Slippery Rock Farm Family Wins Conservation Award WASHIM "ON, D.C. - The Richard Ku.d family of Slippery Rock are the state winners of the 1986 National Soil and Water Conservation Awards Program. Sponsored by the National Endowment for Soil and Water Conservation and The Du Pont Company, the program recognizes farmers and ranchers for out standing achievement in protec ting America’s agricultural resources. Sound conservation management has helped the Kinds convert a poorly managed farm with naturally wet soils into an efficient 700-acre cattle, corn and alfalfa-grass hay farm. Their farm, Grassycrest, is known to thousands who have visited it to leam about farm life in general or conservation practices in par ticular. “Conservation pays! We believe that we are stewards of the land,” said Kind. “Conservation is necessary for preservation of our natural resources.” Ten national finalists will be selected from among the state winners. The finalists and their spouses will receive an expense paid trip to attend a national awards ceremony in the fall. In December, the three 1986 ■ ,v-*w isjRWP * fwosy* prom {mpkivb -powiwy* iwpM« mi ImMI / , ataduemri nia& Wtttik kt tutfM hi Mi'-aftH/mitdt »ySt<SiiiS jftpqrillm^ ! ”Sy*ttin thk*in« n can *'“» faafor* VOU iHHrtft, or ft'Mb watt mtflmtfa mm* Hcrsfetry Efc|ttl|>3lOM£ll4 Co. )» »*ar#d to provkit aft li*ni vim coiiifwfiMCS of int ifiwn ihpiiqmk wppfntfiii * ,cw ’ WM pkimtwig, «toctffc»< ««t bunding. This wBl <«cur« that p U | it all together the TUT HIRSHEY Hog Systems m / \ Hot Dip Galvanized T7T7 I I I mmmm&m l—J I «BBt mtuk <. HERSHtY fQMIWUENT PI NomPAiiv* i m* msm*m National Winners will be an nounced. Each will receive an expense-paid trip to the national awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. and a $l,OOO cash award. Last year’s three national winners were presented a certificate in a White House ceremony. “The Endowment awards program is designed to help make agricultural producers and the general public, more aware of the importance of saving our-soil and water resources by spotlighting the work of outstanding con servation farmers and ranchers,” said Emmett Barker, Farm and Industrial Equipment president who chairs the Endowment. “the program recognizes producers such as the Kinds, who work hard to conserve the state’s and the nation’s most precious commodities soil and water,” said area Du Pont sales representative, Duane Hobbs. “As natural resources become more scarce, strategic con servation of these resources is critical to America’s future,” said Dale Wolf, vice president of Du Pont agricultural products. “Our farmers and ranchers have not only an opportunity in that regard, but a special responsibility as well. At Du Font’s agricultural £ product’s group, we are pleased to contribute what we can by helping sponsor these state conservation awards with the Endowment for Soil & Water Conservation.” Honors Two Pennsylvanians HARRISBURG - A Mechanicsburg man and a member of the Penn State faculty were recognized at the in ternational meeting of the Soil Conservation Society in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. Ronello ‘Mel’ Davis, Moores Mountain Road, Mechanicsburg was one of 20 to achieve the recognition of ‘Fellow’ in the Society. Lynn Hoffman, Penn sylvania Furnace, was one of nine to receive an ‘Honor’ award. Davis is the retired special assistant to the undersecretary of agriculture for international science. He was recognized for his contribution to conservation with the USDA Soil Conservation Service, his skill at working with cooperating organizations and his international conservation efforts. Davis has assisted the govern- • Farrowing Systems • Nursery Systems • Gestation Systems • Finishing Systems VMMPfIMP SUM* The National Endowment for Soil and Water Conservation is a non-profit, privately funded, non political organization dedicated to Soil Conservation Society ments of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Egypt and Israel in solving conservation problems. He has been a member of SCSA for 29 years. He joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Soil Conservation Service, starting in North Dakota. Later in his career he was State Conservationist in Pennsylvania and ended his SCS career as national chief in Washington, D.C. Hoffman, an assistant professor of agronomy, was recognized for his effective promotion of no-till crop production throughout the northeastern states. Hoffman is known as “Mr. No- Till” in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. His no-till concepts include most agronomic crops. Hoffman actively promotes ' ■• .*.\ ■■ /< ‘iSw^iSs * '' *V^> Lancaster Farming Saturday, August 30,1986-013 conserving the nation’s natural resources and promoting a sense of stewardship for the land by in volving all Americans. the positive results of combining crop rotation with no-till. Hoffman manages Penn State’s agronomy research farm at Rock Springs. His current research focus is on crop management in conservation tillage production systems. Hoffman also serves as agronomy extension specialist for tillage. 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