MERCEDES — D.J. Wernecke stepped into a new world when he arrived at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show with his farm animals as a fourth grader.
And for the past 25 years, the livestock show has been a part of his life.
Wernecke, 35, was ap-pointed general manager of the RGV Livestock Show by the board of directors one month ago.
“I knew this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” Wernecke said. “I’m here because of the livestock show, and it’s a great place to be a part of.”
Wernecke said he never wanted to do anything else but work at the livestock show.
He has become the or-ganization’s youngest general manager.
Throughout his educa-tional experience as a student in the Sharyland school district and college at Tarleton State Univer-sity in Stephenville, Texas, he attended the livestock show as an exhibitor and then as a college intern.
He continued to come back to the event as an agriculture instructor for 13 years. He taught at various school districts between Dallas and Los Fresnos.
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