San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo’s education tally this year: $11.5 million
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-Stock-Show-Rodeo-scholarship-17193155.php
Months of feeding and grooming lambs pays off at the San Antonio livestock show
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Livestock-shows-for-youngsters-back-in-full-swing-16928117.php
Canyon Lake Art Student Wins $10,000 Scholarship, Makes School History
https://www.comalisd.org/apps/news/article/1708071
My son won "best in show" at one of these for his drip irrigation system.
Lots of scholarship money is involved. You don't need be rural to raise livestock either. The school district has a barn where you go every day to feed your animal (s).
The junior livestock show is held the last week of December. That's where my son competed.
https://bcjls.org/event/62nd-annual-show/
The rodeo begins around Feb 1st and runs for three weeks. The rodeo is extremely competitive.
Heck my seven year old daughter won a 4 H prize for doll making one year. Another one of my kids made bread, but didn't place.
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