The American Rancher, hosted by Pam Minick, is entering its fifth year of broadcasting on RFD-TV. The series began in the fall of 2004 and brings audiences in touch with the people and places that make ranching an American lifestyle.
The American Rancher is a half-hour television series that continues to reach a vast audience through RFD-TV. The American Rancher is produced through a magazine, and regularly an infomercial, type format that features livestock producers, their ranches, livestock and ranching practices along with occasional personalities as primary show guests or program topics. Alongside the primary show guest, the show periodically includes a segment designed for young people called The Young American Rancher. These stories briefly profile youth and young people from ages 7-25 that are involved with livestock, FFA, 4H, Rodeo or their family operation.
Pam Minick continues as the show host of The American Rancher. Each week, she takes our viewers on an informative visit to different ranching operations and the people that run them with stylish enthusiasm and warmth. Pam is a former Miss Rodeo America who has a distinguished career in both rodeo competition and in television. She has years of experience as an on-camera personality. She has been honored with awards from national institutions of western culture and achievement including the 1999 Tad Lucas Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, 2000 inductee into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, 2004 inductee into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth and was the recipient of 2006 Great Woman of Texas award.
Since November 2006, The American Rancher has been produced and directed each week by Joel Walters for Superior Productions in Fort Worth, Texas. Joel’s experience includes producing and directing the 2001 documentary Wall Street of the West, the Story of the Fort Worth Stockyards. The American Rancher continues to strive to bring viewers a good program each week and has presented some 28-30
new episodes in each of the past two years. The show has also had meaningful contributions from several artistic videographers that have collaborated with the show. These include: Anne Gauer, Allen Peters, Rick Johnson, Charlie Wiemers, Chuck Greenwood, Erin Best, Brett Montford, Jenee Weitzel, Eric Grant and Christopher Holt.
The American Rancher has had a number of interesting shows and guests over the past months. These have included such topics as: The Sale of Champions, California Ranching, Cattle in the Bayou, Midwest Cattle Dogs, Ochoco Valley Elk and the Feed Efficiency Special. Some of the cattle ranching seed stock program featured guests include: Holden Herefords, Quaker Hill Farm, Cross Diamond Cattle Company, Basin Angus, Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Profit Maker Bulls, Willow Oak Cattle Ranch and Three Trees Ranch. The show has also featured the Bellamy Brothers from their Florida Ranch, the Braunvieh Association and Breeder profiles as well as a special on DNA markers from Pfizer Animal Genetics over the past few months. Superior Productions staff: Mike Broyles, Wendy Kay and Kevin Fielder have all contributed info-segments and stories over the past few months including: The All American Beef Battalion, Inside Bucking Bulls, The National Ranching Heritage Center and Red Steagall’s Cowboy Roundup.
In the coming days, viewers will continue to see the people and personalities that keep the ranching spirit alive. The American Rancher will continue to provide ranch owners the opportunity to showcase their operations, while at the same time sharing the experience of ranching with RFD-TV viewers in a real way.
The American Rancher is produced by Superior Productions of Fort Worth, Texas which has produced a number of programs that have aired over RFD-TV this year. Superior Productions is owned by Superior Livestock Auction, America’s premier video livestock auction company. Superior Productions is a full service production company that’s managed by Joe Lichtie, an experienced media professional, who began The American Rancher back in 2004. Heather Lichtie is the Business Manager; Nancy Gill is the Sales and Marketing Director. Dwight Mebane is the Executive Producer of the show; Richard Stober is the General Manager of Superior Livestock Auction. The American Rancher has a number of excellent sponsors that have helped bring the show to viewers each week over the years.
In 2009, after years of faithful support for the show, Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica, Incorporated has become the Executive Sponsor of the television series. Other key sponsors include Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Profit Maker Bulls and Three Trees Ranch. In 2009, The American Rancher proudly welcomes Land O’ Lakes Purina Feeds as part of our generous sponsor cast. The American Rancher is seen exclusively on RFD-TV, rural America’s most important network which reaches over 35 million households across the nation on DirecTV and Dish Network.
The American Rancher is a half-hour television series that continues to reach a vast audience through RFD-TV. The American Rancher is produced through a magazine, and regularly an infomercial, type format that features livestock producers, their ranches, livestock and ranching practices along with occasional personalities as primary show guests or program topics. Alongside the primary show guest, the show periodically includes a segment designed for young people called The Young American Rancher. These stories briefly profile youth and young people from ages 7-25 that are involved with livestock, FFA, 4H, Rodeo or their family operation.
new episodes in each of the past two years. The show has also had meaningful contributions from several artistic videographers that have collaborated with the show. These include: Anne Gauer, Allen Peters, Rick Johnson, Charlie Wiemers, Chuck Greenwood, Erin Best, Brett Montford, Jenee Weitzel, Eric Grant and Christopher Holt.
In the coming days, viewers will continue to see the people and personalities that keep the ranching spirit alive. The American Rancher will continue to provide ranch owners the opportunity to showcase their operations, while at the same time sharing the experience of ranching with RFD-TV viewers in a real way.
In 2009, after years of faithful support for the show, Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica, Incorporated has become the Executive Sponsor of the television series. Other key sponsors include Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Profit Maker Bulls and Three Trees Ranch. In 2009, The American Rancher proudly welcomes Land O’ Lakes Purina Feeds as part of our generous sponsor cast. The American Rancher is seen exclusively on RFD-TV, rural America’s most important network which reaches over 35 million households across the nation on DirecTV and Dish Network.
