JUNIOR SCENE by Landry Kleman NALJA Director
Don’t Be Afraid To Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone
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ello everyone, it’s Landry Kleman from the Texas Panhandle. I will be attending Kansas State University in the fall, where I am going to major in Animal Science and Industry with a focus on Beef Production and Management. I grew up in a small German Catholic town on my family’s farm. Over the years our farm has seen many changes from my Grandpa growing sugar beets and grain to my raising my own cattle. As I kept thinking of what I was going to write about, the only thing that kept coming to mind was getting out of your comfort zone. Ever since I was old enough to start showing, my family has shown market barrows throughout Texas. Despite being successful, I always had this desire to raise and show cattle. After several failed attempts
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of convincing my parents to let me show cattle, I somewhat gave up because dad always gave the same response, but I never lost that desire to one day raise cattle. My freshman year of high school, I was sitting in the pig barn at the San Antonio Livestock Show when a man came over the speakers saying that they needed alternates for the calf scramble that night at the rodeo. Earlier in the year, I had considered signing up for the scramble but then changed my mind. So, when I heard this, I decided that I was just going to try it. So that night, I competed against 24 other kids for a chance to catch a calf. By the end of the night, I found myself sitting in the calf scramble room with 12 other kids being awarded our certificates for successfully
We are excited about our recent purchase of AHCC Growth Fund from Hager Cattle Company!
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