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<umbBlogPost id="75374" key="fdf77e84-f2ba-4be8-9e6d-ac7b465dc5f2" parentID="75393" level="5" creatorID="8" sortOrder="2" createDate="2018-07-11T09:08:29" updateDate="2018-08-10T16:16:19" nodeName="Amazing Woman in Ag: Janel" urlName="amazing-woman-in-ag-janel" path="-1,1069,1057,72426,75393,75374" isDoc="" nodeType="1053" creatorName="NS" writerName="NS" writerID="8" template="1046" nodeTypeAlias="umbBlogPost" isPublished="true"><PostDate>2018-07-12T00:00:00</PostDate><blogHeadline>Amazing Woman In Ag: Janel</blogHeadline><bodyText>This article was originally seen in the July/August issue of Pink Tractor magazine. <a rel="noopener" href="http://www.pinktractor.com/subscribe" target="_blank">Get your subscription HERE</a>.
Janel Schemper spent her childhood summers different from most of the kids in Holdrege, Nebraska. She couldn’t wait to get out of school for summer to go harvesting. While other kids her age were at summer camp or hanging out at the pool, she found herself in the driver’s seat of a combine, with a coffee can of nuts and bolts on her armrest for added weight to make sure it wouldn’t shut off because of “light weight”. That was over twenty years ago, and she still sits in the seat of a combine every May-November.
Janel is a third generation custom harvester. In the 1950’s, her grandfather left his family farm to hit the road and make a living in the custom harvesting business. Her dad, LaVern Schemper, carried on the tradition with his wife, Carlene, Janel and her three older siblings Julie, JC and Jared. They all grew up on combines. LaVern ran combines while Carlene drove trucks.  
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Janel went south for her first harvest at five- months-old. During school-age years, the family would head down when school ended in May. They’d follow the harvest trail all summer long harvesting crops for farmers across Great Plains states of America. Then when school would start back up in August they’d head back home the night before school started.
Dad’s Crew
They were her dad’s crew. He taught them a lot. Janel says, “The combine cab was where I spent my time with my dad or siblings riding along with them and learning all about operating a combine. Otherwise, my time was spent riding with my mom in a truck hauling many loads of grain to the elevators or grain storage sites.”
When they moved from location to location across the Great Plains states following the wheat belt, she would ride with her dad in a truck hauling a combine, and would always feel better riding along with him. He always found a way to include her and taught her that part of being boss is keeping your eyes on everyone and double-checking everything. He’d say, “Janel, look in the mirror and tell me who you see behind us.” She went down the line first to last saying something like, “white top, red top, #3, junior, the pickup and trailer house.”
At the time, she never thought that one day she’d be the one taking the lead and driving a truck and hauling a combine down the road. She says, “I have always enjoyed getting to be a part of the harvest crew! Some things just never change!”
What does she do?
In one short answer, Janel does it all. Janel not only drives the combine, but she is the business website coordinator and hires Schemper Harvesting employees. She also has a Class A CDL with endorsements including doubles/triple trailers as well as tanker and hazardous materials. She hauls her combine and header when they move from one location to the next on the harvest route. She also hauls grain.
Schemper Harvesting operates eight combines, four tractor grain carts and twenty plus trucks. Their run starts in the Frederick, Oklahoma area. Then they journey up the central Midwest states, harvesting wheat fields in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota. They’ll also harvest chickpeas, lentils and canola in the northern states. The fall harvest is at home in Nebraska where they harvest corn and soybeans. Wheat is her slight favorite crop to harvest.
Work Ethic, Responsibility and Patience
She learned work ethic as she traveled during those harvest seasons, “Each season has been a great learning experience and I continue to learn and polish my skills every single day.” It takes a lot of work to be a harvester. Typical days in the field are 12-18 hours.
