89R13247 CW-D
By: Darby 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.