AgTexas Offers $200 Scholarships to Members
As part of our commitment to promote our Young, Beginning and Small Farmers and Ranchers program, AgTexas is happy to offer a $200 scholarship for members to attend the 2009 Texas AgriLIFE EXTENSION Service presentation of “Planning the Return to the Farm/Ranch” in Lubbock, July 9 – 11. If you are interested, please stop by the Brownfield, Levelland, Lubbock, Ralls or Seminole branch office to pick up a brochure and an application. The registration fee for the event is $495 (this allows 4 family members to attend) and AgTexas will pay the first $200. Registration deadline is June 30, 2009.
Farmers Hope to Grow Media Support with 'The Hand That Feeds U.S.' Project
America's farmers are extending an olive branch to the same urban media that have often been critical of agriculture, and some powerful U.S. lawmakers asked the nation's reporters in a letter today to give them a chance.
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AgTexas Re-Elects Directors
The 2009 director election was held at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Stephenville on April 24, 2009. Director Kinley Sorrells was re-elected to serve three more years representing Region I and Kevin Buxkemper to represent Region III. Regions I and III were the only vacancies to be filled this year. This is the second term as director for both men.
