forage production, determine grazeable acres and set proper stocking rates, as well as learn grazing management principles.

Seminars are schedueld for Sept. 17 at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area in Hunt, Sept. 24 at the Houston County Livestock Commission in Crockett and Oct. 1 at the Bee County Expo Center in Beeville.

The registration fee of $25 includes lunch and a copy of the soon-to-be-published handbook, "Managing My Piece of Texas." The how-to guide went through a peer review by ranchers throughout Texas after being developed by grazing specialists from the Grazing Land Conservation Initiative, Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

"A few years ago a producer asked us if there was a book that contained all the grazing information all the agencies had," said Mark Moseley, NRCS rangeland management specialist/GLCI liaison. "We knew there was no need to develop new information, so we took the information and made it into a 'how to get started and where do I go from here' handbook that a new landowner as well as a seasoned livestock producer can use."

Morning sessions at the workshops will feature grazing experts from GLCI, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas AgriLife Research and NRCS who will discuss grazing basics and strategies. After lunch, participants will head outdoors for in-the-field demonstrations of cattle habitats, grazeable acres, grazing evaluation of forages, adjustment evaluations and how to determine stocking rates.

For information about the session in Hunt, phone (830) 257- 6568.

To register for the seminar in Crockett phone (936) 544-3255, ext. 256. To register for the Beeville seminar phone (361) 362- 3280.

"If there is enough interest this will be the first of a series of workshops on managing your piece of Texas based on the handbook," Moseley said.