Nov. 30, 2012

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


For more information contact:

Carrie Heitman, communications coordinator, at 816-383-5011 or cheitman@angus.org.


VIDEO:  I Am Angus airs Monday, Dec. 3

I Am Angus Features Women in Agriculture
Meet women involved in the cattle industry next Monday, Dec. 3 on RFD-TV.

 

Move over cowboys. In an upcoming I Am Angus® episode, it’s all about women on the ranch. Join the American Angus Association® for its documentary series, as women share their stories in the cattle industry and how their thankless efforts will continue to feed the world’s growing population. 

 “Mothers, wives, sisters and grandmothers all play a significant role in a farming or ranching operation,” says Eric Grant, Association public relations and communications director. “In this episode, we visit women who continue to keep our industry strong – through family farms, feedyards, and the showring.”

I Am Angus airs at 8 p.m. Eastern (7 p.m. Central) next Monday, Dec. 3 on RFD-TV. The program focuses on the heart of the Angus cattle business — its people, their heritage and why they are involved in agriculture. The hour-long documentary series explores each corner of the beef industry, Angus heritage, and how animal agriculture meets the challenge of feeding a growing population while raising a family.

 Featured in the Dec. 3 episode are:

·         The McCabe family, McCabe Genetics, Elk City, Kan., talks about the values they learned growing up on a family farm and how they will carry those with them in every task, agriculture related or not.

·         Feedlot manager Anne Burkholder, Cozad, Neb., explains how the cattle she feeds helps raise her children and the benefits of growing a family in the agriculture industry.

·         A rancher’s wife, Doris Johnston, Homeacres Angus, Okemah, Okla., shares her passion for the way of life the Angus industry brings to her family.

·         The Harward family, Harward Sisters Show Cattle, Richfield, N.C., explain how agriculture brings their family of five sisters together by taking care of and showing Angus cattle.

·         The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is providing a one-of-a-kind Feedlot Management Internship Program to meet a growing need for trained, responsible feedlot managers. And interestingly, many of the enrolled students are women. Featured students are: Stephanie Moore, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Caitlin Swartz, Winchester, Ky.; Kaylee Reedy, Maryville, Mo.; Meredith Bremer, St. Edward, Neb.; and Feedlot Internship Recruiter Kari Gillespie, Kevin, Mont. 

·         Jacy Alsup, Clear Creek Cattle Co., Gravette, Ark., shares her story and how it’s more than just showing cattle, it’s about the family the Angus industry brings together at each show and event.

·         Steve Brooks, Brooks Chalky Butte Ranch, Bowman, N.D., describes the importance of his daughters, Cassie and Skeeter, coming home and taking care of the land.

·         Lauren Chase, multimedia outreach specialist for the Montana Stockgrowers Association, was an outsider looking in when she first moved to Montana. Now, her passion is to educate the public about why ranching is a necessity and how it’s more than a business, it is a home.

·         Decedents of George Grant, Wes and Twila Nunemaker family, Tulsa, Okla., share the story of the woman responsible for bringing Angus cattle to America, George Grant’s niece and Twila’s grandmother, Margaret Grant.

 

Sponsored by the Angus Foundation, I Am Angus broadcasts on RFD-TV. The channel is distributed by more than 625 cable operators, and can be found on DirecTV channel 345 and Dish Network channel 231. Check local listings for more information.

Also save the date for a subsequent I Am Angus episode, Thursday, Dec. 27. Enjoy a special holiday presentation that features America’s committed farmers and ranchers. The program also highlights historic events that shaped the agriculture industry into what it is today.

For more information or to watch segments from past shows, visit the Association’s website or YouTube Channel.

 

The American Angus Association serves nearly 30,000 members across the United States and Canada. It provides programs and services to farmers, ranchers and others who rely on the power of Angus to produce quality genetics for the beef industry and quality beef for consumers.

For more information about Angus cattle and the American Angus Association’s programs and services, visit www.angus.org.

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