Agriculture

The Austin County 4-H Livestock Judging team won the Reserve Champion Junior Team Title from the Colorado County Fair Livestock Judging contest last week. Green Team members included Jackson Vykukal (5th High), Levi Malinowski (7th High), Darcy Luedke (13th High) and Layne Malinowski (24th High). White Team members included Luke Schumann (24th High) and first-time competitors Chloe Luedke and Ethan Schumann. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Sealy High School graduate Avery Oliver represented Texas and Sealy Sept. 9 in the National FFA Prepared Public Speaking LDE Contest. After she earned a spot among the top 16, Oliver advanced to the semifinals in Indianapolis in October. After a full 2021 senior year preparing and competing through the District, Area and July’s state-level speaking rounds, Oliver’s legacy in SHS and Sealy FFA continues. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Alfred Levien, who left his family’s farm near Round Top to attend Blinn College in 1906, recently was honored with an endowed scholarship. Levien’s son, Cordell Levien, gifted $15,000 to the Blinn College Foundation to establish the scholarship, which will be awarded annually to a student in Blinn’s Agricultural Sciences Program.

Chasing a calf in a rodeo arena for the chance to earn some money may not sound like a lot of fun, but it comes with amazing opportunities if you are willing to give it a try! I enjoyed it so much that I have actually competed five times across the state of Texas. It was a brand-new concept to our family when we first heard about it eight years ago.

Livestock judging camps returned to the Blinn College-Brenham Campus last week. The Blinn College Department of Agricultural Sciences hosted hundreds of junior high and high school students at livestock judging camps this summer on the Brenham Campus.

The Austin County Fair Association congratulates Bellville High School graduate, Hunter Schumann, for winning one of the 2021 Texas Association of Fairs and Events scholarships. The Texas Association of Fairs and Events is an organization comprised of fairs and events throughout the state of Texas and their partner businesses that provide goods and services to them.

The Austin County Fair Association announced it will be hosting the annual Shrimp Boil Friday, July 16, at the AC Fairground and Expo Center. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

After envisioning an agriculture barn in town for nearly a decade, the Sealy FFA program held a ribbon-cutting event last Wednesday afternoon at Sealy High School to officially open the facility to the community.