{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Drench Line Podcast","title":"Back to School: Thank an Ag Teacher | Cody Peterson (Medina ISD) & Cam Anderson (Needville ISD)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2808,"description":"A HUGE thank you to our Ag Teacher Series title sponsor, Judy's Western Wares. Judy's has been handmaking show blankets, halters, tubes, wraps and muzzles right here in Texas for more than 30 years — and they'll customize almost anything, from chapter colors to embroidered awards to starter boxes for a kid's first sheep or goat. Shop Judy's Western Wares online here and use code DRENCHLINE10 for 10% off your order.\nKids are back to school, FFA chapters are gearing up for a new year, and there's no better time to say thank you to the people who make the whole thing run — ag teachers. In Part 1 of our new Ag Teacher mini-series, recorded live at the Texas Ag Teachers Conference in Corpus Christi, Logan sat down with two guys who've spent their careers building programs from scratch and keeping kids (and their families) headed in the right direction.\nFirst up is Cody Peterson, now in his 21st year teaching ag and currently at Medina ISD after building a powerhouse program in Ballinger — right in the heart of sheep and goat country. Cody talks about growing up on the cattle side before learning to love sheep and goats in Runnels County, building a swine program from 25 head to 150, and the advice he gives every new show family who walks through his office door: figure out their budget first, then find the species that fits it.\nThen Cameron \"Cam\" Anderson, ag teacher at Needville ISD, joins to talk about his own full-circle story — leaving Needville for a judging career at South Plains and Texas Tech (where he was an All-American), a stint as the McCulloch County extension agent in Brady, a detour into oilfield chemical sales, and finally coming home to teach the next generation. Cam talks about running a judging pipeline that starts in third grade, balancing kids who are all-in with kids who landed in his class by accident, and the lesson his own mentors taught him about never giving up.\nBoth guys touch on a lot of the same ground — patience, budgeting a show...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aOeuo_zwxexZJtU-TwcY4DMfwNU1keaCa1bq0pGLVqE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jOTg1/MGZmMDhhZjE1OGQz/NWQ4YWY0MDEwYTZj/MWRmZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}