H.R. No. 278

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Kade and Morgan Hodges, a husband and wife ranching
	team from Sterling City, were presented with the American Farm
	Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award at the
	AFBF Convention in San Antonio on January 27, 2025; and
	WHEREAS, The national AFBF award recognizes young farmers and
	ranchers who have excelled in their agricultural operations while
	demonstrating exceptional leadership abilities; and
	WHEREAS, The owners and operators of Hodges Livestock,
	Mr. and Mrs. Hodges raise Royal White sheep, commercial goats, and
	commercial Angus-cross cattle in Sterling, Coke, Tom Green,
	Navarro, and Grimes Counties; additionally, they provide
	vegetation management services to solar farms through targeted
	sheep grazing in hybrid grazing-mowing systems; Kade Hodges is a
	sixth-generation rancher in Sterling County, and his wife also
	comes from a family with a proud agricultural heritage; they are the
	devoted parents of a son, Weston Clay Hodges; and
	WHEREAS, Currently, Mr. Hodges is vice president of the
	Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, and he also
	serves as vice chair of the Sterling County Underground Water
	Conservation District board and as president of the county's
	livestock predator board; he holds a master's degree in animal
	science with a focus in small ruminant nutrition; Mrs. Hodges is
	treasurer of Concho Valley CattleWomen and a board member of the
	Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau, and in 2024, she served as vice
	chair of the Texas Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Advisory
	Committee; she holds a master's degree in beef cattle production
	and a certificate in ranch management and beef industry leadership;
	the couple belong to the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers, Texas and
	Southwestern Cattle Raisers, and American Solar Grazing
	Associations; and
	WHEREAS, Kade and Morgan Hodges have proven themselves to be
	important assets to the Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau and to the
	state's agricultural industry, and they may indeed reflect with
	pride on this well-deserved honor; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Kade and Morgan Hodges on their
	receipt of the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers &
	Ranchers Achievement Award and extend to them sincere best wishes
	for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hodges as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.
	Darby
	Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw
	Alders Guillen Morgan
	Allen Harless Muñoz
	Anchía Harris Noble
	Ashby Harris Davila Olcott
	Barry Harrison Oliverson
	Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz
	Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr
	Bernal Hernandez Patterson
	Bhojani Hickland Paul
	Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso
	Bowers Holt Perez of Harris
	Bryant Hopper Phelan
	Buckley Howard Pierson
	Bucy Hull Plesa
	Bumgarner Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Cain Johnson Richardson
	Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos
	Canales Jones of Harris Romero
	Capriglione Kerwin Rose
	Cole King Rosenthal
	Collier Kitzman Schatzline
	Cook LaHood Schofield
	Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft
	Craddick Lambert Shaheen
	Cunningham Landgraf Shofner
	Curry Leach Simmons
	Darby Leo Wilson Slawson
	A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee
	Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller
	Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson
	DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico
	Dorazio Louderback Tepper
	Dutton Lowe Thompson
	Dyson Lozano Tinderholt
	Fairly Lujan Toth
	Flores Luther Troxclair
	Frank Manuel Turner
	Gámez Martinez VanDeaver
	Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut
	Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos
	Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell
	Gates Metcalf Vo
	Gerdes Meyer Walle
	Geren Meza Ward Johnson
	Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton
	González of Dallas Moody Wilson
	González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu
	Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 278 was adopted by the House on February
	25, 2025, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House