Category: Motherhood

Episode 14 – Dr. Amanda Fuller: F2 Cattle Co., Feeding Cattle, and Finance

Episode 14 – Dr. Amanda Fuller: F2 Cattle Co., Feeding Cattle, and Finance

We are so excited to introduce our first guest from Texas! Dr. Amanda Fuller earned her B.S. and PhD from Texas A&M and her M.S. from West Texas A&M. She currently resides in Hereford, TX where she runs F2 Cattle Co. with her husband and is also a Risk Management Consultant for Compass Ag Solutions. We can’t wait for y’all to hear her story!
Episode 11 – Lynetta Usher Griner: Family, Forestry, and Future Generations

Episode 11 – Lynetta Usher Griner: Family, Forestry, and Future Generations

Lynetta Usher Griner is a 7th generation Floridian from Chiefland, FL. Her family’s farm, Usher Land & Timber, raise beef cattle and produce timber. She was the Florida Forestry Association’s first female president in 2012. She was also named the 2013 Woman of the Year in Ag and the 2018 Florida Farmer of the Year. She serves on many boards and committees statewide and nationwide. Aside from her day to day responsibilities, she dedicates her time in service of others through charitable work and volunteer work. We cannot wait for y’all to listen to her incredible story and words of wisdom!

Episode 9 – Gina Tilton Counts: Count-ing Stories Down Cracker Swamp

Episode 9 – Gina Tilton Counts: Count-ing Stories Down Cracker Swamp

Listen in to hear about Mrs. Counts’ family operation and life lessons. You won’t want to miss out on hearing about her father, Mr. Woody Tilton’s, famous business card and a killed cook!

Episode 7 – Jo Ann Smith: A Trailblazer like No Other

Episode 7 – Jo Ann Smith: A Trailblazer like No Other

Jo Ann Doke Smith is a trailblazHER like no otHER. She has served as Florida CattleWomen’s President, as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s first female president, as the director and president of the 4H Foundation, as the director of the National Livestock and Meat Board, and was the founding chair of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Some of her many honors include: 1985 Florida’s Woman of the Year in Agriculture, 1989 International Stockman Hall of Fame, 1990 National Golden Spur Award, 2005 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 2015 Meat Industry Hall of Fame, and 2015 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. As someone who was known not by her gender but by her ability to get the job done, she was also named the 1982 Progressive Farmer Magazine Man of the Year in Florida Agriculture and the 1988 Man of the Year in American Agriculture. We hope you take a listen to hear this incredible woman’s story!

Episode 6 – Lauren Dillard Butler: 2023 Florida Cattlewoman of the Year

Episode 6 – Lauren Dillard Butler: 2023 Florida Cattlewoman of the Year

Lauren Butler is the UF/IFAS Livestock Extension Agent and County Extension Director in Okeechobee County. Lauren is originally from Pasco County where her family raised commercial beef cattle, registered quarter horses, and registered brahmans. She met her husband, Will, while they both attended the University of Florida. They reside in Okeechobee with their two daughters, Claire and Loretta. Will’s family runs a commercial dairy and cow-calf operation. Will and Lauren also own a small herd of registered Brahman cattle.

Episode 5 – Iris Wall : Indiantown Icon – 94 years of Cracker Tales

Episode 5 – Iris Wall : Indiantown Icon – 94 years of Cracker Tales

Born in 1929, Iris Wall is a Florida Cracker icon from Indiantown. In 2002, she was inducted into the Florida Cracker Hall of Fame and in 2006, she was named Florida’s Woman of the Year in Agriculture. Listen in to hear come cow-hunting tales and a surprise from Mrs. Wall at the end.

Episode 4 – Dr. Saundra TenBroeck : Florida’s 2023 Woman of the Year in Agriculture

Episode 4 – Dr. Saundra TenBroeck : Florida’s 2023 Woman of the Year in Agriculture

Dr. Saundra TenBroeck is a State Extension Horse Specialist and Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida. A woman of many titles and accomplishments throughout her career, she isn’t short of any accolades. But, she was recently named Florida’s 2023 Woman of the Year in Agriculture. Listen in to hear about her journey in not only academia but also through motherhood.