Farm Bureau Women Committee District 8

District 8
Ellie John

Ellie John is a Manatee County native, raised in Duette where she currently resides with her husband, Stevie John, a fourth-generation cattle rancher. Together they have four children ranging from ages 23- 10 who have all participated in 4-H, FFA, stock shows and rodeos. Ellie works full-time as a Clinical Coordinator at a family practice in Bradenton. She also assists her husband in running their land management business providing fertilization and seeding services for pasture restoration as well as helping him with the family’s cattle.

Ellie is an active volunteer in the Manatee County 4-H program and has been the leader of the Myakka AllStock 4-H club for 13 years. She serves as the secretary for the 4-H Association board and is the president of the 4-H Leader Council. Ellie is a founding member of the Manatee County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and has served as the committee’s chair since its establishment in 2015.

Ellie enjoys volunteering at various county events such as Ag Venture, where she is the timekeeper, keeping 2,000 third graders moving on time to different agricultural learning centers. She also helps coordinate the Manatee County Farm-City Week Beef Prospect Show and Workshop.

Together, Stevie and Ellie are the beef breeding barn superintendents for the Manatee County Fair, and their children have raised swine, heifers and steers to show. Ellie has a passion for teaching the youth in her county about responsibility, volunteerism, and how to be role models for the younger kids looking up to them through agriculture and the agriculture industry.