Austin Cook
Age: 15
Parents: Bryan and Jennifer Cook
Hometown: Greenbrier, Ark.
FFA Chapter: Greenbrier FFA
FFA Advisor: Rodney Wiedower
4-H Chapter: Cloverleaf
Agriculture Experience: Austin and his brothers, Andrew and Adam, began showing Herefords eight years ago. They now have about 20 Hereford, as well as chickens. Austin is very active in 4-H, competing in performance and cattle events. He is also on the FFA Beef Quiz Bowl Team.
What are you most proud of? “I competed at (the National Western Stock Show) in Denver with Sky and won. I am definitely proud of that. What I enjoy the most is when all the hard work I put in pays off, and calving season. I rinse and dry the cows daily. I feed daily and I put out hay daily. It is a lot of work.”
Who is your biggest influence: “My mom is my biggest influence. She was the first female (state) president (of the Arkansas FFA Association), back in the Stone Age.”
