Last year as a junior, he said, he started to become more comfortable talking with other people and in front of crowds, which helped boost his confidence and take on more leadership.
Next year, Vargas plans to join the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M and study ag economics with a focus on policy. A scholarship, he said, would be a blessing and help offset those costs.
After college, Vargas, the son of a seventh-generation farmer, would like to take his passion for the ag industry to a government level with goals to work as a legislative aide before joining Congress where he can help develop the U.S. Farm Bill.
The world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, he said, and the food yield must go up by about 75% to meet that growth.
“That’s why I was advocating so much on the ag policy side, … and why, I believe, I need to advocate for agriculture and why others should too,” he said.
The importance of the ag industry, he said, goes beyond just feeding people.
“Everything we do is a part of agriculture,” he said. “When we drive, that’s agriculture. The fuel we use is ethanol, which is corn based.
“Every little thing that we don’t think about is a by-product of agriculture, and it needs to be supported.”
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