Janel’s dad stressed responsibility at a young age, “My dad taught me to accept and do what was expected of me and to not ever complain about work, but be glad for the opportunity and ability to work.” It wasn’t only her dad who taught her this, but also the harvest, “We count on the farmers for the work probably just as much as they count on us to get the crops harvested on time.” And it’s not only the responsibility to the farmers; she goes on to say, “We harvest the grain that feeds the world.”
One of the most important traits of a custom harvester is patience. Janel explains, “It seems that we are in the ‘hurry and wait’ business. We may push hard to get to our next job or field and start cutting only to find that the crop is not ready yet or where a rain shower beat us to it. Sitting and waiting for grain to dry is sometimes what we have to do. Heat and wind are often what it takes to get appropriate harvesting conditions we need to make progress.”
Why she loves it
Her favorite part of custom harvesting is combine time. She says, “It’s what I enjoy. I like to stay busy and running a combine keeps me very busy. I like production agriculture. I like the challenge of doing my job to the very best of my ability. I work hard for our customers.”
Overall, she loves a standing crop. She says, “Harvesting in tough conditions including damaged crops and muddy conditions is what makes you a good operator.” She loves the ability to make progress.
She has seen a lot of the country and traveled many miles, “I do believe that during summer and fall harvest is when our country’s true beauty really shines. I have a phone full of harvest pictures and can’t believe how many beautiful sights and sunsets I consistently get to see through the windshield.”
Janel feels fortunate to be able to go to harvest with her family year after year. It’s a unique occupation and she knows that it’s not for everyone. She says, “It takes an exceptional work ethic, excellent work habits, honesty, responsibility, a grown up attitude and serious business professionalism and dedication to fulfill a harvest season year after year. The future of agriculture will always be exciting in my opinion. I want to be a part of the continuous excitement.”
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Janel attended college at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. A few years later she earned her Masters of Agribusiness (MAB) degree from Kansas State University.
This article was originally seen in the July/August issue of Pink Tractor magazine. <a rel="noopener" href="http://www.pinktractor.com/subscribe" target="_blank">Get your subscription HERE</a>.</bodyText><tags>farm gal,Women in Agriculture,featured,gal,leadership</tags><closeComments>0</closeComments><introduction>In one short answer, Janel does it all for her custom harvesting business. Read More about this Amazing Woman in Ag. </introduction><articleImage>75375</articleImage><pageTitle>Amazing Woman in Ag: Janel - Harvest Combine Driver</pageTitle><metaDescription>As a child Janel Schemper couldn’t wait to get out of school for a summers as a harvest combine driver.</metaDescription></umbBlogPost><umbBlogPost id="75401" key="9d0127e3-6b9c-4014-bd83-36ff18b72f90" parentID="75393" level="5" creatorID="8" sortOrder="3" createDate="2018-08-09T10:54:54" updateDate="2018-08-10T16:16:42" nodeName="Don’t let the Name Trick You - A Foundation that Covers More than Pants" urlName="don-t-let-the-name-trick-you-a-foundation-that-covers-more-than-pants" path="-1,1069,1057,72426,75393,75401" isDoc="" nodeType="1053" creatorName="NS" writerName="NS" writerID="8" template="1046" nodeTypeAlias="umbBlogPost" isPublished="true"><PostDate>2017-01-10T00:00:00</PostDate><blogHeadline>Don’t let the Name Trick You - A Foundation that Covers More than Pants</blogHeadline><bodyText>It’s more than pants…it’s the support, preservation and power of the traditional hard-working women. We know how essential women’s work is to our Pink Tractor community and so does Red Ants Pants. Centering around everything woman, Red Ants Pants has a solid track record for the past seven years for providing quality workwear for all shapes and sizes of our hard-working women.
“Supporting Women in Leadership Roles in our Communities, in our Work Places, and in our Homes” 
Showing support for the hard-working side of Montana women is the most important aspect of the Red Ants Pants Foundation – founded by Sarah Calhoun and the Red Ants Pants staff in 2011. Women’s leadership, working family farms and ranches, and rural communities are the three major focuses of the Red Ants Pants Foundation. Consisting of a seven person Board of Directors, this foundation is able to bring awareness to strong backs, good craftsmanship and calloused hands – things that shouldn’t be left in the past.
