{"id":5664,"date":"2018-01-31T01:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T07:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:24:10","slug":"congratulations-steve-amosson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2018\/01\/31\/congratulations-steve-amosson\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Dr. Steve Amosson"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been involved in agriculture in the Texas Panhandle for any amount of time, you likely know my colleague, Dr. Steve Amosson.\u00a0 He’s an Extension Ag Economist here in Amarillo, and he’s officially retiring today.\u00a0 Steve is a legend in the ag community and, as one person recently said at his retirement party, “There is no telling how many family farms and ranches on the High Plains have been saved by Steve.”\u00a0 What a way to be remembered.\u00a0 I’d like to thank Steve for all of his help and mentorship over the years and wish him the very best!<\/p>\n

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If you’ve been involved in agriculture in the Texas Panhandle for any amount of time, you likely know my colleague, Dr. Steve Amosson.\u00a0 He’s an Extension Ag Economist here in Amarillo, and he’s officially retiring today.\u00a0 Steve is a legend in the ag community and, as one person recently said at his retirement party, “There is no telling how many family farms and ranches on the High Plains have been saved by Steve.”\u00a0 What a way to be remembered.\u00a0 I’d like to thank Steve for all of his… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2443,"featured_media":5665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCongratulations to Dr. Steve Amosson - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2018\/01\/31\/congratulations-steve-amosson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congratulations to Dr. Steve Amosson - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you’ve been involved in agriculture in the Texas Panhandle for any amount of time, you likely know my colleague, Dr. Steve Amosson.\u00a0 He’s an Extension Ag Economist here in Amarillo, and he’s officially retiring today.\u00a0 Steve is a legend in the ag community and, as one person recently said at his retirement party, “There is no telling how many family farms and ranches on the High Plains have been saved by Steve.”\u00a0 What a way to be remembered.\u00a0 I’d like to thank Steve for all of his... 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