Hortenstine Ranch Company

Water is the single feature that drives Texas ranch prices the most. It is also the one buyers most often misjudge. A creek on the plat doesn’t mean you own the streambed under it. A stock tank doesn’t always mean you control the water rights. Before you pay a premium for water on Texas ranch land, you need to know what you’re actually buying.

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North Texas sits where the Cross Timbers meet the Blackland Prairie, and that geography shapes every season date that follows. Few regions in the state stack this much habitat into so little distance. Oak mottes give way to tallgrass meadows. Creek bottoms hold pecan and cottonwood. Rocky ridges drop to rolling farmland within a few miles, and that variety is the reason a sin...

Texas cattle breeds run the full spectrum. Heat-tolerant Brahman thrive on the Gulf Coast, while black Angus excel in the north. But the breed you should run is not a matter of preference. Your land decides it. Texas carries 12.1 million head of cattle, more than any other state.1 Rainfall varies wildly, from over 50 inches a year in the east to under 12 inches in the Trans-P...

Dallas is situated within an hour of four reservoirs that offer thousands of acres of fishable public water. The public water here is good. It is also crowded, pressure-fished, and in some spots under a state fish-consumption advisory.8 This is why many North Texas landowners opt for private water instead. This guide covers the best public fishing spots near Dallas, and then ...

The Texas rural land market closed 2025 at a statewide median of $5,214 per acre, up 6.56 percent year-over-year.1 For anyone planning to start a ranch in Texas, that single number sets the table. Land is the largest expense you will make, and getting that decision right shapes everything that follows.

Texas has always been ranch country, and for good reason. The state...