leopold conservation award

No-Tillers Exchange Ideas, Successes & Failures at Big Soil Health Event

By Noah Newman posted on December 12, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Liz Haney. Russell Hedrick. Jerry Hatfield. Roy Pfaltzgraff. Lance Gunderson. David Kleinschmidt. Dan Luepkes. Sarah Martello. Talk about a cavalcade of All-Stars. With heavy hitters like those on the program, we knew this year’s Big Soil Health Event was once again going to be a can’t-miss event.

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Cover Crop Innovator Jim Hershey Among Leopold Conservation Award Finalists

September 18, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Sand County Foundation

Three finalists have been selected for the 2024 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.

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South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award Presented to Blioux River Ranch

April 22, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Father and son duo Barry and Eli Little of Blioux River Ranch in Hamlin County, S.D., have been selected as the recipients of the 2024 South Dakota Leopold Conservation award.

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Cover Cropper Marty Williams Receives Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award

February 27, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Sand County Foundation

Marty Williams of Red Rock is the recipient of the Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award.

Cover Crop Users, Ray & Susan Flickner Receive Leopold Conservation Award

November 21, 2023

Source: Sand County Foundation

Ray and Susan Flickner of Wichita have been selected as the recipients of the 2023 Kansas Leopold Conservation Award.

Veatch Farms Honored with 2023 Kentucky Leopold Award

July 13, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Sandy County Foundation

Veatch Farms of Campbellsville, Ky., is the recipient of the 2023 Kentucky Leopold Conservation Award. Donald Veatch received $10,000 and a crystal award for being selected. Veatch accepted the award at the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts’ Annual Convention in Bowling Green on July 11.

No-Till, Cover Crops Improve Feed Quality, Limit Erosion and Build Soil Health

Reducing sediment and phosphorus runoff, improving soil health and reducing operational risk are goals for no-till dairy farmer Dan Brick.

By Mark McNeely posted on January 13, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Managing a dairy farm that traces its roots back 170 years isn’t out of the ordinary for Greenleaf, Wis., no-tiller Dan Brick. The fact that Brickstead Dairy is Wisconsin’s 2017 Leopold Conservation Award recipient, however, is a fairly recent development.