Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu
Contact: Scott Durham, 325-653-4576, ms-durham@tamu.edu
ROBERT LEE – Morgan Runyan has been named the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for agriculture and natural resources for Coke County.
The announcement of her hiring was made by Coke County Judge Roy Blair and Scott Durham, AgriLife Extension district administrator at San Angelo.
Durham said Runyan will complete AgriLife Extension’s First Step orientation program in Tom Green County before assuming her Coke County duties May 1.
“We are pleased Morgan will be taking the reins in Coke County,” Durham said. “I believe she will suit this noted ranching county very well. She is very familiar with livestock production and is an accomplished judge of livestock.
“She’s also well known to many of us in District 7 as she has a solid track record through her work with our agency as a 4-H program assistant in Tom Green County.
“I predict we will hear many positive reviews coming from Coke County in the future as she continues building on the outstanding foundation of work laid by her predecessors.”
Runyan holds a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Oklahoma State University at Stillwater.
Growing up in rural Oklahoma, she was very active in that state’s Extension 4-H youth program, Durham said. He added that her family maintains one of the largest purebred Hampshire sheep flocks in the U.S. and that she has been involved with every aspect of that operation for years.
Runyan fills the position formerly held by James Jackson, who transferred to Stephenville as an AgriLife Extension range program specialist.
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