 In 2011, the Red Ants Pants Foundation launched its first program, the Red Ants Pants Music Festival. That first year, over 6,000 fans celebrated the rural area in a cow pasture. Coming up on its seventh year, the Red Ants Pants Music Festival donates all proceeds to the Red Ants Pants Foundation. With these proceeds, the foundation is able to run a community grant cycle every year, teaching timber skills workshops and women’s leadership events.
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Preserving Family Farms and Ranches Because the Lifestyle, the Work Ethic, and the End Product is Worth Preserving 
When asked what the Red Ants Pants Foundation believes in, Calhoun responded with “We believe in the value of rural communities because in small towns we need each other and we maintain the personal connection. We believe in preserving family farms and ranches because the lifestyle, the work ethic, and the end product is worth preserving. And we believe in the power of music because it brings people together and moves us in ways we need to be moved.”
In 2016, the Red Ants Pants Foundation and the festival were featured in The New York Times and The Huffington Post for its dedication to the community. Sarah Calhoun’s commitment has brought her the Red Ants Pants national recognition over the past seven years.
Read the full story on the Red Ants Pants, the music festival and the foundation on <a href="/">https://pinktractor.com/</a> or catch the story in our September/October issue of Pink Tractor’s magazine.</bodyText><tags>Women in Agriculture,leadership</tags><seoTags>women in agriculture</seoTags><closeComments>0</closeComments><introduction>This article is showing support for the hard-working side of Montana women - the most important aspect of the Red Ants Pants Foundation. </introduction><articleImage>75402</articleImage><articleImageCaption>Red Ants Pants Foundation </articleImageCaption><pageTitle>Red Ants Pants Foundation - More Than Just Pants</pageTitle><metaDescription>It’s more than pants…the Red Ants Pants Foundation supports preservation and power of the traditional hard-working women.</metaDescription></umbBlogPost><umbBlogPost id="75404" key="0293f7d7-401f-47b8-ba25-66c310d25d49" parentID="75393" level="5" creatorID="8" sortOrder="4" createDate="2018-08-09T11:08:33" updateDate="2018-08-10T16:17:00" nodeName="Red Ants Pants Music Festival" urlName="red-ants-pants-music-festival" path="-1,1069,1057,72426,75393,75404" isDoc="" nodeType="1053" creatorName="NS" writerName="NS" writerID="8" template="1046" nodeTypeAlias="umbBlogPost" isPublished="true"><PostDate>2017-01-10T00:00:00</PostDate><blogHeadline>Red Ants Pants Music Festival </blogHeadline><bodyText>Every July, a cow pasture becomes more fun and exciting than center stage of Grant Park in Chicago, the Great Stage Park in Manchester, and Dover International Speedway combined. A community event rises up similar to “Field of Dreams” or an old-fashioned barn stomp roots in White Sulphur Springs, Montana every year during one of the hottest months of the year. Music, local food, beer, sunsets, agriculture and great company explains the Red Ants Pants Music Festival better than a lengthy blog or testimonial made by one of the 16,500 attendees from last year’s festival; however, we’re going to give you both the lengthy blog and the testimonial.
The Red Ants Pants created the Red Ants Pants Music Festival in 2011 as an event to raise money for their foundation. In the first year of the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, the event brought in over 6,000 people. Fast forward seven years and the festival has formed into a fantastic community-based event consisting of over 300 employees – 90 friends and family members (festival staff) and 250 festival volunteers. The Red Ants Pants Music Festival aims to celebrate rural Montana every year with exhilarating headliners including: Merle Haggard, Taj Mahal, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lucinda Williams, Ben Bullington, Wynonna Judd, and 2018’s Dwight Yoakam.
