2011 Conservation Farm Award

Karl Neudorf

The Winner of the 2011 Conservation Farm Award was announced at the Essex Soil & Crop Improvement Association (ESCIA) Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 1, 2011. The award is presented each year to the farming operation which best display’s conservation minded farming practices from those nominated. The farms are graded on tillage practices, crop rotation, chemical use and storage, knowledge of fertility programs, Best Management Practices and overall farm maintenance. The winner is determined by a committee of Directors from the ESCIA. This year the winner of the Conservation Farm Award is Karl Neudorf of Essex.

Features of the Neudorf farm include: no-till cropping; crop rotation including corn, soybeans and wheat under seeded with red clover; ditch banks protected by vegetative buffer zones, windbreaks, rock chutes and two ponds. Other features include a passive solar heating system for his work shop, the establishment of new windbreaks using a plastic mulch and the use of mushroom compost as a soil amendment. Karl has participated in the Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan program and has utilized ERCA’s Clean Water ~ Green Spaces grant program to implemented many Best Management Practices on his farm.

Congratulations to Karl Neudorf and keep up the fine work!

The Essex Conservation Farm Award is sponsored annually by the Essex Soil and Crop Improvement Association, the Essex Conservation Club and the Essex Region Conservation Authority.

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