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Hey, hi, hello! For those of you that do not know me, I am Shayla! I am the sole owner of Wilbur & Me Boutique. I am from the small town of Troy, Missouri. I attend the University of Missouri-Columbia and am pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Agriculture with three emphasis areas: Agribusiness Management, Animal Science, and Agricultural Education and Leadership.   I hate talking about myself, so I will just jot down a few fun facts about me: • I am extremely family oriented, and in my free time you can almost always find me with family or friends.  • My happy place is outside. Whether it be swimming, taking my dogs to the dog park, trap shooting, sitting around...

  When I was a sophomore in high school, I was hell bent on showing livestock in the county fair. My agriculture teacher/FFA advisor kept talking about how the sign-ups were just around the corner, and a few weeks later when he asked if anyone needed one I was the first to raise my hand. At that point, I had never raised livestock before or shown any animal at the county fair. None the less, just a short time later, and after a lot of convincing to my grandparents, I went to my first auction.   Along came Wilbur. I went into the auction not knowing a dang thing about what I was about to get myself into. All of my...