Meet Patti, a Nebraska Woman in Ag
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Meet Patti on her Hamilton County farm.
We hope to see you at the Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference.
http://wia.unl.edu/
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- [00:00:03.182]We're on the farm place,
- [00:00:04.943]where Mike grew up on.
- [00:00:06.897]We have cattle, a cow-calf operation,
- [00:00:09.950]and also a little bit of farming,
- [00:00:11.554]with mostly corn and beans,
- [00:00:13.385]and a little bit of alfalfa.
- [00:00:16.713]So, it's been a fun life, a busy life.
- [00:00:19.894]We've gone from Mike and his dad,
- [00:00:21.928]to now Mike and our son runnin' the farm.
- [00:00:25.341]My role on the farm is the gopher.
- [00:00:27.812]Gimme a wrench set, that'll work.
- [00:00:29.517]Okay.
- [00:00:30.824]You go to get the parts,
- [00:00:32.479]you go to the vet clinic,
- [00:00:33.716]you run errands out to the field,
- [00:00:36.119]take lunches, dinners, suppers,
- [00:00:38.170]haul the guys from field to field,
- [00:00:40.217]when they get done with one field,
- [00:00:41.600]and we're movin' all the equipment to another field.
- [00:00:44.439]In the spring, I'll do stalk chopping
- [00:00:46.573]ahead of the planters,
- [00:00:48.123]so I'll be in the tractor, then,
- [00:00:49.061]pretty much full-time throughout the day.
- [00:00:51.319](bolt squeaking)
- [00:00:52.797]During calving time, I'm helpin' do them,
- [00:00:56.159]do the calving checks and stuff, sometimes.
- [00:00:59.812]I heard about the Women in Ag Conference,
- [00:01:02.348]and I thought it'd be kinda fun
- [00:01:04.107]just to be around other farm women.
- [00:01:05.750]You know, you would talk with some of the elderly ladies,
- [00:01:08.434]that've been on the farm all their lives.
- [00:01:10.728]I've talked with young brides that've grown up in the city,
- [00:01:14.911]and now they're out workin' on the farms, too,
- [00:01:17.044]so it's been a fun, fun time.
- [00:01:20.614]I've been to a lot of different sessions at Women in Ag.
- [00:01:23.665]It's sometimes hard to bring home those fresh ideas,
- [00:01:27.408]and to, you know, hit the floor runnin' with those ideas,
- [00:01:30.300]so I've kinda worked 'em in with my husband and son,
- [00:01:32.889]just kinda tell them different view points
- [00:01:35.283]about different things like that.
- [00:01:36.646]I'd say she's brought back the knowledge
- [00:01:38.704]of the finances, how to help with the finances,
- [00:01:42.281]and she's met a lot of people, I know that.
- [00:01:45.143]She's met a lot of people,
- [00:01:46.277]and she's really liked that.
- [00:01:48.120]I think my favorite part of Women in Ag
- [00:01:49.922]is probably meeting all the different ladies.
- [00:01:53.090]Gets her out to see some more gals, (laughs)
- [00:01:56.554]cuz we're all boys here. (laughs)
- [00:01:59.358]Just a nice network of women to get to know.
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