April 2017 Vol.9. No. 1

Officer View Point This great year is sadly coming to an end. I'd like to congratulate all contestants that participated at state this past weekend. I'd like to also remind everyone of the upcoming officer elections and the District and chapter banquet. We encourage all members to attend and we hope to see everyone at the Chapter

banquet. Any pictures can be sent to Rebeka and will be inserted into the scrapbook or slideshow. Again, I'd like to wish all contestants the best of luck at State and I can't wait to see everyone at the final meeting of the year.

Senior Slideshow

As you probably know at the end of the

year at our banquet there is always a

lovely senior slide show. So, if you have

any pictures that you would like in the

slideshow please send them to me, if you

think that if you don’t send pictures then

you won’t be in the slideshow you are

mistaken. If you don’t send your pictures

in, then I will be forced to hunt you down

and place your newly acclaimed mugshot

in the slide show for your parents to see. So

please just send them to

kaitlynkemp592@ecisdst.net ASAP.

May FFA Meeting: We encourage all of our members to attend

the next FFA meeting which will be on May

2nd. We will be voting on officers and there

will also be Big Lou’s Pizza after the meeting.

See y’all there!

Chapter Banquet This year’s FFA Banquet will be held Tuesday, May 16th at 6:30 p.m. in the

cafeteria. All members and their parents are invited to attend. Those members who

have been on a leadership and career development teams are expected to attend. We will ask that you bring a

children’s book as your entry. We will give the books to the ECISD Social Services.

Quote of the Month

Good, better best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your

better is best.

-St. Jerome

Record Book Nights

This year’s Record Book night will be May 4:15 -7 p.m May 2nd 4:15 -6:30

p.m. May 3rd 4:15 -7 and May 4th 4:15-7 pm

Record books are used to determine proficiencies and star awards. These applications are generated from the

record book. Star award and proficiencies are due May 5th by 415

p.m.

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District Banquet

The Alamo district Banquet is coming up soon. It will be May 11th at East Central High School in the cafeteria. Any and all members wanting

to attend are welcome, actually, encouraged to attend. At the banquet, we will be retiring our old district officers as well as installing the new

ones. We will also be treated to the district talent show. Sign-up sheets are in the Ag

Building now. The chapter will be paying for your meal, so if you sign up and cannot go you need to let us know by the cutoff date, which is

May 5th.

Chapter Scrapbook

The scrapbook is coming to a

close, however if there are

any pictures y’all would like

me to include email me at

rebekabeno533@ecisdst.net and

please keep in mind that this

is a representation of this

year’s chapter, so please

keep them appropriate.

CDE Results:

Houston Meats 2nd

Lane Real 3rd Trent 14th

Poultry 1st Kelsey Walla 1st Cade Dugi 3rd Garrett Mihalski 9th Carson Golson 20th

Wool 1st

Meg Kosub 1st Dyson 13th Toriee Terrill 14th

Dairy Cattle 2nd

Katie Kempen 3rd Krystal Zigmond 15th

Katy

Poultry 1st Kelsey Walla 1st

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James Madison Wool

Toriee Terrill 1st Poultry 1st

Cade Dugi 1st Kelsey Walla 7th Food Tech 1st

Madison Halbadier 2nd Ashleigh Hunt 5th America Hatcher- 10th

Area

Meats (advance) Lane Real 1st Matt Lozano 4th Trent Stolowski 9th

Poultry 3rd (advance)

Kelsey Walla 3rd Cade Dugi 6th Carson Golson 10th

Milk Quality 10th

Livestock 8th (advance) Wool 7th (advance) Dairy Cattle – 2nd team

Katie 3rd Krystal 7th

South Texas Invitational

Wool 1st Meg Kosub 1st Braden McGhee 4th Toriee Terrill 5th

Hill Country CDES Wool – 1st Team Toriee – 1st Meg 4th Dyson 8th

Meats – 1st Matt – 1st Brianna 2nd Trent 6th

Livestock 4th team Katie Kempen 7th San Patricio County Livestock –2nd team Katie 2nd Walter Gerlach Invitational -4th team Colton Krueger – 5th Krystal Zigmone – 10th Cibolo Creek Livestock 1st team Katie 1st Koy 2nd Krystal 5th Tarleton State Poultry 5th team Cade Dugi 1st Kelsey 2nd Garrett 6th Cade Davis 10th Meats – 1st team Brianna 1st Trent 3rd Lane 5th Matt 13th Dairy Cattle – Katie 1st Krystal 15th

