What we teach
HMI Texas offers Sustainability Training Equips Producers for Success (STEPS) to cover more topics, effectively and efficiently, than any other course in agriculture. You will learn how to immediately begin creating an effective team with everyone working toward the same goals and objective standards to measure
progress. You will learn critical communication, analytical and planning skills.

Transferring these skills into actions will grow more grass, produce more animals, put
money in your pocket and improve relationships on the farm/ ranch.

These classes include, but are not limited to:
1. Basic Ranch Management
2. * HM Introduction to Holistic Management: Sustainability Practices
3. * HM Financial Planning
4. Entrepreneurship, Diversification, and Marketing Strategies
5. * HM Grazing Planning
6. Resources and Strategies for Land Stewardship
7. * HM Land Planning
8. Successful Farm and Ranch Leasing Models
9. Matching Yourself with Your Land
10. * HM Biological Monitoring
11. Exploring Life Beneath the Soil
12. * HM Policy/Project Analysis and Design

Sustainability Training Equips Producers for Success (STEPS) classes are interactive, involve hands-on activities and experiential learning on the land, creating expression through several learning modalities. This small group approach with constant interaction and direct application to your own situation makes learning meaningful and enjoyable.

*Course Descriptions of All 6 HMI Certified Courses in Holistic Management Taught in Texas via HMI Certified Educators