Scholarship recipients
 

Matthew Weinzettle
Matthew Weinzettle graduated from Conroe High Magna Cum Laude.  He has been active in 4-H for 10 years.  Matthew is a strong student in science and math and would like to pursue a career in Biology.  Matthew is currently attending Texas A&M University.  

Jesse Dylan Castleschouldt
Dylan Castleschouldt is a graduate of Willis High School. Dylan was very involved in sports during his elementary and middle school, playing baseball, football, basketball and soccer. He was also very active in the Montgomery County 4-H where he showed market barrows and lambs and had the grand champion lamb at the 2000 Montgomery County Fair along with several placing animals at the major livestock shows.

In high school, Dylan was involved in FFA, football and baseball. He was Greenhand president, football quarterback and started as the catcher on the ninth grade baseball team. As a sophomore, he was an FFA officer and competed in all of their leadership contests, one of which was the state livestock judging team where his team placed tenth. He was on the varsity football and baseball teams and received all-county honors as a defensive end. As a junior and senior, he was the quarterback/middle linebacker and team captain on the varsity football team, FFA officer, starting catcher on the baseball team, and his livestock judging team competed at state. Dylan also had the grand champion lamb and barrow at the 2008 Montgomery County Fair and competed at all the major livestock shows in Texas and also at the Arizona National Livestock Show. He also instructed Montgomery County and Grimes County 4-H students in showmanship and animal nutrition for their county projects.

Dylan was in the top 25 percent of his class. He is enrolled at Sam Houston State University, where he is majoring in animal science courses directed towards becoming a veterinarian. After completing pre-vet courses he will be applying for the veterinarian program at the A&M University.

Youth Leadership Conference
To keep youth leadership strong, we sponsored Joey Gonzales (left) from Foard County to this year's Youth Leadership Conference at San Angelo.

Celebrate America’s agriculture success with
Food Check-Out Week!

Following Valentine's weekend, the Montgomery County Farm Bureau will celebrate America’s true love – food.  Based on Agriculture Department statistics, FB’s Food Check-Out Week —seven weeks into the year—marks the date when average Americans will have earned enough income to pay for their entire year’s food supply. In recognition of Food Check-Out Week,  Montgomery County Farm Bureau is donating to the local food bank in Conroe.  The local food bank takes the donations and transfers them in usable quantities to over 36 non-profit agencies in Montgomery County.

 “We remain concerned that some Americans cannot afford to buy the food that they need, but we are proud of the role Texas farmers play in producing the most affordable food in the world,” said Montgomery County Farm Bureau President, Stuart Traylor.