With the Red Ants Pants being in the middle of a field, the staff insures the location is family friendly and accessible for all ages. A free shuttle is offered between the festival grounds and the town of White Sulphur Springs with local law enforcement ensuring every attendee is safe. Golf carts are also provided for any attendee who has a “hitch in their giddy-up.” A few different tents the staff have set up during this four-day outdoor music festival are: the artist merchandise, the festival merchandise tent, the kids tent, the beer garden, the dance area and so much more.
Proceeds from this festival fund a non-profit organization, the Red Ants Pants Foundation. To go along with the fun-filled atmosphere and hard work put into the festival weeks in advance, the Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development named the Red Ants Pants Music Festival the 2018 Event of the Year.
Sarah Calhoun, creator of the Red Ants Pants, describes the foundation as one that simply brings people together. Nearing 100 reviews and over 16,000 likes on Facebook, the Red Ants Pants Music Festival is THE “must-do event” and “liveliest cow pasture in the west.”
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Originating with a dream of foundation, tough textures and designs to produce confidence, the Red Ants Pants conquered their original goals. Spinning from hard work and determination, a woman with a dream was able to produce a highly recognizable, award-winning event. This is a particular event that a festi would not want to miss.
For the full story on the Red Ants Pants, music festival and foundation, visit <a href="/">https://pinktractor.com/</a> or find the story in our September/October issue of the Pink Tractor magazine.
 
 </bodyText><tags>Women in Agriculture,advo</tags><seoTags>women in agriculture</seoTags><closeComments>0</closeComments><introduction>This article shows support of the Red Ants Pants Foundation through local beer, sunsets, agriculture, and great music. </introduction><articleImage>75405</articleImage><articleImageCaption>Red Ants Pants Music Festival</articleImageCaption><pageTitle>Red Ants Pants Music Festival - Pink Tractor </pageTitle><metaDescription>The Red Ants Pants Music Festival was created as an event to raise money for their foundation.</metaDescription></umbBlogPost><umbBlogPost id="72752" key="6fa33de5-5373-4015-b163-69d1000aa462" parentID="75393" level="5" creatorID="8" sortOrder="6" createDate="2018-02-05T15:49:36" updateDate="2018-08-13T12:48:59" nodeName="Women in Ag Groups" urlName="women-in-ag-groups" path="-1,1069,1057,72426,75393,72752" isDoc="" nodeType="1053" creatorName="NS" writerName="NS" writerID="8" template="1046" nodeTypeAlias="umbBlogPost" isPublished="true"><PostDate>2018-08-10T00:00:00</PostDate><blogHeadline>A spotlight of national, state and local groups</blogHeadline><bodyText>According to the USDA, there are 969,672 women farmers in the Unites States.  Women in the Ag industry account for an economic impact of $12.9 billion.  These women are the backbone of the rural economy.  They make up almost half of the world’s farmers, and over the last few decades, they have broadened their involvement in agriculture. 
From the classroom to the farm, women in agriculture are helping lead the way for a better future.  Making sure the next generation of women are educated, encouraged and empowered to take on the challenges of meeting the world’s growing food, fuel and fiber needs in what women’s Ag groups are striving to achieve.
From large groups with 3,000+ members to smaller women’s groups of 10 members, these women come together and share experiences and learn from each other.  They discuss important topics to get a better understanding of different aspects of farming.  The topics can be anywhere from where to buy tractors and hay to who might have a farm for sale. 
Kentucky Women in Agriculture (KWIA)
<a rel="noopener" href="http://www.kywomeninag.com/index.html" target="_blank">KWIA</a> is a group of women who have been working to make a difference in agriculture for many years.  In 1999, the Kentucky Agricultural Women’s Leadership Network was established to enhance these efforts.  Since then, the network has grown and evolved.  In July 2003, articles of incorporation and bylaws were filed with the Kentucky Secretary of State to launch a new, nonprofit organization known as Kentucky Women in Agriculture, Inc.  Their mission is to empower women through education, involvement and action.  Their goals are to promote Kentucky women in agriculture and create a cooperative feeling among women to strive for good fellowship and integrity of the membership as a whole.  They communicate with one another and with other consumers to promote agricultural products and services for the benefit of Kentuckians and the world.  There are approximately 3000 members state-wide.
