NIRA - Western Education Program

The College Of Southern Idaho took time this morning to give back to their community and explained the importance of agriculture and rodeo's connection to a group of elementary students before their big rodeo this weekend!
Western Heritage Preservation Society
NIRA - Western Education Program
Cargill

Alex Phelps is an excellent advocate for the sport of rodeo and our western way of life! Check out this video of our National President of the NIRA!
Cargill
Western Heritage Preservation Society

https://youtu.be/JT2-Bjp-3Zc

Student-Athlete Profile: Alex Phelps

Bryce Dibbern and Black Hills State University Rodeo Team had a great day at Creekside Elementary School talking with over 500 kids in Spearfish, South Dakota. As many of these college rodeo athletes come from ranches themselves, they take the time to explain each individual rodeo event and how they are similar to the western lifestyle many of us have the pleasure to live. Most of these children that they met with do not live on farms or ranches, and many of them did not fully understand where their food comes from until that day after taking part in the NIRA - Western Education Program.

These college rodeo athletes have made a difference in over 500 lives in just one short visit to a school before their home rodeo!

Black Hills, CNFR: College National Finals Rodeo, South Dakota Tourism, Cargill, Cargill Cares
Western Heritage Preservation Society

Jaden Clark and The University of Wyoming Rodeo Team talked to 60 kids April 28th at Indian Paintbrush Elementary School in Laramie Wyoming. The college rodeo athletes of the UW team were able to share stories with the students about growing up on farms and ranches. They explained the connection between rodeo and agriculture as we use many rodeo like practices to treat and keep our livestock healthy.
UWYO Rodeo Team

Jaden Clark and The University of Wyoming Rodeo Team talked to 60 kids April 28th at Indian Paintbrush Elementary School in Laramie Wyoming. The college rodeo athletes of the UW team were able to share stories with the students about growing up on farms and ranches. They explained the connection between rodeo and agriculture as we use many rodeo like practices to treat and keep our livestock healthy.

UWYO Rodeo Team
CNFR: College National Finals Rodeo
Team Wyoming - The Rodeo Hand
Wyoming Cowboys
Cargill Cargill Cares

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rodeo making a difference across the world as they put a spin on the NIRA - Western Education Program this past weekend! College rodeo athletes from across the Great Plains Region took time to speak with over 100 international students and families who traveled to the United States for education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There was not a single person in this group from overseas that had attended a rodeo before, so this was their first chance to learn about the sport and how it is directly related to the ranching practices used in the cattle industry today.

These young collegiate rodeo athletes are not only making a difference in the U.S. but also all across the entire world! College rodeo athletes are becoming leaders and making a huge impact on the rodeo industry, our western life style, and agriculture!

Nebraska Huskers
Cargill Cargill Cares
CNFR: College National Finals Rodeo
UNL New Student Experience
Western Heritage Preservation Society

College rodeo athletes at the University of Tennessee at Martin speak at Dresden Elementary! Take a look at how many kids are getting to learn about the sport of rodeo right here!
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Utm Rodeo
Tennessee
NIRA - Western Education Program

Jack Rabbit Stampede
South Dakota State University- Brookings South Dakota
Hillcrest Elementary School
April 8th, 2016
Students attended: 175

College Rodeo Athletes from South Dakota State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln made a great stop Friday morning at Hillcrest elementary to educate them about the sport of rodeo and how it relates to agriculture with the NIRA - Western Education Program. During this visit there were many great questions about why we compete in rodeo and how rodeo fits in with agriculture. The questions that were asked by these elementary students were excellent, and it really puts things into perspective that there is a big disconnect between the producers and the consumers, and there is a great need to share our story! When the presentation was finished these students were able to tell us how agriculture impacts their lives, and the connection rodeo has with Ag! It was an amazing morning to see these kids excited about the western way of life and to know they now understand where their food, clothes, and fuel comes from!

SDSU Stampede Rodeo
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rodeo
Rodeo
Cargill
CNFR: College National Finals Rodeo
Agriculture
Western Heritage Preservation Society

Central Arizona College- Florence AZ
Florence Elementary
March 11th 2016
Students attended: 75

Josh Davison New Mexico State University and college rodeo athletes from Central Arizona College took the time to stop at Florence Elementary before the Rodeo began to talk with the students about rodeo and agriculture. They helped the kids rope and provided the kids with an opportunity to see the gear and equipment used in the sport of rodeo. The kids had lots of questions for the college students, which goes to show performing these classroom visits across the nation is making a difference for the western way of life. When the NIRA - Western Education Program was finished that day, the elementary kids had a better understanding of the sport of rodeo, agriculture and also where their food comes from.

College Rodeo Athletes-Helping Preserve Our Western Way of Life!

Central Arizona College Rodeo Team
Central Arizona College
New Mexico State University
New Mexico
CNFR: College National Finals Rodeo
Cargill
Western Heritage Preservation Society

Thank you RFD-TV!

Thanks to Bryce Dibbern for coming to talk with the RFD-TV Market Day Report today about the NIRA - Western Education Program!

Be sure to tune in to our Market Day Report every Mon-Fri at 9 a.m. ET.

For more information please visit rfdtv.com.

Bryce Dibbern talks with the RFD-TV Market Day Report today about the NIRA - Western Education Program.
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Garden City, Kansas
Garden City Community College
Farm Bureau Association- Friends on the farm day.
January 15th, 2016
Students attended: 730

Garden City Community College Rodeo Team had their hands full as they helped the Finney County Farm Bureau Association with Friends on the Farm. There where approximately 730 4th grade students representing 13 grade schools from different 3 counties attending this great endeavor at the Finney County Fairgrounds.

The rodeo students along with local FFA students served as group
leaders for the students to attend different stations and presentations about Agriculture. They had their own station where they presented information about the importance of safe handling of livestock and how it correlates with Rodeo. The kids were then given the opportunity to rope the dummy, and ask the cowboys and cowgirls questions about life out on the farm and ranch.

They also received many thank you letters from the 730 4th grade students!
Garden City Community College Rodeo Team
Garden City Community College
CNFR: College National Finals Rodeo
Cargill
Kansas Farm Bureau
NIRA - Western Education Program
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