AgriLife Extension’s South Plains district hires three new county agents

 

New agents added in Terry, Parmer and Scurry counties

 

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu

Contact: Michael Clawson, 806-746-6101, m-clawson@tamu.edu

 

LUBBOCK – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has added three new county agents to the South Plains district’s 20-county roster, said the district’s administrator.

“Ronda White became the new AgriLife Extension family and consumer sciences agent for Scurry County on Nov. 1,” said Michael Clawson, AgriLife Extension administrator headquartered in Lubbock. “Zach Bradshaw started Nov. 3 as the new AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Terry County. And James Graves started Nov. 17 as the new AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Parmer County.”

“We are very pleased to have these new staffers join our district’s AgriLife Extension educational team,” Clawson said. “They all are very familiar with AgriLife Extension and our part of the state.”

Clawson said the new agents will participate in AgriLife Extension’s First Step orientation program in a neighboring county for approximately a month prior to assuming their permanent county assignments.

 

White has worked the past 16 years for the Texas Department of Transportation. She graduated from Roscoe High School and received her bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications from Texas Tech University. She will complete her First Step training Nov. 30 in Garza County.

Bradshaw has a varied production agriculture background. He graduated from Paradise High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary agriculture from Texas Tech. His First Step training will also be completed Nov. 30 in Hockley County.

 

Graves graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo and received his bachelor’s degree in animal science from West Texas A&M University. He also holds a master’s degree in animal science from New Mexico State University where he served as both a graduate teaching assistant and graduate research assistant. His First Step training assignment runs from Nov. 17 through Dec. 14 in Bailey County.

For more information, contact Clawson at 806-746-6101.

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