Farm Fierce

KaytLynn Lemley: Going After The Industry With Her Idea At Hand

Farm Fierce, the wraps we all know and love. From cheetah print wraps to tie dye and even a few monkey wraps. There’s a chance you have had Farm Fierce in your barn! KaytLynn Lemley the owner and founder of Farm Fierce is from Texas. Where she has sewn the first leg wraps and made sure every wrap can endure the Texas heat. KaytLynn has had a journey of her own within Farm Fierce but not just in Farm Fierce she has had to learn the daily dedication showing takes. KaytLynn is continuing to make strides in the industry and isn’t going to stop!

“I am KaytLynn Lemley, the owner and founder of Farm Fierce. Before Farm Fierce began, I was involved in volleyball, dance, and band. When I got to high school I started exhibiting sheep as well as becoming involved in my high school’s FFA chapter.”

Farm Fierce is a widely known brand and continues to develop more and more everyday. But, Farm Fierce wasn’t always a part of KaytLynn’s life. Farm Fierce wasn’t even a thing until 2020 the year COVID hit.

“During COVID, I had extra time on my hands and could only work sheep so many times a day in the Texas heat, which would ultimately lead me to sewing leg wraps for our show string.”

Little did KaytLynn know it was going to become a major part in her life.Before COVID hit, Farm Fierce became a thing and blossomed into what it is today. KaytLynn started showing southdowns and began her showing career.

In 2019, KaytLynn won a class at the State Fair of Texas with a Southdown. However she quickly switched to showing mainly Black Face Crosses. She then expanded and started showing across the state of Texas and at various national shows across the country.

KaytLynn concluded her showing career in 2024, with a White Face Cross Ewe, that she exhibited at American Royal and NAILE. In 2018, was also the beginning of KaytLynn’s FFA journey.

“Since joining FFA, my life has basically revolved around stock shows, sale season, and my business. I have spent time in the industry working for Leggett’s You Gotta Believe Livestock Camp in various staff positions since 2021. I interned for both the Nebraska State Fair and Aksarben while I was at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I am now currently at Oklahoma State University pursuing a master’s of science in agricultural communications and serving as a graduate teaching assistant. Outside of all things Farm Fierce and show sheep, I enjoy time reading, traveling, and keeping up with all of college football.”

KaytLynn has had numerous opportunities in the industry and a lot came from her business Farm Fierce. During 2020 when KaytLynn started creating her own leg wraps she was also wrapping legs on her own sheep-which helped her have a better understanding of the need for high quality wraps.

“I had been wrapping legs on our own show sheep and saw an opportunity to improve a product and sell it to the public. This is what truly led to the creation of Farm Fierce ever since then we prototype all products in our own barn first. Through doing this we have found what worked for us and that’s what I offer to the public.”

Something she uses, loves, and truly needs is what KaytLynn created for all of us. Not just fixing the everlasting problem of I don’t like these wraps but offering it to everyone else.

The business truly bloomed during COVID after her family had listened to a podcast suggesting finding leg wraps you liked, modifying them, and turning it into a record book or 4H project.

The business is growing every single day as KaytLynn makes sure each wrap is in great condition before it hits your barn. The business has offered KaytLynn many great opportunities along the way and still continues to.

“Through creating the business, I was able to help with the cost of our own show string, and also impact exhibitors across the country in a small way!”

COVID definitely wasn’t a great time to launch a business and yet that’s just how Farm Fierce was born.

“Launching a business during COVID-19 was definitely a challenge. I really did not know much about running or launching a business until I found the Engler Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I learned a lot through Engler on the back of house side of things. When launching Farm Fierce, I was truly just hoping to launch a business and have just a few people buy my products. Since then I have learned so many things.”

Farm Fierce leg wraps are currently offered in three different sizes: Standard, Polo, and Mega. Which makes them made for every stage of the game.

“They are all also completed with the same industrial grade velcro that our customers have come to expect and love”

Farm Fierce wraps have all been developed at KaytLynn’s home in Texas or wherever she was at for college at the time.

“All products are tested in our show barn at home. If it can withstand dirt floors and Texas heat, it’s bound to work for everyone else!”

Farm Fierce continues to grow and with growth comes many memories and milestones.