“Women play an integral part in agriculture.  Many farm wives, who work right alongside their husbands, downplay their contribution.  However without these women, farms would surely be lacking in many areas,” says Cynthia Elder.
Cynthia Elder is a delegate and member of KWIA.  She says being a member of the group vocalizes and visualizes the contributions women make in agriculture throughout the state and that women are now holding jobs once held only by men in the industry. “It’s very important to consider your personal contribution to agriculture on all levels: your farm, your farm community, your local community, the state in which you live, your country and the world.  We all have input to support the agriculture industry.  United we can positively influence agriculture in Kentucky.”
Illinois Agri-Women (IAW)
<a rel="noopener" href="https://www.illinoisagriwomen.org/about-us/" target="_blank">IAW</a> is a group of women passionate about all facets of agriculture and/or agribusiness within Illinois.  To date there are 144 members.  They speak out in support of the American farmer and the farm industry.  They promote public awareness that farming is a business and must make a profit to survive and work for legislation to preserve the family farm enterprise.  Educating the consumer of the economic importance of agriculture to the nation is amongst their many goals. They are also an affiliate of the <a rel="noopener" href="https://americanagriwomen.org/" target="_blank">American Agri-Women</a> which was organized in 1974.  
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“After participating in the first Women Changing the Face of Agriculture (WCFA) career discovery event as a presenter, I found the connection with other like-minded women inviting and encouraging and I have never looked back,” says Diana Ropp.  Diana Ropp is the president of Illinois Agri-Women. As the president of IAW, Diana is pleased with the many networking opportunities, friendship building, creativity and leadership building IAW has encouraged among many women in the Ag industry. WCFA is a conference that IAW organizes every year as an investment in the future of agriculture by showcasing what women are doing for the industry.  It gives all women the opportunity to explore different career paths offered in the agriculture sector and attendees receive accurate information first hand from actual women agriculture professionals.  Diana says, “Always remember the purpose and cause which encouraged you to join.  Put aside political and personal differences for the betterment, success and long term goals of the organization.”
Smaller women’s ag groups may be small but it still speaks volumes 
Take it from these women, a small group of women in the same field “no pun intended” was just what they needed.  “Our all woman's peer group started back in 2012, Melissa Gerber (my aunt) and I were in our second year of TEPAP (The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers) and they strongly encouraged us to set up a group.  So, one day during a break we started to form our group, along with 2 other ladies that were in our TEPAP class,” says Kassi Tom-Rowland of Tom Farms.  
Today their group consists of 6 operations from 6 states (IN, OH, MS, KY, MO, AR), covering 63,000 acres and 8 ladies.  Over the years they have perfected their group and decided last year to not add anyone else to the group.  They know each other so very well and decided it would be difficult to bring any other farm on at this point.  
During TEPAP and those original conversations, Kassi and the group realized quickly that most women of farming operations do much of the same jobs, with other tasks as well.  “Most all of us handle the following: HR, PR, Finance, Accounting, Compliance...but we also do things like planting, run grain facilities, harvest, and succeeding our fathers as CEO, etc.  We have so much to share and learn with one another.”
At one point they had a moderator, Marcia Taylor from DTN, unfortunately, Marcia past away from cancer last year.  We decided as a group to not have a moderator, since they all have been a part of groups in the past they thought they could come up with their own agendas and run our their own meetings.  This has worked great.  They meet 2 times per year and have a scheduled call every month, but most often they talk weekly.  Their summer meetings are always "on farm", so they travel each summer to a farm within their peer group. 
