2013 Conservation Farm Award

Mike Mailloux Farms

The Winner of the 2013 Conservation Farm Award was announced at the Essex Soil & Crop Improvement Association (ESCIA) Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2013. 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 Essex Soil & Crop Improvement Association. This year the winner of the Conservation Farm Award is Mike Mailloux Farms of Stoney Point.

Features of Mike Mailloux Farms include: no-till cropping; crop rotation including corn, soybeans and wheat; grid soil sampling and precision, variable rate fertilizer application, ditch banks protected by vegetative buffer zones, windbreaks and rock chute spill ways to reduce soil erosion. Other features include tree plantings and a mature woodlot. Mike Mailloux has participated in the Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan program and has used the funding available to implement many Best Management Practices on his farms.

Congratulations to Mike Mailloux Farms and keep up the fine work!

Windbreak

Soil Erosion Control

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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