SHELLEY, IDAHO (FarmHER + RanchHER) — FarmHER Saydee Longhurst’s career in agriculture started with a horse, a little hay, and an idea. At just 14, she launched an SAE project making small hay bales to sell in her community.
What started as a way to make feeding her horse easier quickly grew into a business that helped pay for her college education and became her full-time career.
Today, Longhurst works alongside her family on their multi-generational wheat and hay farm in Shelley, Idaho. She also uses her passion for photography and social media to share the everyday moments of farm life, from the highlights to the hard days.
Her storytelling has helped introduce more people to agriculture while giving her family new ways to connect with consumers.
The Longhurst family has faced its share of challenges, including a devastating hailstorm that destroyed their wheat crop in 2014. But their willingness to adapt, embrace new technology, and keep moving forward has helped them carry the operation into the next generation.
For Saydee, there is no place she would rather be than out on the farm, working alongside her family and sharing the story of agriculture.
Catch FarmHER Saydee Longhurst’s story on FarmHER + RanchHER,
when it premieres Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET on RFD-TV and streaming on RFDTV+
