Kylee Sigmon
Age: 17
Parents: Lisa and Mike Sigmon
Hometown: Berryville, Ark.
FFA Chapter: Berryville FFA
FFA Advisor: Kendra Woodlee
Favorite Aspect of Ag: “What I really like best is promoting and advocating the beef industry. I have pursued this through competitions. The American Junior Simmental Association is far broader than simply showing cattle but has educational contests such as cattleman quiz, livestock judging, sales talk and public speaking. At the awards banquet in July, I won the high overall intermediate exhibitor in my age division which had about 150 competitors. The cowbell that I won for that competition is probably my favorite possession. I also won 2015 Arkansas Beef Ambassador and will be the representative all next year.
Most Influential Person in Your Life: “My parents are the most influential people in my life. They not only are role models for marriage but also for how to become a good person who is selfless, loving, hard-working, understanding and Christian, all of which are important to me.”
Current Involvement in Ag: “I show cattle and help with whole herd care which includes vaccinating, feeding, haying, and regular maintenance such as brush hogging. I also work with rationing feeds and choosing sires for AI. If using a herd sire, we choose for calving ease for smaller heifers. We show animals, however we pick individuals sires for individual cows based upon what each cow needs and the bull semen in our semen tank.”
Favorite Ag Memory: “In 2012 at the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo., I won Grand Champion Simmental Heifer in the Junior Show. Two years of hard work really paid off and made me want to work all the harder.”
Future Plans: “I have already applied to Oklahoma State and the University of Arkansas and hope to have a double major in agri-business and ag communications. Eventually I would like to have my own large ranch, be married, have kids and be a stay-at-home mom so I can also work on the ranch.”
