Area students at livestock show in Houston

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Pampa FFA and Gray County 4-H students are wrapping up a visit in Houston at the Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Pampa FFA’s lone attendee in Houston is senior Autumn Woods who is showing a pig.

“There’s cattle and pigs here. Sheep and goats were here. It’s a huge agricultural education event,” Pampa High School’s FFA instructor Alan Parker said. “They have a lot of different displays and booths. Autumn met cowboy actor Dale Risby, who has a show on Netflix called ‘How to be a Cowboy.’”

The event is the culmination of months of hard work throughout the semester.

“First students select them and look for good traits,” Woods said. “The animals have a training and feeding regiment two or three times a day. The students put in countless hours sometimes before, definitely after and sometimes during school.

The event lasted through the weekend students will be back in Pampa/Gray County on Tuesday.