Greg Hamons received the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) from the National Association of County Agriculture Agents (NACAA) during the 2024 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in Dallas, Texas, July 17.
NACAA is a nationwide professional Extension organization established for Extension Educators/Agents and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and natural resources, 4-H youth development, community development, and related disci- plines. The DSA is conferred on members who have worked in Extension for at least 10 years, are held in high esteem by their fellow workers, and have developed and put into effect an outstanding Extension program. Hamons was one of several honorees who represent the top two percent of the membership selected by their peers.
Hamons is an Agriculture Agent with West Virginia University Extension Service in Pocahontas County. Since 2009, Agent Hamons has had a broad array of programs focusing on livestock marketing, quality assurance, forages, livestock grazing, pesticide application, certification, meat science, processing, horticulture, forestry, youth agriculture and 4-H.
He and his wife, Dwan, and their two children, Sienna and RileyAnn, live on their farm in Pocahontas County where they keep 100 head of cattle, horses and sheep.