Angelo State Poultry – 1st team Kelsey 1st Cade Dugi 2nd Garrett 3rd Cade Davis 5th Meats – 2nd Team Lane 4th Trent 5th Wool – 7th Meg K 3rd

Positive Stuff The future belongs to the few of us

still willing to get our hands dirty. – Roland Tiangco

State Contests Food Science and Technology

6th

Team

Ashleigh Hunt, Brianna Coleman, Madison

Halbardier, and Shannon Zaiontz

Wool Evaluation – 23rd

Meg Kosub, Kaitlin Kempen, Braden

McGhee, and Toriee Terrill

Texas Tech State Meats CDE Qualifiers

Contest

1st Team

Lane 1st, Trent 3

rd, Brianna 7

th

Area Convention

As the school year comes

closer to its end we get

closer to Area VII

Convention! I highly

recommend everyone to sign

up, you’ll not only get an

above the chapter

participation, listen to the

new officer speeches, hear

some awesome retiring

addresses from your current

Area Officers and so much

more! Convention will be on

May 20th at James Maddison

High School. Sign-up sheets

are posted in the Ag

building.

Chapter Slideshow

As some of you may know we have a

chapter slideshow casing all of you in

various ways some at shows, the luau, or

maybe in your teams. If there are any

picture that you would like me to add,

email them to me by May 5th at

rebekabeno533@ecisdst.net and please

keep them appropriate.

Tags!! All state fair tags are now $40/head if

you did not order them by the last

meeting.

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Career Spotlight

Ranch Manager Careers in Agriculture are the

most productive worldwide. As a

Ranch Manager, there are many

responsibilities and many training

mandatories to do so. Being a

Ranch Manager means that's you

have a very open range on what you

would like to do. You can

physically manage workers and

cattle on the farm and you can

also manage irrigation, chemical

application, harvesting, breeding,

marketing and sales from the

computer. The average Ranch

Manager makes about $42,000 a

year. Workers can be certified in

special areas with training which

could increase the yearly salary.

Typically for a Ranch Management

job you will need your Associates

or Bachelor degree in

Agribusiness, Farm Management or

another related Agricultural

Field.

Validation Dates Steers and Heifers: June 15th 8:30-11:00a.m.

@ O’Connor & June 22nd 8:30-11:00a.m. @

Judson

State Fair Lambs, Goats and Barrows only:

June 27th 9:00-11:00 a.m. @ East Central

Lamb and Goats: October 9th 2:00-

6:00p.m. @ East Central

Fall Heifers: October 9th 10:00-12 noon

(pending) @ East Central

Swine: November 21st 12noon-6:00p.m. @

East Central

Feature Story: New Regulations Equals

New Problems Asian Longhorned Beetle Have you inspected your trees lately? The reason I ask is because there could be a destructive wood-eating pest taking over

your beautiful maple and hardwood trees. The Asian Longhorned Beetle was accidentally brought to the United States in 1996 and

over the past 17 years they have been wreaking trees and continue to grow and expand. It is up to you to prevent the spread of this pesky beetle by checking your trees and learning what to look for. Asian Longhorned Beetles love to munch on Maple, Ash, Birch, and Elm trees. The beetle bores into the tissue that conducts water and nutrients to the tree, causing it to starve. Asian Longhorned Beetles are from 1 to 1½ inches in length and their antennae can be

up to 4 inches long. The important thing to look for is perfectly round exit holes on your tree. Mature beetles will invade the tree around May to October. You may also inquire sawdust-like materials, called “frass”, can be seen on the ground and the

branches. The branches themselves may be dead or dying. So, watch out and make sure you check your trees!

