4-H Members to Showcase Talents By Johanna Hicks
4-H Members to Showcase Talents This time of year is busy for our Hopkins County 4-H members. Many are participating in livestock shows in Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, while others are busily preparing for Fashion Show, Food Show, Educational Presentations, Public Speaking, Share-the-Fun, and Consumer Decision Making. I want to take this opportunity to invite you to observe them in action during our Bobby McDonald Memorial...
Como-Pickton FFA Teams Excel at Ft. Worth Show
According to FFA Advisor Michael Bowen of Como-Pickton CISD, here are results for Como-Pickton FFA teams from the 2017 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Agricultural Mechanics Contest: CP FFA exhibited five projects in the show. Receiving a red ribbon – Patio Fire Pit constructed by Jessica Mares, Samantha Gallo, Ashley Latham & Angela Baxley Blue Ribbon Projects: Farm Gate constructed by Shawn Murray, Brynden Andrews &...
Jake Couch and SSHS FFA Students Shine at Ft Worth Stock Show!
REPORT BY JOHN HOLLAND, AG INSTRUCTOR/FFA ADVISOR AT SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD We had a great Show Season at the 121st Ft. Worth Stock Show and Rodeo this year!! Dairy Cattle Show Jan 14th- Jan 16th Jake Couch showed his Brown Swiss Dairy heifer Jan 15th and 16th placing 1st in both the Open and Junior Show classes. Beef Heifer Shows and Calf Scramble Jan 19th- Jan 23rd Saturday Heifer Results: Hayden Daniels placed 6th with his...
4-H and FFA Validation Dates for Major and NETLA Show By Mario Villarino
4-H and FFA Validation dates for Major and NETLA show Texas is privileged to have the largest junior breeding heifer program in the nation. However, the sheer size of Texas, diversity in counties and beef breed associations has created some challenges for effectively and fairly managing the program. Because of numerous breed divisions offered, there are inconsistencies in how breed associations record purchase and transfer...
Evans Named Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen
Sadie Evans was named Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen Saturday night following competition in the Sulphur Springs Schools Fine Arts Auditorium. Emma Boyett was first runner-up, Ann Marie Winborn, second runner-up, Lauren Helm, third runner-up, and Alexis Howard was named Miss Congeniality. Queen Sadie Evans, sponsored by Dial Study Club and Askins Propane Company, is the daughter of Jason and Angie Evans, and the granddaughter of...
A Visit from Two Dairy Festival Queen Contestants
Emma Boyett and Tahtiana King appeared on the KSST Morning Show to talk about their exciting first-weekend Dairy Festival experiences, and to talk about the Queen’s Pageant coming up June 18, 2016. Contestant #4 Tahtiana King is a Ladycat Senior at Sulphur Springs High School. She is on the Varsity Track team and standing just 5 feet tall, she is also a valuable player on the Varsity Basketball team. Other school interests...
Dairy Festival Queen and Contestants
The Dairy Festival season will soon be upon Hopkins County once again. Contestants for the Dairy Festival Pageant have been announced, 8 soon-to-be senior girls from Sulphur Springs High School. The reigning Dairy Festival Queen is Ms. Sidney Elaine Dietze. Sidney Dietze is the daughter of Jason and Jill Dietze and the sister of Peyton and Jason Luke Dietze. Sidney loves to sing, play sports, participate in theater, and work with...
Mark Sustaire Family 2016 Dairy Festival Parade Marshalls
DAIRYMAN MARK SUSTAIRE, DAIRY FESTIVAL PARADE MARSHALL FOR 2016 When the Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade rolls by on Saturday June 11, watch for Mark and Amy Sustaire and their family waving to the crowds along the parade route. The long-time dairy family has been selected as Parade Marshalls for the 2016 event. During a KSST Morning Show interview, Mark said that his Sustaire ancestors arrived in the southeastern part of Hopkins...
Fort Worth Stock Show A Success for Como-Pickton FFA
The first weekend of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo saw success for the Como-Pickton FFA. Caden Anglin won the winter yearling class in the Junior Brown Swiss Dairy Show with Berretta, a Brown Swiss heifer bred by Overstreet Farms of Chillicothe, Texas. This was Caden’s first time participating in a stock show. Como-Pickton FFA also saw success in the Agricultural Mechanics show. FFA students exhibited 4 projects: a...
Getting Ready for Livestock Shows!
Earlier on the week as I was doing project visits for 4-H and I got talking to a family mentor, I noticed something I never did before: How the family mentor (in this case a grandfather) provides care for the projects (in this case was a beef and poultry projects), his true involvement and commitment for the development of the projects and the kids he is mentoring. As we get ready for the NETLA show February 26-28, 2015, at the...
