1 N. Main St., Suite 309 / Courthouse Annex, Cleburne 76033

Phone: (817) 556-6370 Fax: (817) 556-6375

E-mail: johnson@ag.tamu.edu Website: http://johnson.agrilife.org/

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Johnson County Staff:

Kristen Greer

County Extension Agent

4-H & Youth Development

Zach Davis

County Extension Agent

Agriculture & Natural Res.

Gracie Walling

County Extension Agent

Family & Con. Sciences

Kathy El-Jabsheh

Office Manager

Melissa Zaborowski

Part-time Secretary

In this issue read:

Camps, Contest & Workshops 2

Horse News 3

Shooting Sports 4

Livestock News 5

Calendar 6-7

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national

origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County

Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

Congratulations to Austen Smith on winning 1st Place and a $10,000 scholarship in the Open Ladies Trap event at the San Antonio Stock Show Junior Shoot-Out! Austen is pic-tured with her parents Debbie and Ron. She is one of the newest members of the Johnson County 4-H Shotgun Sports Team. Way to go Austen!

Congratulations to Mikala Grady of Grandview 4-H on her BIG WIN! Mikala exhibited the Grand Champion Market Barrow on February 6 at the Fort Worth Stock Show!!

Camps, Contest & Workshops

Hey Senior-level 4-H’ers! The State 4-H Photography Contest is just around the corner!

Best of Show Awards will be presented to one photo in each division. Best of Show winners will be framed and displayed

at the Texas 4-H State Headquarters office for a year, then returned to the winners after next year’s contest. Also, each

Best of Show winner will receive a $250.00 cash prize!

For 2015 the theme is “Inspiration?” This theme will focus on pictures of subjects that move and inspire YOU. Photos can

include photos of leaders, mentors, family, friends, things in your community, school, church, or across the country and

world.

Entries must be emailed to Kristen Greer at: kbgreer@ag.tamu.edu no later than March 30 for preliminary judg-

ing. You will be notified if your photos advance to the state contest and official state entries will be completed by the Exten-

sion office. For contest rules and guidelines please visit: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/statephotography/.

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District 8 Leadership Lab

June 24-26, Brownwood, Texas

District 8 County Camp

July 10-12, Palestine, Texas

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Spring Horse Show Series

*March 14 *April 4

*May 2 *May 16

Horse News

For 2015 the Texas 4-H Horse Validation will be

handled again through 4-H Connect and will involve

uploading photos of the horse you are validating.

Horses not validated on or before May 1 are ineligi-

ble for District and State 4-H Horse Shows.

Items to note:

Validation Dates – March 1st – May 1st

March 1st - April 15th - Cost will be $10 per

horse.

April 16th – May 1st – Cost will be $20 per horse.

Validation and payment is required of ALL hors-

es to be shown, regardless if they were entered

this year or last.

For complete instructions please visit:

http://animalscience.tamu.edu/livestock-species/

equine/state-4h-show/

For the most up-to-date information, go to the

Johnson County Horse Committee website:

http://www.johnsoncountyhorse.com

Congratulations to Johnson County 4-H Horse Judging team on a

great day at the Ft. Worth Stock show! The team of Jordan Hobbs,

Tylo Bader and Daeley Havlak placed 5th out of 47 teams and 2nd

in performance judging. Individually, Jordan placed 6th in perfor-

mance judging and Daeley placed 8th overall. The team is

coached by Ed Bader.

4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Team Results The Johnson County 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Teams had a

great day at the San Antonio Stock Show competition on

February 20!

3rd place Junior Team: Trey Hardin, Carson Boles, BreAnn

Jones & Ainslea Price.

9th place Junior Team: Karlee Jones, Josie White & Blake

Jones.

4th place Senior Team: Todd Hardin, Allyson Price, Caleb

Boles & Samuel Manning.

Shooting Sports News

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2015Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Extravaganza

April 18 @ Texas 4-H Conference Center,

Brownwood * Entry Deadline:

April 2 via 4-H Connect

This is a beginner’s match ONLY. Rules have been

adjusted to accommodate this match. Complete

information and forms are available at the Texas 4-H

Shooting Sports website at:

http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/shootingsports/events

The Johnson County 4-H Shotgun Team participated at the Houston Livestock Show Young Guns Clay Shoot. Congratulations to Cade Hartnett on winning 9th place in the Junior Male division!

LivestockNews

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Final results from Ft. Worth Stock Show are as follows: In the Goat Show: John Michael Perez-6th, Josh Haw-kins-8th, Brigg Hawkins-8th, Hunter Cofer-12th, Daeley Havlak-16th and Brandon White-17th. In the Lamb Show: Brigg Hawkins-3rd & 8th, Hanna Lisenbe-4th and Lily Eakes-16th. In the Steer Show: Brecken Shipman-3rd (American) and Mikayla Grady-3rd (European Cross), In the Market Barrow Show: Mikayla Grady ex-hibited the Grand Champion Market Barrow! Results from San Angelo Stock Show include: In the Market Barrow Show: Kellan Lyness-5th (Cross) and Breana Boman-10th (Duroc). In the Steer Show: Jake Strevey-10th (European), Avery Summey-12th (American) and Jake Bons-14th (American). Results from San Antonio Stock Show Include: In the Dairy Cattle Show: Jacob Bingham placed 1st with 2 of his Holsteins and 5th with the other. In addition to his placings, Jacob also won Champion Junior Holstein Showmanship! In the Market Barrow Show: Kellan Lyness-3rd (Hamp), Mikala Grady-3rd (Hamp). In the Steer Show: Mikala Grady-3rd (AOB). In the lamb show, Brigg Hawkins placed 3rd. And, Madison Metzler placed 4th in the Other Registered Breeds.

Meats Judging Team Results: The Johnson County 4-H Meats Judging teams compet-ed at the Ft. Worth Stock Show on February 1. Placing 4th in the competition was the team of Travis Tilton, Tucker Tilton, Lauren Jones and Anna Carlock. This team also competed at the San Antonio Stock Show and again placed 4th overall. The team comprised of Karlee Kruse, Lindsey Jones, Todd Hardin and Kortney Kruse placed 16th at the Ft. Worth Stock Show and 7th overall in San Antonio. Congratulations to Travis Tilton for plac-ing 8th overall as an individual in Ft. Worth and Anna Carlock for placing 8th overall as an individual in San Antonio! Dairy Judging Team Results: The Johnson County 4-H Dairy Judging team comprised of Travis Tilston, Tucker Tilton, LeAnne Pollock and Dani Thompson recently competed at the San Antonio Stock Show placing 12th overall. Jacob Bingham and Brigg Hawkins judged as alternates.

2015 Texas Pork Leadership Camp June 21-26, 2015

Deadline to Register: April 1, 2015

Texas Pork Leadership Camp is an intense, progressive

and thought provoking week, full of activities, tours and

presentations featuring all aspects of the pork produc-

tion industry from Farm to Fork! You’ll have the oppor-

tunity to visit with world leading commercial hog opera-

tions, top Universities & industry professionals and tour

large scale harvesting and pork processing plants.

For further information and requirements, please visit:

http://www.texaspork.org/2015/TPLC_App_15.pdf

It’s time to order tags for the 2015 State Fair Lamb & Goat Validation and 2015-2016

Major Show Steer Validation.

All tags will cost $12 each. Orders should be paid for at the Extension Office by cash or checks can be made out to the 4-H Ag Fund. All payments are due upon placing the order.

Orders for all tags are due by April 9th to the Extension Office. Tags ordered after April 9th will cost $20 each.

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Cleburne, TX 76033

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