Time & Location
Feb 26, 2025, 9:30 AM MST – Feb 27, 2025, 4:30 PM MST
Tucumcari, 6237 NM-209, Tucumcari, NM 88401, USA
About the event
Join us at the award winning JX Ranch in Tucumcari, NM and participate in a two-day, hands-on workshop. Tour the JX Ranch and discuss how Holistic Management has helped Owners/Operators Tom & Mimi Sidwell reach their goal of increasing the capacity of their ranch in all aspects: forage production, water infiltration, biodiversity and profitability.
You’ll leave with information that will help you make decisions for reduced risk and takeaway actions to implement on your own ranch or farm. This field day is for anyone who wants to learn more about livestock management and how it can improve your land and profitability.
Each attendee will have different interpretations of what success looks like for their operation. We hope that you will leave the workshop with some skills and tools to achieve the vision you have for your land and your ranching business. Don't let the cost deter you from attending. We have full & partial scholarships available for this program! Apply here.
The workshop includes morning classroom sessions in Tucumcari and afternoons on the ranch, providing a balanced mix of education and hands-on experience. The weather may be variable but it will definitely be cold, so please plan accordingly with layers for sun and wind. And don’t forget your refillable water bottle.
About JX Ranch
Tom and Mimi are a husband and wife team, working side by side on their ranch south of Tucumcari, New Mexico, where they raise all-natural beef on their native pastures using regenerative, holistic range management methods. They are not a large company, but a family ranch wanting to share their good beef with the community!
Tom and Mimi say the roughly 7,000-acre ranch is a part of who they are. They love to see the land improve over the years with hard work and utilizing the cattle to restore the range. They feel very privileged to be able to make a living here and strive to improve the land to its highest potential .
To achieve their goal, they manage the ranch holistically. Since they bought and moved on to this ranch in 2004, they have been working hard to strengthen the ecological condition of the ranch, restoring the watersheds and removing infestation of invasive species.
In 2023 Tom and Mimi were recognized as the recipients of the Leopold Conservation Award from the Sand County Foundation. Check out this video to learn more or read this case study written by Dr. Ann Adams, Education Director at HMI
Registration & Lodging
Don't let the cost deter you from attending. We have full & partial scholarships available for this program! Apply here.
$450 per person, includes lunch both days
Lodging, breakfast, and dinner are the responsibility of the participant.
Lodging information & agenda coming soon!
Presenters
Tom Sidwell, JX Ranch, Owner/Operator
Tom was born and raised in south central New Mexico. His father was an old-time cowboy who worked on several large cattle outfits in Lincoln and Otero Counties. His family came to New Mexico in a covered wagon from Texas in the early 1890’s, and homesteaded in the foothills of the Capitan Mountains.
Tom served in the United States Army for two years. When he came back he graduated from New Mexico State University with a degree in Range Management. For many years, Tom managed several large ranches both in Southwest Texas and in South Central New Mexico.
In 1980 he was introduced to Allan Savory’s Holistic Resource Management principles, an intensive grazing and planning process, which he successfully implemented on these ranches. He is also the owner and Qualified Broker of Sidwell Farm and Ranch Realty, LLC, selling New Mexico farms ranches and other rural properties throughout the State. He is often a speaker on grazing and drought management at events across the State. Tom does range monitoring and grazing planning for the ranch, and when he finds time, he runs the bulldozer grubbing mesquite and juniper.
Mimi Sidwell, JX Ranch, Owner/Operator
Mimi was born in Sweden where she grew up on horseback, dreaming of being a cowboy and riding the wide open spaces of the West. She never outgrew her dream, and went on week-long camping rides in Arizona’s Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.
In 1988 she was offered a position in Boston, MA. This was the opportunity she had waited for that would take her across the ocean permanently. It was not long before she found herself living on a ranch in New Mexico learning everything from fixing windmills, fences and pipelines, to caring for and working cattle, while also day-working on other ranches. She attended cattle and ranch related seminars, joined cattle organizations, took classes (e.g. Ranching for Profit School) and went to meetings, but it was the hands-on experience that taught her the most. Mimi is now living her dream, getting her hands dirty and working hard alongside Tom. She handles the grass-fed beef operation and also takes in travelers who stay in their bunkhouse b&b for the night.
Kirk Gadzia – HMI Certified Educator, Consultant, and Resource Management Services, LLC Founder and Owner, Author
Resource Management Services, LLC is a New Mexico-based consulting, training, and monitoring organization committed to assisting private and professional resource managers achieve sustainable results. The founder, Kirk Gadzia, is an HMI Certified Educator with over 20 years of experience teaching the concepts of Holistic Management® worldwide. Combined with his extensive international consulting work on many agricultural operations, he is uniquely qualified to help you achieve your learning objectives.
Kirk is co-author of the important National Academy of Sciences book: Rangeland Health. He holds a BS degree in Wildlife Biology and an MS degree in Range Science. Kirk works directly with producers to achieve profitability in their operations. He also provides customized training and consulting to a wide variety of conservation organizations. Years of assisting people on the land help Kirk approach the course in an interactive, hands-on style. His courses are known for a relaxed atmosphere, open dialogue, and practical real-life examples.
If you have any questions, reach out to Programs & Grant Director, Dana Bonham: danab@holisticmanagement.org
Thank You to Our Sponsor
Scholarship funding support comes from the L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation.