HAMPTON, Neb. — The success of Hampton High School’s animal lab, the Hawk Herd, has captured the attention of the York-Hamilton Cattlemen, earning ag teacher Joel Miller a trip to the association’s annual banquet to accept an award.
Started in 2019 as a way to help Hampton ag students gain hands-on, real world experience with raising beef cattle, the Hawk Herd has expanded and grown over the years, benefiting from local producers and others who have generously provided feed, volunteer hours and other help to the program. Now its success has captured the attention of the York-Hamilton Cattlemen, earning ag teacher Joel Miller a trip to the association’s annual banquet to accept an award.
Ag teacher Joel Miller says, while the feeding program for the herd is different from what might happen at a feed yard, the opportunities for helping the students learn how to figure rations are still there.
