Accounting Manager / Ranch Administrator

Laura Rice is the Accounting Manager / Ranch Administrator for the Flying W Diamond Ranch and K-Bobs Restaurant Ruidoso.

Laura was born and raised in Central Texas and descends from a long line of both farmers and ranchers in Lockhart and Goldthwaite, Texas.

Laura brings an extensive broad-based professional and technical background to the Tinsley Family of businesses. From supply chain management, logistics and contracts execution to commercial cattle operations and accounting.

Laura is married to Andy Rice and has two sons Chase and Evan. She has been instrumental in establishing her own families commercial cow calf operation located in Wichita Falls and Rule, Texas and is a proud Texas Tech Mother…..”Wreck’Em”

Andy Rice was born in Weatherford, Texas, and raised in and around the agricultural communities of Iowa Park and Bonham. As a Future Farmers of America member, he showed livestock and competed in land judging, and he remains active in FFA and agricultural education today as a supporter and substitute ag teacher.

A U.S. Army combat veteran, Andy served as both a Non-Commissioned Officer and a Chief Warrant Officer, with assignments across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. His military education was broad, including the U.S. Army Logistics Management College at Fort Lee, Virginia, and the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

After his military career, Andy continued serving the Department of Defense with major defense contractors, supporting the Global War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. His expertise in cradle-to-grave commodity life cycle management, global supply chain, and logistics earned repeated recognition from the Defense Logistics Agency and the defense industry.

Andy's passion for commodities, life cycle management, and logistics grew directly from his roots in agriculture and the beef cattle industry. He has run a cow/calf operation and partnered in backgrounding and stocker operations, and you'll rarely find him without his nose in the latest cattle market and industry reports.