FREE webinar

The Years That Tested Us: Hard‑Earned Drought Wisdom From the Field

Comparing planning for desert environments (West Texas) to less arid environments (North Texas)

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
12 pm PT | 1 pm MT | 2 pm CT | 3 pm ET

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01 — Webinar Topics

What you will learn in the webinar

This webinar offers grounded, field‑tested guidance from land managers who’ve weathered drought firsthand. In this session, participants will learn:

Drought Mindset

Drought Planning

Land Management

02 — Webinar hosts

Meet your webinar host and speaker.

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Wayne Knight - Executive Director, HMI

With more than 33 years of ranching experience using Holistic Management, Wayne Knight brings a rare blend of humility, hard‑earned insight, and deep ecological understanding. His journey has taken him from calling himself a cattle rancher, to a grass farmer, to—eventually—a soil‑microbe farmer, reflecting a lifetime of learning from the land itself. Through every identity shift, one thing has remained constant: he has always marketed beef, but he manages for life in the soil.

Today, Wayne brings his global experience and grounded, practical wisdom to producers navigating real‑world challenges—especially drought. His teaching is rooted in lived experience, ecological literacy, and a deep respect for the people who steward the land.
  • 33+ years of experience in Holistic Management
  • 20+ years as a Professional Certified Educator
  • HMI purpose - to spread Holistic Management globally.
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 Casey Wade - President, Dixon Water Foundation

Casey Wade serves as the President/CEO of Dixon Water Foundation, a non- profit Foundation that promotes healthy watersheds through regenerative grazing management. Casey comes from a ranch management background and began with Dixon by managing the Foundation’s ranches. These two research and demonstration
ranches are in vastly different eco regions in the state of Texas, (Cross Timbers and Chihuahuan Desert). Casey has experience in running cows and calves, stocker/grass finishers and sheep. He has been deeply involved in regenerative grazing management for over 20 years and has been with Dixon for over 15 years. Casey is grateful for the opportunity to steward land, increase ecosystem and watershed health, as well help producers and their families stay on the land in a profitable and sustainable way.
  • 20+ Years of experience with Land Management with DWF
  • 2+ years as President of Dixon Water Foundation
  • Committed to bring a unique perspective to the table
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Thank You!

Dixon Water Foundation

HMI extends our deepest thanks to the Dixon Water Foundation for their steadfast partnership and shared commitment to regenerative agriculture.

Your leadership in demonstrating land stewardship at scale—and your generosity in opening your ranches, insights, and experience to producers—continues to elevate what’s possible for communities across the region.

Together, we’re helping ranchers build resilience, improve land health, and navigate drought with confidence and clarity. Every workshop, every conversation in the pasture, and every acre restored reflects the power of collaboration grounded in real‑world practice.

We’re grateful for your trust, your vision, and your unwavering dedication to healthier land, healthier food, and healthier lives. Thank you for walking alongside us in this work and for helping producers see what regenerative management can truly achieve.
Healthy Land. Healthy Food. Healthy Lives.®

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