02/15/05 Young Farmers and Ranchers, Harris

Mark and Cheryl Harris run a cow-calf operation near Soda Springs where they grow oats, wheat and hay, and are part of a family livestock trucking business. MARK "Its my dad and my three other brothers. So there's four brothers. Most of what we do is cattle, Hereford, Angus cross cattle. We have about 950 to a thousand head of mother cows that we run each year." CHERYL "Pasture them all here. In the winter they take them up to Malta where they have another farm. After they wean their calves they move them up there. They have their own trucking company that they help ship and transport cattle all over the US. MARK "The experiences I had growing up with my family and being able to work with my dad. That accounts for a lot and I want my little boy to have the same experiences that I had." For years, Mark and Cheryl have been involved with the Farm Bureau and YFR. MARK "It does give us hope that there are people interested in continuing this way of life." Mark and Cheryl Harris, YFR District One chairmen. Voice of Idaho Agriculture Bill Scott