“I think over the last six years, I have measured the milestones of Farm Fierce in different aspects, through different viewpoints. In the beginning a weekend sell out was a huge milestone, but now we are producing leg wraps at a higher rate than ever so everything looks a little different now. Finding the Engler Program at UNL was the start of a huge milestone for Farm Fierce, from mentors, support, and just people bringing in different ideas was huge. Coming from a livestock background, I was pushed to talk about Farm Fierce and my products to people who may not have known what the livestock industry even was, much less why sheep would need leg wraps. In April of 2026, two big milestones occurred:

I pitched my 10 minute business plan for funding and received the Engler Build Award. Pitching a business plan to people outside of agriculture proved to be difficult, but presenting and talking about my business has been something I have grown to love doing. While the competition may not have gone as I had hoped, my customers continued to support Farm Fierce and we have grown as a businesseven more since then. Receiving the Engler Build Award was a huge milestone for me personally because at 18 I had no idea what I was doing by committing to attend UNL. But receiving the award was a full circle moment and reminder that one leap of faith can lead to your biggest blessing. Over the years Farm Fierce has done some incredible things from partnering with YGB, adding products to feed stores, attending live sales, and relaunching a website. It is difficult to pick just one milestone to be proud of because having the business and customersupport alone, has been a huge milestone!”

“Start before you’re ready.”

KaytLynn thinks a lot of times, in the agriculture industry, young members want to wait until the “right” moment, or a slow period.

“The truth is time will pass and life will continue on whether you pursue the business/idea or not.”Has being involved in the show industry influenced the way you run your business? “Having shown sheep, I learned early on that I have a living being (aka a sheep) who is solely dependent on me for everything. Just like raising show stock, my business is no different. Farm Fierce consists of myself, one employee, occasionally my sister, and my parents, and mentor. They all act as a sounding board for the business. Also no different than raising show stock, my life in a waydoes revolve around what the business needs and the demand of my customers, meaning I may not always get a weekend vacation or a night out all the time. But I do sometimes enjoy running my business more than going out! Showing livestock prepared me to run a business,especially one that is dependent on the show industry. A lot of the products we make and social media we post, is because it has either resonated and solved a problem for us as a family or is something I wish I would have known or had as a showman.”

In the beginning KaytLynn was taking orders before leg wraps were sewn, “Which looking back is hard to believe I was doing that!”

KaytLynn definitely learned that ready to ship inventory is much better and easier. “I definitely would have changed to ready ship inventory sooner. I also wish I would have just posted on social media more, over the last year I have seen so much growth just by posting more on social media about products, behind the scenes, and internships I have had.”

As Farm Fierce continues through the next few years KaytLynn knows her masters program is coming to an end and understands some things may change soon. However the industry still needs wraps, and maybe even some more things along the way.

“I know with my master’s program coming to an end soon and entering the “real world,” things may change but I want Farm Fierce to still be here and be a part of one or a few of my own businesses. Expanding product lines has been on the radar for a few years now, it is just a matter of ensuring they are high quality products for both current and new products.”

Since June, KaytLynn has been overseeing something big for Farm Fierce- that will come this fall. She has poured her heart into the whole process and can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction.“I have had a fairly large project in the works since mid June, that will be released to the public later this fall! It’s been a big investment, but this project alone means so much to myself, my customers, and is taking Farm Fierce back to what started it all!”

Even though many businesses try to stay afloat on their own, everyone needs some help from time to time. For Farm Fierce KaytLynn soul has been poured into it from the getgo. But it wouldn’t be where it was today without a little extra outside help.“Throughout the journey of Farm Fierce, a variety of people have impacted the journey in different ways. In the beginning and throughout the journey my parents have had a huge impact on the business. My parents have always been there to talk through ideas or just be a soundboard. As I progressed.”

Outside of Farm Fierce you can find KaytLynn working on her master’s degree at OSU. You can often find her at Nebraska football games, attending shows across the country, traveling, working YGB Camps, and spending time with family and friends.“The most important thing in the industry isn’t winning.”

“Find your people and keep them close. There is a lot of pressure in this industry as a showman to be successful and I truly do believe, as long as you have a solid team or group of people behind you, you have already won.”