Sam Middleton

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Sam Middleton

Portrait Ideas

I plan to take a few portraits of Sam in and around the PSS building. I also think a few portrait shots of Sam on or around farm equipment might be good, as well as pictures of he and his cattle

PSS Major

"Its giving me useful information I can take home and apply"

Advisor - Robert Right

Graduates May 2020

Small town feel

Junior Crop Science PSS major

Learning actual skills related to his family farming operation

"Its going to be useful down the road with the technology and crops changing"

Favorite class - Weed Sciences Dr. Dotray

Weed management and chemical application

Happy, TX

Graduated Happy High School in 2016

Great grandad started farming operation

Small town

85 miles North of Lubbock

Story idea

I plan to portray Sams experience in PSS and how it is going to help him when he graduates and moves home to his families farm and stocker cattle operations

Anecdotal Lead

Rain or shine, starting the day early is just a way of life in the small town of Happy in the panhandle of Texas. A normal day doesn't consist of sitting behind the desk, for some it means feeding and watering cattle, checking fences, and putting in 5 hours on a tractor before lunch.

4th generation farmer

Family is very close and important to Sam

Cattle brand "7" 7 is a biblical number

Wants to go home and carry on the tradition

"I always knew i wanted to go back home and farm"

Grew up on farm

"I just love being out there"

Texas Tech family

Most of the family graduated from Tech

Brother coming to tech in fall 2019

Uncle, Marty Middleton, Tech profesor

Always went to Tech football and basketball games

Brand, vaccinate, castrate, and dehorn in 45 to 60 seconds

Subtopic

"Everybody's got their job" "We have a pretty good system"

Grow wheat, corn and cotton

Farm and Stocker Operation

Sam is more like a partner than an employee

Receive 100 head every 2 weeks on average

Feed, water, check fence, and get on tractor

Normal Day starts at 6 a.m. and can end as late as midnight

Dad, Brother, and 2 employees

Yearly 5000 to 6000 head of stocker cattle

17,000 acres