When BEEF magazine decided to initiate BEEF Daily, an online roundup of beef-industry news and commentary presented each morning from Monday through Thursday, Amanda Nolz was the logical choice to serve as its Editor.

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She’s a fifth-generation rancher from Mitchell, SD, and a recent South Dakota State University graduate. She grew up on a Limousin purebred cattle operation in which she’s still very active.

Amanda recently graduated with a degree in agriculture journalism from South Dakota State University. At a young age, she already has a long record of advocacy for the U.S. beef industry. She’s produced her own blog – chewingthecud.org – since 2006, in which she has opined on ranch life and beef-industry opportunities for young people. She also has had her own weekly radio program on agriculture activist Trent Loos’s “Faces Of Ag,” in addition to regular freelancing to beef-industry publications.

She’s the 2006 National FFA Extemporaneous Speaking champion, and the 2006 National Beef Ambassador. And she’s served previous internships with USDA’s Ag Marketing Service in Washington D.C, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in Denver, CO, in addition to an internship with BEEF magazine this summer.

Just how much of an advocate is she? You might ask. Perhaps you heard the story of a young FFA member who led a walkout of several thousand members from a Carrie Underwood concert a couple of summers ago in protest of the country singer’s anti-meat positions and association with the Humane Society of the United States. That young person was Amanda.

On BEEF Daily, Amanda will be providing timely industry news each morning from Monday through Thursday, to which readers can comment; along with her blog chronicling her experiences and adventures as a young ag professional.

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