During their summer meetings they take a tour of the farm they are at (the one they just returned from was Kasey Bamberger's farm in OH, <a href="http://www.bigag.com/topics/ag-news/farm-heritage-series-bryant-agriculture/">Bryant Ag</a>), they reviewed their financials/ratios and had a meeting with PACI a buying group that Bryant Ag uses, they also met with Starlett Chesser from John Deere and discussed the importance of woman in Ag, and finally went over two operations SWOT's that were prepared ahead of their meeting. 
Kassi says their winter meeting is normally somewhere warm, such as Florida and this year they plan to meet in Nashville so most all of them can drive to keep the cost down.  When they started their group, they didn't think there should be a price tag.  “We all pay for our travel to get to each meeting and then split everything from there.  We typically stay together at someone's house; this gives everyone time together since we are together the entire meeting.  So many great conversations happen around the breakfast table or during dinner.  This makes our group very inexpensive for each operation.”
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“In our group, we all believe we have something very special that would be tough to replicate.  We all encourage one another and have the highest respect for each other.  We all have our own "specialties" within our operations which helps everyone.  If any of us has a certain problem, such as HR, we know just who to call within our group.  We are all completely transparent with each other as well.”
Thirty one percent of American farmers are women and today that number keeps growing with the help and support of women’s Ag groups.  Around 301,000,000 acres of land is farmed by women, according to the USDA.   Whether it’s a large group with many members from your state or a small local group that gets together to share their experiences and advice from their operations to help others in the group, that is the support and drive women in Ag need to help this industry to continue to grow.
 
For more information about these and other women's ag groups - check out these resources:
<a href="https://civileats.com/2016/07/07/how-women-farmers-are-changing-u-s-agriculture/">https://civileats.com/2016/07/07/how-women-farmers-are-changing-u-s-agriculture/</a>
<a href="http://civileats.com/2015/03/30/women-farmers-potlucks/">http://civileats.com/2015/03/30/women-farmers-potlucks/</a>
<a href="http://www.kywomeninag.com">www.kywomeninag.com</a>
<a href="http://www.americanagriwomen.org">www.americanagriwomen.org</a>
<a href="http://www.illinoisagriwomen.org">www.illinoisagriwomen.org</a>
 </bodyText><tags>farming smarts,gal,tip,featured</tags><closeComments>0</closeComments><introduction>According to the USDA, there are 969,672 women farmers in the Unites States. Let's dive into ways these women are organizing. </introduction><articleImage>75412</articleImage><pageTitle>National, State and Local Groups of Women in Agriculture - Pink Tractor</pageTitle><metaDescription>A spotlight of national, state and local groups of Women in Agriculture from Pink Tractor.</metaDescription></umbBlogPost><umbBlogPost id="75415" key="f13eeabe-22b8-4256-a8f6-815e5d2d531f" parentID="75393" level="5" creatorID="8" sortOrder="7" createDate="2018-08-14T12:17:12" updateDate="2018-08-16T18:32:11" nodeName="Farm Gal Sarah" urlName="farm-gal-sarah" path="-1,1069,1057,72426,75393,75415" isDoc="" nodeType="1053" creatorName="NS" writerName="NS" writerID="8" template="1046" nodeTypeAlias="umbBlogPost" isPublished="true"><PostDate>2018-08-14T00:00:00</PostDate><blogHeadline>Getting it Done</blogHeadline><bodyText>Three seasons ago, Sarah Salsbury from Whitetail Montana purchased her first Hustler Chainless X5000 round and square bale feeder. She wasn't impressed with the way her dad's bale processor chopped the hay. We caught up with her recently to see how it was going. Read her full story <a rel="noopener" href="https://blog.hustlerequipment.com/blog-en/beautiful-hay-not-blown-away-in-the-wind-anymore" target="_blank" title="Hustler_Beautiful Hay">HERE</a>, or view Sarah's Hustler in action in this video. 
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