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Welcome to camp…our very first Empowerment Beyond the Barn She Stock Shows Camp. Listen closely as Paige, Reagan, Brystol, Ellie, Rylee, Dylan, and Harper share about their empowering 48 hours we spent together in the barn. I can’t thank our special coaches, and past podcast guests, Kylie Langley, Cadence Hansen, and Rilynn Buesing, for coming…

Ladies in the Lead meet Miss Ashley Wiebe. An FFA Advisor at Muscatine High School, Muscatine, Iowa and doing big things with her 350 Ag students. You’ll find that Ashley is passionate about what Ag and hands on learning can do for a soul. She grew up in Southwest Minnesota on a hog farm, quickly…

Ladies in the Lead meet Miss Rilynn Buesing. This sixteen year old has just experienced what some might call, “The summer of a lifetime!” Being only the 3rd person to ever achieve Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion 4-H Market Hog at the Iowa State Fair, Rilynn takes us through the emotions and the thrill…

Ladies in the Lead this week we meet two outstanding high school seniors, Cadence Hansen and Molly Chapman. Both 9 year 4Her’s, both representing Cedar County as our Fair Queen, and both finishing up their last Cedar County Fair 2023. I love how this conversation centers around things coming to an end. The last time…

Ladies in the Lead …. Meet Kate, Kyndall, and Kennedy Burns! Excitement doesn’t even begin to cover my emotions as I kick off the summer season with this powerful Mother/Daughter trio! Honestly, I’ve been wanting to talk to Kate for over a year! She is someone that has been an icon for what teamwork, passion,…

In this week’s episode we meet Miss Tess Mittag. As Manager of StockShow University, with Sullivan’s Show Supply, we find Tess …EVERYWHERE! Between running the fitting clinics, handing out the Junior Giveaways, and updating the Pulse, I was lucky enough to catch up with her at the Iowa Beef Expo. Tess grew up in SouthWest…

In this week’s episode we meet Mary Veatch! Someone who leads by example, makes herself “present”, and calls herself a lucky penny! Nominated to me, not once but three times, I knew I had to talk to her. Can I say, “I loved it!” As the foundation couple in developing the 13 county regional show,…

In this week’s episode we meet Deven Wilson. Residing in Miles, Iowa with her husband Charlie and two sons, Hendrix (4 yrs) and Riggins (4 months), Deven is what you would say, BUSY! She is recognized Nationally as a powerful judge, works full time as the Marketing and Social Media director with SC Online Sales,…

This week’s episode we meet Jess Horras, the successful owner of The Baden Baldy Boutique! (For me, I love how boutiques follow us across the map. I love how they give us that Stock Show look.) The Baden Baldy Boutique was created in the spring of 2020, right at the start of CO-VID. When most…

In this week’s episode we meet Katlyn Cain. An overall stock show “enthusiast”, she has it going on. A livestock judge, hog producer, and mentor, Katlyn finds many ways to be a Leader in this industry. Her energy makes her a force on the microphone, and her passion helps kids be their best… well that…

In this week’s episode we meet Miss Renee Thompson, an outstanding Ag educator and FFA Advisor. If you’re like me she’ll blow you away! Renee and her husband Jim, live outside of West Branch, Iowa and run Thompson Swine Genetics. Together they use their farm to provide students the opportunities to show pigs, (maybe chickens),…

In this week’s episode we kick off Season 3! Ladies in the Lead … Meet Macy Marek! (What an amazing place to start 2023!) Macy is the 2nd of 4 girls from a 6 generational farm in Washington County Iowa! An inspiring and active hog judge, you are going to find that she takes learning,…