A native of the Texas Panhandle, Rhonda was born and raised on a cotton farm where she saw cotton farming evolve from ditch irrigation to center pivot irrigation and harvest trailers to modules.  After graduating from Texas Tech University, she got her start in radio with KGNC News Talk 710 in Amarillo, Texas.

As a member of  National Association of Farm Broadcasters, Rhonda has traveled coast to coast as a farm broadcaster, attending major conventions on cotton, cattle, soybeans, corn and wheat, as well as visiting the trading floors of the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Rhonda joined Southern Farm Network in July of 2007 and became an immediate “old timer.”  Seems the Carolinas and Texas agribusiness community needs are much the same. Great programs presented in a professional, yet personal manner.

Most recently, Rhonda received an Excellence In Ag Reporting Award from the National Association of Farm Broadcasters for news stories she reported late last winter about salmonella in peanut production. The award was presented at NAFB's National Convention in Kansas City during November 2009.