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December 5, 2017

Strickland Ranch CARES – Video

Blackbeard’s Ranch is a farm that CARES. Jim Strickland owns and operates this Florida ranch just south of Myakka City and has made environmental stewardship a priority on his cow/calf operation. To see more about Florida farmers and ranchers who work to preserve the environment and to learn about the CARES program, visit http://www.thisfarmcares.org/

December 2, 2017

Trying to save Florida’s landscape – News – Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Sarasota, FL

Excerpt from Sarasota Herlad Tribune Sitting in an open air chickee hut with expansive views of the pastures and pine forests on his ranch bordering Myakka River State Park, Jim Strickland points to a tree line in the distance to show where a golf course once was planned. Before Strickland and a partner bought the...

November 30, 2017

Cattle ranches are key to preserving Florida for all of us Florida’s final frontier

Excerpt from TampaBay.com Beyond our beaches and theme parks lies a Florida still unknown to many — Florida’s ranchlands. Off the beaten track, these lands are our last frontier. I consider myself blessed to live and work as a rancher in this magical landscape we call Florida. We are the country’s first cattle state. We...

November 11, 2017

Florida Cattle Ranchers Media Day

November 11, 2017

Using fire on a Florida cattle ranch conserving wildlife

Blackbeard’s Ranch, a working cattle ranch in central Florida near the Myakka River, is maintaining the land’s legacy as a home for native wildlife. The ranch’s manager partnered with the FWC and Florida Forest Service on a prescribed burn that will improve the habitat there for both wildlife and cattle grazing.

December 5, 2015

NCBA National Convention in San Diego – Strickland Exports

Chairman of National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Political Action Committee, Jim Strickland at National convention in San Diego. Money was raised to support those in Congress who support the ranchers of the United States. Thanks to Gator Collegiate Girls, ABAC and our donors buyers and San Diego Zoo for bringing penguins and sharks!!