Junior Market Livestock Show Lamb and Goat Results
Thursday at the Civic Center Arena the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show began with the Lamb and Goat Show. The top 17 lambs and top 35 goats will be in the Sale of Champions set for Saturday. Top lambs and exhibitors include: Grand Champion: Annie Horton, Sulphur Springs FFA Reserve Champion: Wyatt Wharton, North Hopkins FFA. Wharton won Senior Showmanship Ramsey Ragan, Junior Showmanship, Hopkins County 4-H Dayton Wood,...
Buyers Lunch is a NETLA Tradition, Hosted by Farm Bureau, First Baptist Church
Kevin Gibson, President of NETLA Prior to the Hopkins County Junior Market Show and Sale, it’s a local tradition that potential buyers be treated to a fabulous lunch featuring beef and dairy, and introduced to some of the youth exhibitors. The event was held in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs at noon on Thursday February 21, 2019. A large attendance of farmers, ranchers and community leaders were...
Video Presentation: SSHS FFA Participates in Junior Market Livestock Show
Sulphur Springs High School FFA members Savannah Allen and Cash Vititow along with instructor John Holland told KSST News about their projects and enthusiasm regarding the Junior Market Livestock Show, February 21-23 at the Civic Center Arena. SSHS FFA members Cash Vititow (left), Savannah Allen (center), and instructor John Holland told KSST News about their participation in the Junior Market Livestock...
Hopkins County 4-H & Youth Program By Johanna Hicks
Several of my previous columns featured major programs that are offered through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Hopkins County. One of the major branches under the large umbrella of Extension is the 4-H & Youth program, so I wanted to focus on some of the accomplishments of our youth. Hopkins County boasts nearly 150 4-H...
Agrilife: Hopkins County 4-H Members Featured; Master Wellness Volunteer Training; Jalapeno Cornbread
Hopkins County 4-H Members Featured In the next few weeks, you’ll be reading about the variety of programs, series, workshops, field days, and other events offered through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Hopkins County. We recently held our annual Extension Leadership Banquet to honor our committees, Master Volunteers, 4-H leaders,...
You’ve Been Whipped By Johanna Hicks
You’ve Been Whipped! Many of you have already gotten wind of a new event being held during the 2018 Hopkins County Dairy Festival. Excitement is building, and plans are in full swing as we prepare for the “Whipped” Challenge. Businesses, civic clubs, and organizations are encouraged to enter a team. Here’s how it works: 1) The contest will take place on the front grounds of the Hopkins County Civic Center, 1200...
Hopkins County Junior Market Show : Final Results and Sales
Results of Saturday afternoon’s sale stands at $402,000+ with project add-on money still coming in thru Monday. This is another record year for the Junior Market Livestock Show. There were 142 FFA/4-H kid’s projects sold Saturday afternoon. Our county loves their kids. For Poultry: Showmanship Senior Showmanship: Micah Flemens, Sulphur Springs FFA Intermediate Showmanship: Braxton Northcutt, Miller Grove FFA Junior...
Junior Market Livestock Show: Poultry and Heifer Winners
For Poultry: Showmanship Senior Showmanship: Micah Flemens, Sulphur Springs FFA Intermediate Showmanship: Braxton Northcutt, Miller Grove FFA Junior Showmanship: Miley McCormack, Hopkins County 4-H For Heifers: Grand Champion: Mika Gray, Miller Grove FFA; Reserve Champion Jalyn Hrabal, North Hopkins FFA Heifer Showmanship: Senior Showmanship: Savannah Allen, Hopkins County 4-H Intermediate Showmanship: Destiny Lackey, Hopkins County...
SS FFA Team Leaves Mark at Ft Worth Stock Show, Now Heads to Houston
January has been a busy time of year as we have been gearing up for the county show at the end of February and we just returned from the Ft. Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The second weekend of January Jr. FFA member Layden Pace showed his fire pit in the Outdoor Recreation Division and received a blue ribbon. The next week the SS FFA show team took 10 head of beef heifers to compete in the Ft. Worth Junior show. There were 2,400 junior...
SSHS FFA Leadership Development Event Team Competes at State
FFA Leadership Development Events qualify Sulphur Springs High School Chapter Members for State! by John Holland, SSHS FFA Advisor Over the past few weeks, we have had lots of students competing in LDE for Sulphur Springs FFA. We traveled to the Alba-Golden Invitational bringing home banners and Lindale Invitational bringing home some plaques. In addition to the invitationals we had 8 teams compete at the Paris District LDE contest...
