Salute to Idaho Agriculture: Prescott Land and Livestock

JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — A person of many hats, Jerome’s Roy Prescott says one function he performs is his truest type.

“I’m a beef cow/calve operator. That’s my life and has at all times been,” he stated. A second-generation rancher, Prescott has been working his complete life on his beef ranch in Jerome County.

“My dad began this with 120 acres round right here in 1954. We’ve developed every part from that time ahead,” stated Prescott.

And develop he did.

Prescott now oversees lots of of acres of farmland and 1200 head of beef cow, which he grazes on a whopping 185,000 acres of personal, state and federal land throughout 4 southern Idaho counties.

Even with all that work, Prescott has saved himself concerned within the space; sitting as a County Commissioner, Planning and Zoning Chair and on the EPA’s Native Authorities Advisory Committee.

He says it’s vital in areas just like the Magic Valley to be invested prior to now, current and way forward for the realm.

“If you happen to’re going to take care of it, you the locals have to talk and it’s not sufficient to say, ‘okay nicely I went and voted,’ it’s important to become involved,” he stated.

Prescott tells me he’s terribly proud to be an Idaho rancher and hopes the state’s wealthy agricultural custom continues.

“It teaches you honesty. It takes us again to part of historical past the place a person’s phrase was his contract. We’d like extra of that sort of factor. This type of dwelling and the work helps develop that,” he stated.

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