Ashley Rogers
Age: 16
Parents: Mike and Sandra Rogers
Hometown: Siloam Springs, Ark.
FFA Chapter: Siloam Springs FFA
FFA Advisors: Mike Rogers, Rodney Ellis and Gene Collins
FFA Office: Chapter President
Why did you join FFA?
“Living with an ag teacher it was kind of hard for me to avoid it. He gave me a choice of sports or FFA. I really didn’t want to play sports so I joined FFA.”
When did you join FFA?
“The seventh grade is when we were first allowed to be in FFA. I became the first middle school Vice-President and eighth grade the second President.”
What projects have you been involved in with FFA?
“Mr. Ellis got us into our first Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project. We are supposed to keep track of the projects we do on the farm. It helps you become a member and is one of the requirements. One of my projects included firewood. I helped my father cut, split, load, stack and sell fire wood. I also helped do hay and worked with horses, hogs, sheep, goats and our heifer, Rosie. Rosie is pregnant.”
What else have you done?
“I have mainly shown hogs and a goat one year but they don’t sell as well. This year I am mainly FFA President and on a few judging teams. I was on the Equine Judging Team for a number of years but I got tired of that so I joined the Electricity Team. I am not very good at it. I think I will try the Advocating Students Group.”
What do you want to do in the future?
“I would like to be an Agricultural Engineer. I hear there are a lot of good scholarships for women engineers and I enjoy designing things. I like to do floor plans but want to design tractors or something like that to benefit or promote agriculture.”
