Bill Text: TX SR65 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the Holistic and Historical 1882 Grote Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-31 - Reported enrolled [SR65 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR65-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and the Grote | ||
family of Llano County have been officially recognized as heirs | ||
to this proud tradition with the acceptance of the Holistic and | ||
Historical 1882 Grote Ranch into the state's Family Land Heritage | ||
Program in 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture, | ||
this program honors farms and ranches that have been in continuous | ||
agricultural operation by the same family for a century or more; | ||
the Grote Ranch is currently owned and operated by Janice Annette | ||
Jensen, great-granddaughter of its founders; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Grote Ranch was established in 1882 by C. H. | ||
and Mina Grote, who raised Hereford cattle on the 2,000-acre | ||
property; Mr. and Mrs. Grote became the parents of 11 children, | ||
several of whom continued working the land after the couple's | ||
passing in 1948; their son Raymond Grote inherited 425 acres of | ||
the ranch, and following his death, his wife, Annette Dupree | ||
Grote, raised Angus cattle on the property; upon her passing, | ||
their daughter Annette Helen Altgelt Grote took over her parents' | ||
share of the land, and in 2012, Mrs. Grote's daughter and current | ||
owner Janice Annette Jensen inherited 30 acres; and | ||
WHEREAS, In preserving their property as a working ranch, | ||
the Grotes are making their own contribution to their family's | ||
legacy, and it is indeed fitting that they be honored for their | ||
outstanding stewardship; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Grote | ||
family on the induction of the Holistic and Historical 1882 Grote | ||
Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land | ||
Heritage Program and extend to them sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the Grote family as an expression of high regard | ||
from the Texas Senate. | ||
Flores | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on October 31, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |