OCW DUES

• Don’t forget to renew your OCW Membership by January 1 and share this information with your cattle women friends!! It is easy to join. Click, print, complete, and mail. 
• The Ohio CattleWomen  raffled off a Blackstone Grill as their Fundraiser this year, the winner was drawn at the Ohio Beef Expo Congratulations to Holly Jennings happy grilling . All proceeds benefit scholarships and outreach of the OCW. 
• The OCW  President Brenda Kocher is also our  Region I Director for the American National CattleWomen. she is starting her second year as a Director,  Click here to learn more.
• 60th Anniversary of the Ohio CattleWomen in 2024! We are planning for the 60th Anniversary of the Ohio CattleWomen! The date is October 5, 2024, at Vintage Venue in Urbana, OH! Mark it on your calendar.

Ohio WIRED Event 2024

April 5-6,2024 was at Ohio State University facilities and OSU/ATI for our American National Cattlewomen WIRED (women in Ranching education and development) event. This was a combined event with the, 2024 East Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference that I attended. The Ohio Cattlewomen, hosted our Region I meeting and was the Co- Host for our Wired event along with the college of OSU/ATI. Brenda Kocher is the ANCW Region I Director and the Ohio Cattlewomen President. My vision when I became a Director was to have a WIRED event come to the Eastern USA.  With the help of Dee Jepson  taking on the roll of Chairman of this Event along with Heather Neikirk ( these two fine ladies work for OSU, and agreed to work with me) we were able to accomplish this task that we first started planning last year at the Ohio Beef Expo. These are fun educational programs that the ANCW and sponsors put together to advocate for the beef industry. Our WIRED Co-Chairmen are Jennie Hodgen and Rebecca Johnson were also involved with being able for us to bring this event to Ohio. Thank you Gwen Geis a seasoned Wired helper all the way from Wyoming. Dr. Temple Grandin was the keynote speaker sponsored by Molly Mfg. she taught us about cattle behavior and how to work your herd efficiently. She is a wealth of knowledge and is highly respected.  At Region I meeting our guest speaker was Nikki Weston ANCW President Elect from Utah. Nikki is a inspiration to the ANCW and very knowledgeable about what ANCW is all about. To find out more about our organization you can go to ANCW.org or Ohio Cattlewomen.com

Ohio Wired Event on April  6th where did the 160 attendees including workers and speakers come from, you may ask! 

ANCW Region 1 has 18 states that are included in our region we have 8 states that have  active Cattlemen NCBA state Affiliates. At the Present time we only have Ohio Cattlewomen as a State Affiliate of ANCW. Virginia is trying to organize enough ladies to become a State affiliate. Please contact me if your state is interested in becoming a state affiliate of ANCW.  So as I said earlier Where did all the Wired participants come from? * means from Region I Ohio* Virigina* Indiana* Michigan * West Virginia * Illinois South Dakota Texas Utah- Nikki Trotter Weston ANCW President elect Kansas Colorado Nebraska Wyoming Florida Oregon That is 15 states that was represented!