This is the podcast for women who know their way around a show barn, a boardroom, and everything in between. Hosted by the team behind Ranch House Designs, Stock Show Sisters is a heartfelt and hard-hitting conversation for stock show moms, show ring girls, ag communicators, ranch women, and those blazing their own trail in ag and rural life.
This week, Riki Nardiello interviews Devin Sisk of Muleshoe, Texas, a professional photographer, business owner, wife and mom, former 2009 Miss Rodeo Texas, and youth agriculture advocate, about entrepreneurship, family, and service. Devin shares growing up in New Braunfels, graduating from Texas A&M in agricultural leadership with an ag communications emphasis, and pivoting from plans for law school to photography after encouragement from her now-husband Jed and early paid work, including a first wedding.
She describes starting “scrappy,” advice for young photographers (expect early rejection, keep learning, and stay humble), and how stock shows and weddings overlap as once-in-a-lifetime moments. Devin explains building a trusted team largely from stock show kids, balancing travel with motherhood through homeschooling and seasonal help, and how her recent horse accident highlighted partnership in marriage. She discusses giving back to stock shows that funded her education and emphasizes relationships, faith, and loving people well.
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21 Oct 2026
Rachel Wandell's Story of Growth and Agricultural Advocacy
Today on the Stock Show Sisters podcast, Riki Nardiello interviews Rachel Wandell, a University of Idaho senior double majoring in agricultural education and animal science, about her path into agriculture from suburban Meridian in Idaho’s Treasure Valley. Rachel explains Idaho’s diverse agriculture, including irrigated crops, dairy, and top commodities like sugar beets, wheat, and cattle and calves, and shares how FFA sparked her interest through public speaking and research.
She discusses showing sheep, learning horsemanship, and pursuing beef-focused experiences through campus clubs, Farm Bureau, and internships that led to NCBA and serving as an ANCW National Beef Ambassador. Rachel emphasizes relationship-based networking, using social media to find opportunities, effective beef advocacy, common consumer misconceptions about beef sourcing, time-management habits like getting weeks ahead, and her research project “Writing for Your Brand” aimed at identifying gaps affecting students entering and staying in the cattle industry.
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7 Oct 2026
Mentors, Meat Science, and Making an Impact: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Martin
This week, Riki Nardiello welcomes Dr. Jennifer Martin, Colorado State University associate professor and meat extension specialist, to discuss how mentorship shaped her path from a tiny Central Texas town to earning three degrees at Texas Tech and building a career in meat science and extension.
Dr. Martin shares how an ag teacher’s encouragement and a Hampshire barrow sparked her curiosity, how college stretched her beyond her comfort zone, and how an inspiring meat science class led her into research, teaching, and industry engagement.
She explains extension as the “connective tissue” between university research and producers/processors, her work to keep higher education relevant to industry needs, and her extensive service at livestock shows, including becoming Fort Worth’s first female swine superintendent. She highlights the global meat industry, biosecurity, and leadership lessons centered on showing up, owning your voice, and being solution-focused.
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