RancHER

RancHER: Jaclyn Wilson: Working, learning and growing in the beef industry

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Jaclyn Wilson is co-owner of Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch/Flying Diamond Beef, located in the Nebraska Sandhills.

RancHER: Natalie Kovarik: Embracing ranch life one role at a time

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

Natalie Kovarik is the co-owner of Kovarik Cattle Co., a first-generation seedstock operation based in central Nebraska, and the co-host of the Discover Ag podcast.

RancHER: Jeanette Lombardo: Advocating for the ag way of life

carrie.veselka@agproud.com — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Jeanette Lombardo is the executive director of the Farmer Veteran Coalition based in Waco, Texas.

RancHER: Jennifer Redd Westfall: 'See the good, learn from the bad, plan for the better'

carrie.veselka@agproud.com — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:53:43 -0500

Jennifer Redd Westfall is owner and operator of Redd Ranches based in Colorado. The family runs a Red Angus-based seedstock operation that also incorporates Angus, Simmental and Gelbvieh genetics. Jennifer oversees the registered herd and is actively involved in the day-to-day ranch management.

RancHER: Maili Drachman: Starting small with Highland cattle

carrie.veselka@agproud.com — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:04:37 -0400

Maili Drachman is the co-owner and operator of J&C Ranch. They run a small herd of Scottish Highland cattle on native pasture.

RancHER: Shannon Clark: Making an impact, one weed at a time

carrie.veselka@agproud.com — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:31:16 -0500

Shannon Clark is a vegetation management stewardship and development specialist in Bayer’s environmental science division.

RancHER: Samee Charriere

carrie.veselka@agproud.com — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:00:01 -0500

Samee Charriere is the co-owner of Ledgerwood Gelbvieh and Rafter C Reds in Clarkston, Washington, where she works alongside her husband and family managing all aspects of the purebred herds and commercial cows.

RancHER: Brandi Buzzard Frobose: Leaving a positive impact on the beef industry

carrie.veselka@agproud.com — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:52:58 -0400

Brandi Buzzard Frobose is the director of communications and editor of the Red Angus Magazine for the Red Angus Association of America and co-owner of High Bar Cattle Company in Greeley, Kansas.

RancHER: Heather Hays Stinnett: Raising kids and cows in Colorado

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:35:29 -0400

Heather Hays Stinnett is a rancher, wife and mother balancing life and the day-to-day tasks of running her family’s operation, Hays Cattle.

RancHER: Sydney Wilkinson: Passion for ag, both in the field and in the classroom

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:00:01 -0400

Sydney Wilkinson works as an instructor of animal science and livestock judging coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Although she doesn’t work on the family ranch full time, she still considers it an integral part of her life and goes home as often as possible to help out.

Terryn Drieling: Transitioning from feedlot management to cow-calf ranching

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:00:01 -0400

Terryn Drieling: Transitioning from feedlot management to cow-calf ranching Terryn Drieling grew up on a small feedlot and always wanted to be part of the ag industry in some way.

RancHER: Susan Russell

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:00:01 -0500

Susan Russell and her husband, Curtis, own and operate Reflected R Ranch near Sugar City, Colorado. She grew up on her family’s seedstock cattle and grain operation in south-central Kansas and has been part of the beef industry her whole life.

RancHER: Sarah Kuschel

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:00:01 -0400

Sarah Kuschel raises beef cattle and horses, grows alfalfa and corn, and is raising three children with her husband, Miles, on their fourth-generation ranch in Sebeka, Minnesota.

RancHER: Trish Charleston

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:00:01 -0400

Trish Charleston is the owner and operator of K&T Cattle Company, owner of Specialty Risk Insurance, author of The Cowboy’s Wife – My Favorite F Words and The Circus Waits for No One, humorist and blogger.

RancHER: Kady Porterfield

Fri, 22 May 2020 14:00:01 -0400

Kady Porterfield is the current president of the Washington CattleWomen organization. She grew up raising beef on her family’s cattle ranch.

RancHER: Janeal Yancey

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 05:15:09 -0500

Janeal Yancey is a meat scientist with the University of Arkansas. She grew up showing sheep and hogs in 4-H and FFA but wasn’t involved in the cattle industry until she and her husband married in 2005. She also runs the blog Mom at the Meat Counter.

RancHER: Chelsea Good

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:00:01 -0400

Chelsea Good is the vice president of government and industry affairs and legal with the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA).

RancHER: Lesley Schmidt

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:00:01 -0400

RancHER is a column spotlighting female leaders in the beef industry. In this issue, we are featuring Lesley Schmidt, a fifth-generation cattle rancher and farmer in Kansas. She has worked on her family farm all her life and has worked off the farm as a civil designer and a track and field official for almost 12 years. In addition to her on- and off-the-farm jobs, Schmidt serves as vice president of education for American Agri-Women.

RancHER: Brenda Younkin

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:00:01 -0400

Progressive Cattle would like to introduce RancHER, a new column spotlighting female leaders in the beef industry. This month, we are featuring Brenda Younkin, a natural resources specialist. She and her husband own and manage Y2 Consultants, a Wyoming-based small business specializing in engineering, natural resources management, GIS, landscape architecture, land surveying and land planning.