Hometown: Conway, Mo.
Family: Daughters twins Hailey and Kailey (12), and Ady (9); parents, Rob and Sam Doehring
In Town: For the last eight years, Becky Doehring has been transporting pre-school students for the Laclede County R-1 School District in Conway, Mo.
“I absolutely love it,” Becky said. “I drive four days a week and it allows me time in the summer with my girls to do their 4-H stuff and show their animals.”
In the Country: Becky grew up in the Conway area and began raising and showing cattle and hogs while still in elementary school.
“I got my first pig when I was 8 and I showed pigs until I was 21,” Becky said. “I got my first Limousin cow I was 9, and I raised them until I was 14, then I switched to registered Brahmousins. I got a FSC loan and bought my own herd, and I have been doing it ever since. I just enjoy sharing it with the girls.
Becky’s daughters are following in her footsteps and are developing their own cattle herds.
“Hailey has started building her own registered Hereford herd,” Becky said. “We just set up a bunch of her cows and AI’ed them. She and Ady got to help with that. Kailey and Ady have their own registered Brahmousins and Kailey has her own crossbreds as well. “This will be the first year the girls have started raising their own market hogs to show as well.”
The Doehring girls go to about 10 fairs a year showing cattle, going as far as Memphis, Tenn.
“It is one of the biggest shows that will allow a class of Brahmousins,” Becky explained. “The people are the atmosphere there is so laid back and it’s someplace we really enjoy.”
Being a single mom to three girls who love to show cattle can be difficult, but Becky said the support of her parents, Rob and Sam Doehring, allows it all to happen.
Becky said raising her children around agriculture, just as she was raised, has been important her.
“My dad always says, ‘You can’t live in the little world, you have to get out.’ I like my girls raising their own animals because it give them an opportunity to see where their meat comes from and what it takes to get the meat to the store. They are learning in their 4-H Club, Beef Kids, what it costs to raise one, not only showing it, but just raising it to raise it.”
Future Plans: In the next few years, Becky hopes to have her own land so her girls can run their herd at one farm.
“Half of them are at (Brahmousin breeder) Butch Rankin’s, then the other half are at the house. I would just like to have one place to run them all and let the girls continue to grow their herds, sho when they get out of high school and they don’t want to go to college, they can continue to grow their cattle operations.”
