Keeping Tabs on Oil and Gas Easements By Robert Fears
hile seated in a classroom earlier this year, ranchers were able to follow a set of calves through the ranch gate into a stocker operator’s pastures, then into a feedyard and through a packing plant, thanks to a virtual tour assembled by Dr. Dan Hale. Hale, Texas A&M University (TAMU) professor and Agri-
Life Extension meat specialist, took ranchers on this virtual tour at the 2014 School for Successful Ranching, part of the Cattle Raisers Convention in San Antonio in April. His program at the School was titled “From Gate to Plate:
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and surface disturbance resulting from oil and gas production involves more than pads for well sites. Normally, all-weather roads, pipelines, and utility lines are needed to transport equipment, product, and electrical power.
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What’s Next for Your Calf?” It shows ranchers how they do more than just produce a calf. “They’re in the business of producing a high-quality, safe food product for the consum- ers,” he says. Gate to Plate helps ranchers understand how their cattle are valued in the marketplace. “Many producers don’t see their cattle beyond the auction
markets,” Hale says, “so they don’t know what transpires in the stocker phase and the packing phase. We developed Gate to Plate to help them understand those parts of the industry.” When he gives the Gate to Plate tour, Hale asks for a show
of hands at the beginning to fi nd out how many ranchers in the audience have been to a feedyard or packing plant. He says few hands ever go up. As a result of the virtual tour, “They’re very enthusiastic about seeing what happens to their calves,” he says. The “We
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