NETLA Youth Get Ready for the County Show
JACE AND JESS CUNNINGHAM OF SULPHUR BLUFF JR. FFA These brothers are getting their livestock projects ready for the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show, sponsored by NETLA, the Northeast Texas Livestock Association. Jace is showing a goat and Jess is showing a lamb. The annual show and sale is coming up February 23-25 in the Civic Center arena. Spectators are welcome to come out and meet the competitors and view the...
NETLA, a Hopkins County Youth SUPER-Event
Make plans to visit the youth exhibitors at this year’s Junior Market Livestock Show when, along with their animal projects, they will be competing inside the Civic Center arena in Sulphur Springs in the NETLA event. 4-H and FFA youth showing lambs and goats will have their contests on Thursday February 23 starting at 4pm. There are 100 lamb and goat entries this year. Youth who are showing the other 218 livestock entries, from...
4-H and FFA Validation Dates for Major and NETLA Show By Mario Villarino
4-H and FFA Validation dates for Major and NETLA show Texas is privileged to have the largest junior breeding heifer program in the nation. However, the sheer size of Texas, diversity in counties and beef breed associations has created some challenges for effectively and fairly managing the program. Because of numerous breed divisions offered, there are inconsistencies in how breed associations record purchase and transfer...
Junior Market Livestock Show Sale of Champion Sets Another Record
Organizers of the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show called the show and the Sale of Champions “Unbelievable”. Although totals are not final, the sale of 124 projects that made the show garnered over $370,000. This year four scholarships were awarded at the Saturday Show. In past years only two scholarships had been given. These 4 scholarships were awarded Saturday at the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show SALE OF...
Extension Office Busy Preparing for NETLA Show by Mario Villarino
This time of the year, the Hopkins County Extension Office is busy organizing and mentoring youth for the NETLA showing coming up February 25, 26 and 27, 2016. To me, raising livestock projects provides many experiences in life that you might or not be aware off. For those not familiar with the process, everything starts with families deciding to engage in preparing and raising a project with their kids. During the process, families...
NETLA Swine Validation By December 1
Swine exhibitors must have swine projects validated for NETLA by December 1, 2015 A very popular project in the NETLA livestock show is swine. Raising hogs for our local county junior livestock show usually brings more than 90 participants every year. Raising hogs is very different than any other project animal because hogs are very personable, respond very well to human contact and grow very fast. Swine exhibitors also get very...
Hopkins County Junior Market Show, Sale of Champions
It appears this year’s North East Texas Livestock Association’s Junior Market Livestock Show produced another record-setting Sale of Champions Saturday at the Civic Center Arena. NETLA President Kevin Gibson estimated the sale generated a record breaking $330,000. Last year’s sale produced a record breaking $325,200. 126 animals made the sale and two animals were auctioned to raise scholarship money. [pb_vidembed...
Kevin Gibson is the President of NETLA
Kevin Gibson is the President of NETLA, North East Texas Livestock Association, the ones that put on the annual Junior Market Livestock Show taking place at the Civic Center through Saturday. Gibson showed pigs and steers in his youth. He credits the show with helping him learn to manage money. Gibson said animal money bought him a truck and mostly paid for college.
HISTORY OF NETLA SHOW
HISTORY OF NETLA SHOW So how old is the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show. Enola Gay enlisted an esteemed panel to find out and to reflect on the show. Here is some of the conversation Thursday morning. Kevin Gibson is the President of NETLA, the North East Texas Livestock Association. Their annual Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show gets underway Thursday. Gibson talked about NETLA and the livestock show with Enola...
“Updated” Netla Parents Meeting
AgriLife Extension Agent Dr. Mario Villarino says there will be a meeting for parents of new exhibitors to the NETLA Junior Market Livestock Show and Sale, this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the AgriLife Extension Office. Parents can get their questions answered while learning all about the show. They will hear from NETLA President Kevin Gibson and Breed and Livestock Mentors. The NETLA show will take place February 26-28.
