FFA · Youth Agriculture · Show Cattle

Somebody believed
in you first.
Now it's your turn.

Ella Vopat is an FFA student who owns and operates Ellewether & Company, a real show cattle business. She feeds before and after school, keeps her own books, answers for her own P&L, and earns her buckles and banners in the ring. When you back Ella, you're not funding a hobby. You're investing in the next generation of agriculture, and you'll watch exactly where it goes.

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Ella leading her heifer through the show ring
In the ringElla and her heifer, Fort Bend County Fair
18+
Shows and counting
Reserve Champion
Replacement Halter Heifer · Fort Bend County Fair 2025
100%
Free at The Training Barn

Her Story

This didn't start
last season.

Ella grew up on the fence line of the family's cow-calf operation back in Alabama. She was hugging bottle calves before she could reach the top rail, and the chores came before the banners ever did. That herd was sold, but it never left her. Ellewether & Company is her way of building it back: her own cattle, her own books, her own LLC, and a plan to bring the herd back one season at a time.

Every giver becomes part of that story. Not a bystander. A backer.

Ella as a little girl hugging a black bottle calf
Ella as a toddler standing on the pasture fence watching the herd
Young Ella at the fence with one of the cows

Why It Matters

Talent isn't what's scarce
in youth agriculture. Backing is.

Feed, entries, genetics, and diesel don't wait on a kid's allowance. Most giving disappears into overhead somewhere. This doesn't. Every dollar goes to a young owner-operator you can follow, show by show, and she'll show you the results.

How It Works

Backing Ella takes about two minutes.

1

Choose how to back her

Give once, or become a named sponsor. Sponsors get recognition on this site and across Ella's socials.

2

Ella puts it to work

Feed, show entries, genetics, vet care, and travel. Run like a business, because it is one: a real LLC with a P&L that Ella answers for.

3

Watch it pay off

Follow the results here all season: placings, banners, and the herd growing. Your backing, visible in the ring.

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Ella, her heifer, and the whole crew celebrating the Reserve Champion Replacement Halter Heifer win at the Fort Bend County Fair

The Season So Far

Earned in the ring,
one show at a time.

Reserve Champion Replacement Halter Heifer at the Fort Bend County Fair. Grand Champion Commercial Halter Heifer at the Randall Round Up. Four Reserve Champion Intermediate Showmanship banners across 2025 and 2026, and this season already stacking placings. Every result gets posted, so the people who back her see exactly what their support builds.

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Founding Sponsors

Backed by good people.

These companies backed Ella first, when backing mattered most. They are her founding sponsors, and there is still a spot on this wall with your name on it.

Become a founding sponsor

A special thank you to 4P Cattle Co and Stock Up Supply.

Giving Back

Backed first.
Now she's backing others.

Ellewether doesn't only take support, it gives it back. Ella and Ellewether & Company sponsor other youth progress shows, helping keep the rings open and the next generation of exhibitors in the game. The support you send Ella keeps that circle going.

The Training Barn

A 100% free, growing library for young ag kids. Anatomy, judging, EPDs and genetics, showmanship, and carcass evaluation, all in plain language.

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Showring Results

Ella's season, show by show. Placings, banners, and the lessons from the county ring all the way to the majors.

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Become a Sponsor

Put your name behind a young cattlewoman with real drive. Sponsors get recognition across the site and Ella's socials.

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Be the one who backed her early.

Years from now, Ellewether will be a bigger herd and a longer story. The people who helped build it are the ones who stepped in now, while she's earning it one show at a time.

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