Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show Lamb, Goat Winners
The first day of the Hopkins Count Junior Livestock Show featured lamb and goat projects from FFA and 4-H members from across Hopkins County. Senior Showmanship, lambs, winner Annie Horton (far right) Annie Horton not only earned the Senior Showmanship award with her lamb. Horton, a member of Sulphur Springs High School FFA, exhibited the Grand Champion Lamb, marking the third year in a row she has earned honor. This year, there were...
Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock, NETLA Awards Include Buckles
Earning a commemorative belt buckle is an outward show of success in all kinds of agricultural shows and contests which include livestock and mechanics. A “trophy buckle” is a wearable show of pride for it’s owner, and reflects a tradition of pride in the organization which bestows it. The same is true for the Northeast Texas Livestock Association or NETLA. 4H and FFA youth competitors in the Hopkins County Junior...
Junior Market Show 2020
Submitted By Dr. Mario Villarino, Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources According to a 4-H parent, the benefit of the 4-H Livestock Project might be different for every 4-H’er depending on their goals and personal situation. “I could give you the typical answer of it builds character, creates discipline, teaches youth about agriculture, teaches sportsmanship, etc., etc. While all of that is...
4H Member Aspen Mayhew Prepares for Hopkins County Junior Market Show
Aspen Mayhew is a well-spoken 7th-grade student at Sulphur Springs Middle School, as well as a member of Hopkins County 4H Club. During a brief interview at the KSST studios, Aspen gave an idea of what it’s like to get your livestock project ready for the large local event, the ‘Hopkins County Show’, to be held in the Civic Center arena on February 27 and 28, 2020. The NETLA, or Northeast Texas Livestock...
Sulphur Springs FFA, Ag Mechanics Students Do Well At Fort Worth Stock Show
The month of January has flown by for Sulphur Springs ISD FFA members and agriculture students, who have spent quite a bit of their time preparing for and at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. FFA logo The trio of SSHS FFA students who visited the KSST Good Morning Show on Thursday January 30, 2020 talked about showing cattle, competing in the Calf Scramble, and their 2020 Ft Worth Stock Show experiences in general. John Holland...
