How Many Colonies Appraisal Districts Require for Ag

Dennis Herbert has done many hundreds of hours of work to put this information together for you.  He was instrumental in initiating the legislation to make this property tax break available for all of us.  He has contacted all 254 Texas counties.  This is the updated list as of 3/5/2018.

If you see a “?” it means that the county has standards for intensity and promised to send them, but he never got them.

If you have questions, you can call Dennis Herbert at 254-742-8465.

TEXAS CAD’s for COMPLETION of BEE GUIDELINES and INTENSITY LEVELS

County Intensity (number of colonies)
Anderson 6 – 12
Andrews 6 – 12
Angelina 6 – 12
Aransas 6 – 12
Archer 6 – 12
Armstrong No Guidelines
Atascosa 6 – 20
Austin 6 – 12
Bailey 5 – 7 – 8
Bandera On Request
Bastrop 6 – 12
Baylor ?
Bee 3 – 10
Bell 6 – 12
Bexar 6 – 12
Blanco 6 – 8
Borden ?
Bosque 6 – 12
Bowie 5 – 12
Brazoria 6 – 12
Brazos 6 – 12
Brewster 5 – 8
Briscoe ?
Brooks 6 – 12
Brown 6 – 12
Burleson 6 – 12
Burnet 6 – 12
Caldwell 6 – 12
Calhoun 6 – 12
Callahan 6 – 12
Cameron 6 – 12
Camp 6 – 12
Carson 6 – 12
Cass 4 – 8
Castro No Guidelines
Chambers 6 only
Cherokee 6 – 12
Childress 6 – 12
Clay 6 – 12
Cochran 6 – 12
Coke 6 – 12
Coleman 6 – 12
Collin 6 – 12
Collingsworth 5 – 8
Colorado 6 – 12
Comal 6 – 12
Comanche 6 – 12
Concho 6 – 12
Cooke 2 – 5
Coryell 5 – 20
Cottle 5 – 8
Crane 3 – 10
Crockett 3 – 10
Crosby ?
Culberson 6 – 12
Dallam 5 – 8
Dallas On Request
Dawson 6 – 12
Deaf Smith 1/Acre
Delta 5 – 12
Denton 5 – 12
DeWitt 6-12 & Natives
Dickens ?
Dimmitt 6 – 12
Donley ?
Duval 3 ea/5 acres
Eastland On Request
Ector 2 – 5
Edwards 6  – 12
Ellis 6 – 16
El Paso 6 – 12
Erath 4 – 12
Falls On Request
Fannin 6 – 12
Fayette 6 – 12
Fisher ?
Floyd No Guidelines
Foard ?
Fort Bend 6 – 12
Franklin On Request
Freestone 6 – 12
Frio 6 – 12
Gaines 6 – 12
Galveston 6 – 16
Garza 5 – 8
Gillespie 6 – 12
Glasscock ?
Goliad On Request
Gonzales 6  – 12
Gray ?
Grayson 6 – 12
Gregg 6 – 12
Grimes 6 – 12
Guadalupe 6 – 12
Hale 5 – 8
Hall ?
Hamilton 6 – 12
Hansford No Guidelines
Hardeman 6 – 12
Hardin 6 – 12
Harris 6 – 12
Harrison 4 – 12
Hartley 5 – 8
Haskell ?
Hays 6 – 16
Hemphill 5 – 8
Henderson 6 – 12
Hidalgo 5 – 20
Hill 6 – 8
Hockley No Guidelines
Hood 6 only
Hopkins 6 – 12
Houston 6 – 12
Howard 6 – 12
Hudspeth 6 – 12
Hunt 6 – 10
Hutchinson ?
Irion No Guidelines
Jack 4 – 12
Jackson On Request
Jasper 6 – 12
Jeff Davis 6 – 12
Jefferson 6 – 12
Jim Hogg 6 – 12
Jim Wells No Guidelines
Johnson 5 – 8
Jones 6 – 12
Karnes 3 – 10
Kaufman 6 – 16
Kendall 6 only
Kenedy 6 – 12
Kent ?
Kerr 6 – 12
Kimble 1 – 4
King ?
Kinney 6 – 12
Kleberg ?
Knox ?
Lamar 5 – 8
Lamb 1/Acre
Lampasas 6 – 12
La Salle No Guidelines
Lavaca 6 – 12
Lee 6 – 12
Leon 6 – 12
Liberty 6 – 12
Limestone 6 – 12
Lipscomb No Guidelines
Live Oak 6 – 12
Llano 6 – 12
Loving On Request
Lubbock 2-5/Acre
Lynn 6 – 12
Madison 6 – 12
Marion No Guidelines
Martin No Guidelines
Mason 6 – 12
Matagorda 6 – 12
Maverick 3 – 9
McCulloch 6 – 12
McLennan 6 – 12
McMullen 6 – 12
Medina On Request
Menard 6 – 12
Midland No Guidelines
Milam 6 – 12
Mills 6 – 16
Mitchell 6 – 12
Montague 6 – 12
Montgomery 6 – 12
Moore 5 – 8
Morris 4 – 12
Motley No Guidelines
Nacogdoches 6 – 16
Navarro 6 – 12
Newton 6 – 12
Nolan Min of 6
Nueces No Guidelines
Ochiltree ?
Oldham 1 per acre
Orange 6 – 12
Palo Pinto 6 – 12
Panola 6 – 12
Parker 6 – 12
Parmer 6 – 12
Pecos No Guidelines
Polk 6 – 12
Potter 2-5/Acre
Presidio No Guidelines
Rains 2 – 8
Randall 2-5/Acre
Reagan No Guidelines
Real 6 – 12
Red River 4 – 12
Reeves No Guidelines
Refugio 3 – 10
Roberts ?
Robertson 6 – 8
Rockwall 6 – 12
Runnels 6 – 12
Rusk 6 – 12
Sabine 6 – 12
San Augustine 6 – 12
San Jacinto 6 – 12
San Patricio 6 – 12
San Saba 6-12 & Natives
Schleicher 6 – 12
Scurry 5 – 10
Shackelford 5 – 20
Shelby 6 – 12
Sherman 6 – 12
Smith 6 – 12
Somervell 4 – 12
Starr No Guidelines
Stephens 6 – 12
Sterling 3 – 10
Stonewall On Request
Sutton 6 – 12
Swisher No Guidelines
Tarrant Min of 6
Taylor No Guidelines
Terrell 3 – 10
Terry No Guidelines
Throckmorton 6 – 12
Titus 6 – 12
Tom Green 1hive & 2supers
Travis Min of 6
Trinity 6 – 12
Tyler 12/Acre
Upshur 6 – 12
Upton 5 – 8
Uvalde 6 – 12
Val Verde 5 – 8
Van Zandt 6 – 12
Victoria 6 – 12
Walker 6 – 12
Waller 5 – 8
Ward On Request
Washington 6 – 12
Webb 6 – 12
Wharton 6 – 12
Wheeler ?
Wichita 4 – 12
Wilbarger 6 – 12
Willacy 5 – 8
Williamson 6 – 13
Wilson 3 – 10
Winkler No Guidelines
Wise On Request
Wood 5 – 8
Yoakum 6-8-10
Young 6 – 12
Zapata 6 – 12
Zavala 6 – 12

Thanks to: Saundra Smith, Leesa Hyder, & Joe Bader for helping to collect information.