College Spotlight

West Texas A&M University

After the passage of a bill in early 1909 by the

thirty-first Texas Legislature authorizing the

establishment of a State normal school for the

education of teachers "somewhere west of the

ninety-eighth meridian". Thus, West Texas State

Normal College, later renamed to West Texas A&M

University was born. Today, the University, located

in Canyon, Texas, enrolls almost 10,000 students

and offers 58 undergraduate degrees and 40

graduate degrees. The Department of Agricultural

Sciences offers everything from Agribusiness to

Animal Science and everything from Pre-Veterinary

Medicine to Agricultural Media and

Communication. WTAMU also has several

nationally competitive judging teams including

Horse, Meats, Livestock, and Land Judging as well

as several others. WTAMU is perfect for anyone

looking for a smaller university that can provide an

excellent college education and experience.

Fact of the Month Newborn piglets learn to run to their

mother’s voices and can recognize

their own name by their own name

by the time they’re 2 weeks old.

Sows have even been known to sing

to their young while nursing.

State Convention

State Convention will be held in Corpus Christy

this year. We encourage all members to attend

as it is a great experience and it is a good item

to add to your record book. The convention will

be from July 10th-15th. There will be a $150

non-refundable deposit to go. It’s a great

experience and I encourage all to attend. We

will accept the deposits at the next and final

meeting on May 2nd.

Joke of the Month:

Did you hear about the magic tractor? - It tuned into a field!

OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive

order Tuesday afternoon at the White House to help create

regulatory reform for farmers as he also continued his

criticisms of Canadian dairy and trade practices at a roundtable

with farmers and newly sworn-in Agriculture Secretary Sonny

Perdue.

Transcripts from the White House and the press pool quoted

the president saying he wants to "make life better" for farmers,

ranchers and other workers by getting rid of regulations. As he

walked into the room, Trump said, "Great farmers! We love our

farmers." The president also noted, "America's noble farming

tradition."

Trump has kept his attention on Canada since returning from a

trip to Wisconsin last week. Still, overall, U.S. dairy exports

were at a 21-month high in February, according to the U.S.

Dairy Export Council. Dairy exports also are up 14% since last

June. Sales are up 13% to Mexico and 14% to Southeast Asia,

but showed zero growth to Canada.

Fluid and cream exports were up just 2% in February because

Canada imported just under 687,000 gallons, compared to an

average of 1.8 million gallons a month over the last quarter of

2016, the Dairy Export Council stated.

The Department of Commerce imposed punitive tariffs Monday

on Canada over soft-wood lumber. Trump said in the meeting

with farmers, "People don't realize Canada has been very

rough on the United States. Everyone thinks of Canada as

being wonderful, and so do I. I love Canada. But they've

outsmarted our politicians for many years, and you people

understand that."

He added, "We don't want to be taken advantage of by other

countries and that's stopping and that's stopping fast."

Trump was asked whether he fears a trade war with Canada.

The president said, "No. They have a tremendous surplus with

the United States. Whenever they have a surplus, I have no

fear. By the way, virtually every country has a surplus with the

United States. We have massive trade deficits. So when we're

the country with the deficits, we have no fear."

According to U.S. trade data, Canada had a $12.1 billion trade

surplus with the U.S. last year. The U.S. exported nearly $266

billion to Canada while importing just over $278 billion in

goods.

The trade deficit with Canada has drawn the president's ire in

recent weeks even though 15 other countries have higher

trade surpluses with the U.S. than Canada, led by China,

which has a $347 billion trade surplus with the U.S.

Regarding the executive order, the president said, "Our

farmers deserve a government that serves their interest and

empowers them to do the hard work that they love to do so

much. And that's what today's executive order is all about."

The executive order creates the Interagency Task Force on

Agriculture and Rural Prosperity. Trump said the executive

order directs Agriculture Secretary Perdue to work with other

members of the cabinet to identify and eliminate unnecessary

regulations that hurt farmers and rural communities.

The roundtable was just one of several events for Perdue after

he was sworn in on Tuesday.

"The people who are on the front lines of American agriculture

don't have the luxury of waiting to tend to their crops and

livestock, so there was no better time to convene this meeting

of the minds than on my first day," Perdue said. "President

Trump has made it clear that addressing the needs of rural

America will be a top priority, and the message that we want to

send to the agriculture community is that we are here, we are

working hard, and we are on their side."

Inside this Edition

Area Convention

Senior Slideshow

Chapter Banquet

Tags

Validation

CDE Results

State Convention

Record Book Nights

District Banquet