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AgriLife Extension presents quarterly update on youth programs, stock shows and emerging pests
Summary
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agents reported youth participation, stock-show validation, outreach programs and new agricultural pest concerns at the Sept. 22 Lubbock County Commissioners Court meeting.
Agents from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service gave a quarterly update to Lubbock County Commissioners Court on Sept. 22, summarizing June–September activity that included 4‑H and FFA youth participation, the South Plains Fair, community nutrition and urban youth programs, and emerging pest concerns.
Robert Scott, with AgriLife Extension, said Lubbock County ranks high in livestock validation for steers and swine and that the county’s junior participants won substantial scholarship and prize money at recent major shows. “We validate all our livestock. Lubbock is the number one county for validation in numbers of steers,” Scott said, and later…
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