Hampton students welcome Hawk herd to its new home

■ Local donations help build facility on district grounds

Hampton students will get some hands-on education with the Hawk herd, handling daily chores twice a day, seven days a week. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
Hampton students will get some hands-on education with the Hawk herd, handling daily chores twice a day, seven days a week. News-Register/Kurt Johnson

Hampton students don’t have far to go now for hands-on education involving animal agriculture.

A program launched last year with a few chickens and a cow/calf pair being raised just west of the football field has been taken to a whole new level this fall with expanded facilities and a growing herd of cattle. Students will feed and care for the cows, which will eventually find their way into the nea…