WHEATLAND — Amy Miller, of Wheatland, always knew she’d be working on her family’s ranch. The ranch, established by her grandfather in the 1940s, is a true family business. Miller works alongside her father, as well as her husband, children and father-in-law, to produce sugar beets, corn, and occasionally small grains and pinto beans.
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WHEATLAND — Amy Miller, of Wheatland, always knew she’d be working on her family’s ranch. The ranch, established by her grandfather in the 1940s, is a true family business. Miller works alongside her father, as well as her husband, children and father-in-law, to produce sugar beets, corn, and occasionally small grains and pinto beans.
They have a 3,500-head feedlot for backgrounding cattle, a 700-head cow-calf operation and they pasture 7,500 yearlings annually. In addition, they have a hay operation, baling mixed grass and alfalfa.
“I have always loved every minute of it, the good and the bad,” she said. “I liked school and I did well, but I always wanted to be out on the ranch helping Dad.”
Miller received a degree in accounting from the University of Wyoming. She returned to the ranch after spending time as a loan officer in Arizona for Farm Credit Services Southwest. She utilizes her business acumen to handle all the bookwork for the ranch. She also conducts the ranch’s business with the Farm Service Agency. In 2017, she was elected to serve on the Platte County FSA County Committee.
“I had done a lot of work with the office, but I didn’t really know much about the committee,” Miller said. “I went into the office and talked to the staff about it and thought it would be a great way to learn about agriculture.”