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Trinity Valley Community College AG & Ranch Management

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Trinity Valley Community College AG & Ranch Management

The TVCC Ranch offers hands on experiences in Agriculture and Ranch Management education. TVCC is like many other small colleges throughout the country.

The Trinity Valley Community College Ranch is located an hour’s drive southeast of Dallas in Henderson County. Small town atmosphere and a chance for more personalized instruction appeals to a lot of students. Some students finalize their education at a community college; others use it as a stepping stone to advanced study at a university. But there is something different about Trinity Valley Comm

unity College. It has an educational opportunity unlike many others – a program that combines classroom education with lessons in the real world. TVCC offers instruction in Agriculture and Ranch Management. That is not so unusual in itself, but what is unique is that the college maintains a registered Charolais beef herd and puts together a show string for the major livestock shows. How did it all come about? It began in the fall of 1975 when the Amoco Corporation gave the college a 25-year lease on 254 acres of land to start the Ranch Management program. A $50,000 grant was given through the Texas Education Agency to also help start the program. Originally most all of the acreage was in forest and during the fall of this same year, all but 70 acres were cleared and three stock ponds built. In 1977, the college built a $20,000 metal barn and a $5000 corral. During subsequent years, most of the remaining forested land was cleared, more stock ponds constructed, and other structures added to the property. The initial cattle herd was donated in September 1976 and consisted of 104 Charolais cows, heifers, and calves. In the fall of 1977, the college received another donation by Baldwin Associates of Dallas of 54 head, which were incorporated into the first cattle. In September of 1999, TVCC purchased the 254 acres from the Amoco Corporation. Through the years, there has been continued effort to always work on improving the genetics of the herd. Since 1977, numerous Charolais breeders have donated various individual cattle, semen, and embryos to the program. TVCC agriculture and ranch management instructors use modern approaches in the genetic improvement of the herd and teach these methods to their students.

04/30/2026

Our new Hay barn at the TVCC Ranch is completed. Couldn’t resist posting a photo.

04/28/2026

The new 120 ft. X 80ft. hay barn at the TVCC Ranch is getting its roof today. We are very much looking forward to putting it to good use.

04/21/2026

TVCC Ag students taking entomology enjoyed a little treat today as we discussed beneficial aspects of insects, in which one is a food source. Chocolate covered crickets anyone?

04/20/2026

The Trinity Valley Community College Ag Club attended the Texas Junior College Agriculture Association Convention held at Sam Houston State University this past Thursday and Friday. There were five TVCC students who attended. Our club president, Isabella Lucio, served as State Reporter and she and Shiloh Sartain brought home the first place award for the scrap book contest. I’m in the process of having the scrapbook scanned by our graphic and print design department and will post the link to it later. We went on tours of the Texas prison museum, and the Sam Houston museum while we were in Huntsville.

03/26/2026

The TVCC wildlife conservation & management class toured the TPWD Freshwater Fishery Center today. It is located just outside of Athens, Texas. Donovan Patterson, who is over the freshwater breeding program at the center, gave us a wonderful tour of the breeding and rearing area in which they were in the middle of the breeding season. It was a wonderful tour and we learned a lot. Students also had a few minutes to go through the self-guided tour area of the center before returning to campus.

03/13/2026

The wildlife conservation and management class had a guest speaker today. Heidi Kryger-Bailey, Wildlife Biologist, for the Texas Parks and Wildlife department gave us an outstanding presentation on what she does for a living, her educational background, and how she obtained the current position. She also brought many tanned animal skins/furs she passed around and asked our students to identify them. Her region includes Henderson County, Anderson County, Van Zandt County and Rains County.

03/09/2026

The TVCC Wildlife Conservation & Management class students toured the TPWD Purtis Creek State Park this past week. Park Superintendent Aaron Johnston gave us a great educational tour!

02/27/2026

The Wildlife conservation & management class took some time to learn how to score Whitetail deer antlers in class this past week.

02/12/2026

The wildlife conservation and management class enjoyed a guest presentation today from Texas A&M Agrilife Extension pond specialist, Tyson Keese. Also contributing to the presentation was Henderson County Extension agent Spencer SIms. Both also shared their career paths and education with our students at the end of the presentation. Spencer was the captain on our beef cattle show team in 2000-2001. We very much appreciate both of them taking the time to spend with us today!

11/29/2025

The TVCC-AG club helped decorate for Christmas at the Love in Action Homeless Shelter in Athens, Texas. They also brought several donations for the shelter. We appreciate Ag club president Isabella Lucio, Secretary Garrett Ellington, and member Julian Lucio for their volunteerism.

Address

100 Cardinal Drive
Athens, TX
75751

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.tvcc.edu/agriculture

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