Hico native Karter Stone spoke to KSAT’s Adam Caskey after taking home the grand champion belt buckle
SAN ANTONIO – Out of more than 1,000 junior farmers, an 11-year-old’s pig stood above the rest.
Karter Stone, from Hico, Texas, was named the Supreme Champion of the Junior Purebred Gilt competition Thursday at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Hico is located approximately 190 miles north of San Antonio, northwest of Waco.
Stone discussed his win with KSAT Weather Authority Meteorologist Adam Caskey.
“I got a little nervous,” Stone told Caskey. “It felt good.”
According to a Facebook post from Hico’s Future Farmers of America (FFA), Stone’s gilt, a female pig named “Missy,” earned grand champion status despite competing against more than “1,300 gilt entries.”
“It’s hard,” Stone told KSAT. “You have to take care of them every day. When we had that snow storm, we had water frozen and had to bucket water them. It’s hard.”
Stone showed off his prize, a buckle with the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo’s logo on it. The buckle is enclosed a glass case.
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About the AuthorsNate Kotisso headshotNate Kotisso
Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.
Adam Caskey headshotAdam Caskey
Adam Caskey has been a meteorologist with KSAT’s Weather Authority team since April 2014. He previously worked in North Dakota and Washington, D.C., where he earned the “Certified Broadcast Meteorologist” designation by the American Meteorological Association. A native Minnesotan, Adam loves to fish and enjoys the outdoors.
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