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State Land Board outlines updates to agriculture leasing, stewardship and RFP process
Summary
Staff presented a sweeping review of the agriculture leasing program, highlighting that about 96% of trust land is in agricultural use, $16.2 million in lease revenue last year, expanded stewardship work (inspections, cost-share funds, regenerative agriculture), and planned updates to forms, scoring and RFPs with a phased implementation and board engagement.
Rachel Turner, the State Land Board's field operations team lead, delivered an in-depth presentation on the agency's agriculture leasing program and proposed updates to stewardship and leasing procedures.
Turner said 96% of trust land is in some form of agricultural use and that the program administered roughly 1,900 leases last fiscal year, generating about $16.2 million in revenue. She reviewed the agency's leasing mechanisms'standard renewals under statutory "1-18" rights, sealed bids, requests for proposals (RFPs) for large ranch assets, and assignments'and described how stewardship is incorporated through inspections, cost-share funds and the…
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