Legacy Landscapes

Legacy Landscapes helps ranchers in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Kansas, Arizona, and Texas improve their grazing lands, strengthen their operations, and access new markets. Participants can receive over $70,000 in potential funding, one-on-one support from a local grazing expert, and custom marketing guidance; all designed to improve the land and your bottom line.

This program is designed to give farmers and ranchers the credit they’re due for their stewardship of grazing lands, while providing them the technical and financial assistance to accomplish their goals. This initiative aims to support livestock producers in record keeping and implementing grazing land improvements that benefit both their operation and the environment.

The program offers funding for a producer to work with a marketing expert in their area to help them develop a comprehensive marketing plan, including opportunities like direct-to-consumer, value-added, regional processing, supply chain programs and other emerging markets. This expert will help with the development and the deployment of the marketing plan with the producer.

• Ranchers in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Kansas, Arizona, and Texas

• A participating producer is eligible to receive more than $70,000 to utilize tools and implement improved practices

A participating producer is eligible to receive more than $70,000 to utilize tools and implement improved practices, including:

• $30,000-$50,000 for practice(s) implementation based on your consultation with your local Technical Service Provider

• $4,000 per year for digital record-keeping subscription

• $4,500 individual marketing plan

• Optional $7,500 to reimburse the producer for getting soil analysis

• Optional $3,600 per year to reimburse the producer for getting fecal analysis

• Optional $3,000 to attend educational events to further their grazing knowledge

• $3/head data collection payment per year for participating in emerging markets

Technical Assistance: Receive one-on-one technical assistance from a local grazing and livestock expert. Specifically, the TA provider will help with:

• Guidance in deciding which record-keeping system is right for your operation;

• Gathering your operational records and data;

• Supporting the development of a new or the revision of an existing grazing management plan (or operational management plan).

• Providing decision-making support based on soil analysis, fecal analysis, and farm management system data to implement practices to reach your operational goals.

• Providing guidance on the implementation of new practices and long-term maintenance of the practice and/or approach.

Sign up for a Consultation (Interest Form). Depending on your state, you will be connected to one of NatGLC’s local technical assistance providers to enroll and start the development or review of your grazing management plans.

Timeline: Project spans through end of 2028.

Graze on Over webinar on Legacy Landscapes (YouTube)