Katelyn Voris
Age: 17
Hometown: Halfway, Mo.
Parents: Randy and Shae Voris
FFA Chapter: Halfway FFA
Advisor: Jeff Voris
What is your involvement in agriculture?
“I am the vice president for the Halfway FFA Chapter. I raise my own Holstein bottle calves during the fall, winter and spring. I also do diversified crop production, which includes corn, wheat and soybean test plots. Working with agronomists from MFA has influenced me to work hard for what I want, which relates back to me wanting to be an agronomists. I am also involved in beef production.”
What is your favorite part of being involved in agriculture?
“Definitely working with the agronomists. They not only influenced me to choose agronomy as a career path, but taught me things as I grew up. I’ve worked with them for a few years and I honestly never thought about agronomy being a part of my life. Going to do test plots is my favorite part of my SAE because I feel involved with my family farm and the agronomists.”
What are your future plans?
“I plan to attend Crowder College once I graduate high school, then I hope to transfer to the University of Arkansas and major in crop science. I plan to be an agronomist in the ‘field’ and hopefully more up into research with genetic stacking and different GMOs. My main goal is to work for Monsanto.”
What is the best advise about agriculture you have received from adults?
“Agriculture is moving up in the world and I need to get in the ag world is what I have always heard from my father. That honestly influenced me to pick the career path I have chosen. Not only could I stay connected to the farm, I would do what I want and love as a career.”
