Source: AgriLife Today ||
Andy Holloway, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent in Hemphill County, received the Grass Roots Award – Extension Agent given by the Texas Section Society for Range Management.
The award was presented at the society’s recent annual meeting at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock.
Holloway has reignited interest regarding improved rangeland-based beef production in his and surrounding counties through active agriculture outreach and education, said Dr. Tim Steffens, AgriLife Extension range specialist in Canyon, in his nomination.
Some of the highlights of Holloway’s programming include the Mini-ag Conference, which started in 2015 to bring cutting-edge knowledge to bear on ranching issues including rangeland, genetics, marketing, climate and nutrition. Attendance at these conferences has averaged almost 60 people from six to eight counties in the area each year.
He has also been instrumental in helping with the beef conference “alumni association” created to help participants successfully implement the concepts and guidelines they learned in the schools.
The nomination also highlighted Holloway’s efforts to provide support and organized relief to help ranchers recover after the wildfires in the spring of 2017.
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