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19 year old son of Dan & Jill Harker and brother of Luke Harker Sophomore at Black Hawk East Community College on the livestock judging team. Currently serving as the Vice President of Finance for the American Junior Simmental Board of Trustees. Future goals – following junior college graduation, I plan continue my education at a senior college and possibly return home as the 8th generation to own and raise purebred breeding cattle. Favorite snacks: Dr Pepper and Snickers Favorite animals: Dogs and cows Favorite movie: Tombstone and anything with the Duke - John Wayne
Favorite quote: Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. – David Bly In the dusty feed room of our thirty- year-old show barn is dry erase board. Earlier this year, I wiped off the cobwebs and dust and wrote out three goals for the coming summer because a goal not written down is simply a wish. Two of those goals were to Champion Bred and Owned and Champion Owned Chi Composite and Maintainer heifer honors at junior nationals. I thought I had a heifer good enough to make a run at those honors in “Linda” or Harkers Trixie 0105 M101 ET as she’s known in the breed registries. Her dam, Cell Trixie 0105H, had a very successful
show career with major wins at the North American Livestock Expo and Cattlemen’s Congress, and I thought Linda had enough similarities to her mother that she could also have success in the showring. To realize my goals and walk away from a highly competitive junior national with three Grand Champion banners, one Reserve Grand Champion banner and Champion Maine Anjou Senior Showman with a heifer that was born in that thirty- year-old show barn is a humbling and awesome experience. What made it sweeter is that I got to do with my parents, older brother, all four grandparents, and some of my best friends by my side. I will never take this experience for granted and I will continue to write down my goals. ●
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