Farm4Fun w/ Kaylene Ballesteros

@kayleneballesteros John Deere

• Catch Up
• Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
• How’s the family - do they farm with family?
• Two boys - Trey and Cade (look young)
• Iowa born and raised
• Graduated from UNI in 2010 w/ B.A. in Public Relations - 2012 graduated with Masters in Marketing/Marketing Management
• 2010 - John Deere - now Product Marketing Manager, Digital Solutions (since Aug. 2022)
• Before within John Deere:
• Product Marketing Manager - See and Spray
• Product Manager - 4 Series SPrayers
• Sales Content Coach
• Platform Content Coordinator
• Recruiting
• JDPS and Factory Communications
• What is she doing down here at Commodity Classic?
• What are some passions of hers outside of work?
• Youth Rodeo Sports
• Leon Youth Rodeo?
• Host a youth based rodeo - family centered entertainment
• Offers events from stick horse race to bull riding
• What is something she has always wanted to do?
• What does she enjoy most about working for Deere?
• If you were an animal, what do you think you would be?
• If you could make anything bigger on your body what would it be?

Would you rather:

• Always be under-dressed or overdressed
• Always 30 minutes early or 10 minutes late
• Be hungry or thirsty
• Lounge by the pool or on the beach
• Margarita blended or on the rocks
• Never use social media again or never watch another movie ever again

• What’s next for them?
• What can our listeners do to help?
• What can we do to help?

What does success look like to them?