Zac and Amy Harris of Kiowa County are the 2011 recipients of Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award. They were recognized as OFB’s top YF&R farming and ranching couple at the organization’s 70th Annual Convention Nov. 12, in Oklahoma City.

As Achievement Award winners, the Harris family received a new WW Livestock Systems squeeze chute, a Stihl Chainsaw and an all-expense-paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention next January in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Zac and Amy farm 6,000 acres of wheat, corn, soybeans and barley near Hobart and also manage a 300-head cow/calf operation. They are graduates of Oklahoma State University and have three children: Kenda, 7, Rylan, 5 and Trale’, 1.

The Harris couple has been involved in Farm Bureau since 2008. Zac currently serves as a Kiowa County Farm Bureau board member and county YF&R chairman, while Amy volunteers as their local county YF&R’s marketing director and secretary. Both have attended several national FB events such as the National YF&R Conference and OFB’s Congressional Action Tour in Washington, DC.

OFB’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Program is open to both men and women, ages 18 to 35, who hold a membership in his or her county Farm Bureau.

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Chris Kidd (left), Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers coordinator, presents Zac and Amy Harris of Kiowa County the OFB YF&R Achievement Award on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Harrises farm and ranch near Hobart in southwestern Oklahoma. They received a Stihl chainsaw and a year's use of a W-W livestock chute for winning the award.

Zac and Amy Harris of Kiowa County won the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Harrises farm and ranch near Hobart in southwestern Oklahoma. They received a Stihl chainsaw and a year's use of a W-W livestock chute for winning the award.