The Navidad Valley Cattle - Women (NVCW) is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes the beef industry. One way CattleWomen does this is by providing quality informa - tion on the beef industry to the general public, particularly how consumers incorporate beef into a healthy diet. Another priority is supporting local youth with an interest in agriculture with scholarships to pursue their postsec- ondary goals.
These scholarships are possi- ble due to the generous support of private donors, corporate sponsors, and events such as the NVCW Ranch Run that occurs every summer in conjunction with the Schulenburg Festival. Since they awarded their first scholarship in 2005, Nav -
idad Valley CattleWomen have awarded over $100,000 in schol - arships to students from Fayette, Colorado and Lavaca counties.
NVCW recently awarded three collegiate scholarships to- taling $3,000. Blane Warnken is a graduate of Schulenburg High School and is currently a junior at Texas A&M University study - ing Animal Science/Production.
Blane is a member of the TAMU
Livestock Judging Team and is active in many student organiza - tions relating to agriculture. He is directly involved in his family's beef cattle operation and contin - ues to advocate for the industry he was raised in and is so proud of. Hunter Nevlud is a graduate of Shiner High School and is also a junior at Texas A&M Univer - sity studying Animal Science.
His goal is to learn about meat production, animal reproduc - tion, sausage making and entre preneurship so that he can work to grow his family’s business, Maeker's Sausage and Process -
ing. Finally, Alyssa Otto is a stu - dent at Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine. As a graduate of Schulenburg High School, she plans to practice in a rural clinic and support her clients’ improving management practices, protocols, and inten tions of the livestock operations that feed our world. Otto was active as an Aggie CattleWom - an, and intends to continue her involvement after she graduates in the local CattleWomen chapter as she works with her family’s cow-calf operation and incorpo - rates reproductive technologies and genetics into improving her own herd.
CattleWomen are present ly accepting scholarship appli- cations from graduating high school seniors to be awarded this spring. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, March 7. For more information students may visit www.nvcw.org. Ad - ditionally, registration is open for the 5K that helps funds this great work, which is set for Aug. 2. Interested runners and walkers may sign up at https://nvcattle -
womenranchrun5k.itsyourrace. com/event.aspx?id=15683.
BLANE WARNKEN
HUNTER NEVLUD
ALYSSA OTTO
