Country
In some ways, the environmental stew- thing. Almost universally, environmental “The fact that I am a winner this year is
ardship award winners that are recognized steward winners recognize this. not as important as getting the word out
Crossroads
each summer in Ohio’s Country Journal are While doing the story interviews, about the environmental stewardship done
very special, but in other ways, they really the award winners will tell Kyle and I by all of agriculture,” said John Buck from
are not. that they work hard to do things right, Marion County, the winner of Ohio
These winners are truly special because but it is not really much different than Soybean Association and Ohio Corn
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they go to great lengths to run their opera- any other farm — these farms are spe- Growers Association 2009 Environmental
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tions in a manner that is environmentally cial, but they’re not. This special/not- Stewardship Award. “This really gets the
sensitive, profitable and efficient. They so-special aspect of the award is one of word out to our elected officials and to the
editor
aren’t really that special, however, because the things that make it so important for general public about what farms are doing
just about every other farm does the same Ohio agriculture. to care for the environment.”
Buck certainly is not the only one con-
serving soil and water quality with no-
till, waterways and buffer strips on his
farm. The Niese brothers are not the only
ones applying manure in a meticulous
manner. And, Ron Young is not the only
sheep manager that uses rotational graz-
ing techniques to maximize the efficiency
of his pasture. The same applies to all of
the 2009 winners.
The environmental stewardship
awards do a nice job of highlighting the
positive things that the winners are
doing, but they also highlight the posi-
tive things you may be doing on your
farms. The award simply provides an
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example, and a nice hook, for newspa-
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“The obvious importance of this is that
• Very bright straw
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it gets recognized by our elected officials,”
• Excellent disease package
Buck said. “My representative recognized
• Excellent test weight
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this, the governor recognizes this and Sen.
• Excellent disease package
George Voinovich even talked about this
• Adapted to a wide range of soils program in his recent Earth Day speech.
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• Aggressive tillering
With the current administration at the state
• High yielding
and federal levels, and the green move-
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recognition for agriculture being environ-
• Excellent winter hardiness
• Very high yields
mentally friendly is important. And, our
• Broadly adapted to soils and environmentals
• Very bright and great straw yields
farms can give them specific examples of
Excellent milling & baking qualities the good things agriculture is doing.”
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• Resistant to mildew
Buck has a stack of accommodations,
certificates and proclamations from elected
• Agressive tillering; Excellent for straw
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officials sitting on his desk to prove that
• Heavy test weight; high yielding First in 2006
Wiley
Ohio’s movers-and-shakers do notice the
• Excellent winter hardiness and
OSU yield
award. And, when his no-till gets noticed
trials
•Top end yield combined with exceptional
standability
for being a good thing, so does yours.
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“It is important that everybody
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and this is a nice way to share what
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farmers out there deserving of this
• Heavy test weight
Penn State • Superb powdery mildew tolerance award, but some of them don’t know
yield trials
about it or choose not to fill out the
• Excellent winter hardiness
• Short height
application, but that doesn’t mean that
• Wonderful standability
• Medium maturity
they are not doing things right on
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• Consistent yields over varied environments
their farms.”
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be so special after all.
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