HR278 - Congratulating Kade and Morgan Hodges on receiving the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award.

      H.R. No. 278       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Kade and Morgan Hodges, a husband and wife ranching   team from Sterling City, were presented with the American Farm   Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award at the   AFBF Convention in San Antonio on January 27, 2025; and          WHEREAS, The national AFBF award recognizes young farmers and   ranchers who have excelled in their agricultural operations while   demonstrating exceptional leadership abilities; and          WHEREAS, The owners and operators of Hodges Livestock,   Mr. and Mrs. Hodges raise Royal White sheep, commercial goats, and   commercial Angus-cross cattle in Sterling, Coke, Tom Green,   Navarro, and Grimes Counties; additionally, they provide   vegetation management services to solar farms through targeted   sheep grazing in hybrid grazing-mowing systems; Kade Hodges is a   sixth-generation rancher in Sterling County, and his wife also   comes from a family with a proud agricultural heritage; they are the   devoted parents of a son, Weston Clay Hodges; and          WHEREAS, Currently, Mr. Hodges is vice president of the   Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, and he also   serves as vice chair of the Sterling County Underground Water   Conservation District board and as president of the county's   livestock predator board; he holds a master's degree in animal   science with a focus in small ruminant nutrition; Mrs. Hodges is   treasurer of Concho Valley CattleWomen and a board member of the   Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau, and in 2024, she served as vice   chair of the Texas Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Advisory   Committee; she holds a master's degree in beef cattle production   and a certificate in ranch management and beef industry leadership;   the couple belong to the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers, Texas and   Southwestern Cattle Raisers, and American Solar Grazing   Associations; and          WHEREAS, Kade and Morgan Hodges have proven themselves to be   important assets to the Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau and to the   state's agricultural industry, and they may indeed reflect with   pride on this well-deserved honor; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas   Legislature hereby congratulate Kade and Morgan Hodges on their   receipt of the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers &   Ranchers Achievement Award and extend to them sincere best wishes   for continued success; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be   prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hodges as an expression of high regard by   the Texas House of Representatives.     Darby     Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw   Alders Guillen Morgan   Allen Harless Muñoz   Anchía Harris Noble   Ashby Harris Davila Olcott   Barry Harrison Oliverson   Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz   Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr   Bernal Hernandez Patterson   Bhojani Hickland Paul   Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso   Bowers Holt Perez of Harris   Bryant Hopper Phelan   Buckley Howard Pierson   Bucy Hull Plesa   Bumgarner Hunter Raymond   Button Isaac Reynolds   Cain Johnson Richardson   Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos   Canales Jones of Harris Romero   Capriglione Kerwin Rose   Cole King Rosenthal   Collier Kitzman Schatzline   Cook LaHood Schofield   Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft   Craddick Lambert Shaheen   Cunningham Landgraf Shofner   Curry Leach Simmons   Darby Leo Wilson Slawson   A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee   Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller   Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson   DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico   Dorazio Louderback Tepper   Dutton Lowe Thompson   Dyson Lozano Tinderholt   Fairly Lujan Toth   Flores Luther Troxclair   Frank Manuel Turner   Gámez Martinez VanDeaver   Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut   Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos   Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell   Gates Metcalf Vo   Gerdes Meyer Walle   Geren Meza Ward Johnson   Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton   González of Dallas Moody Wilson   González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu   Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 278 was adopted by the House on February   25, 2025, by a non-record vote.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House