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WHEREAS, Kade and Morgan Hodges, a husband and wife ranching |
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team from Sterling City, were presented with the American Farm |
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Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award at the |
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AFBF Convention in San Antonio on January 27, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, The national AFBF award recognizes young farmers and |
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ranchers who have excelled in their agricultural operations while |
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demonstrating exceptional leadership abilities; and |
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WHEREAS, The owners and operators of Hodges Livestock, |
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Mr. and Mrs. Hodges raise Royal White sheep, commercial goats, and |
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commercial Angus-cross cattle in Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, |
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Navarro, and Grimes Counties; additionally, they provide |
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vegetation management services to solar farms through targeted |
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sheep grazing in hybrid grazing-mowing systems; Kade Hodges is a |
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sixth-generation rancher in Sterling County, and his wife also |
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comes from a family with a proud agricultural heritage; they are the |
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devoted parents of a son, Weston Clay Hodges; and |
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WHEREAS, Currently, Mr. Hodges is vice president of the |
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Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, and he also |
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serves as vice chair of the Sterling County Underground Water |
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Conservation District board and as president of the county's |
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livestock predator board; he holds a master's degree in animal |
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science with a focus in small ruminant nutrition; Mrs. Hodges is |
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treasurer of Concho Valley CattleWomen and a board member of the |
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Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau, and in 2024, she served as vice |
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chair of the Texas Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Advisory |
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Committee; she holds a master's degree in beef cattle production |
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and a certificate in ranch management and beef industry leadership; |
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the couple belong to the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers, Texas and |
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Southwestern Cattle Raisers, and American Solar Grazing |
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Associations; and |
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WHEREAS, Kade and Morgan Hodges have proven themselves to be |
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important assets to the Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau and to the |
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state's agricultural industry, and they may indeed reflect with |
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pride on this well-deserved honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Kade and Morgan Hodges on their |
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receipt of the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & |
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Ranchers Achievement Award and extend to them sincere best wishes |
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for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hodges as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |