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Conservation Farm Award

 

2019 Conservation Farm Award

Paquette Farms of Malden

The Winner of the 2019 Conservation Farm Award was announced at the Essex Soil & Crop Improvement Association (ESCIA) Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2019. 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 Paquette Farms of Malden Ltd.

Features of Paquette Farms include use of red clover for a cover crop; minimum till and no-till cropping; precision soil sampling; variable rate fertilizer application; water and sediment control structures (WASCoB) and rock chutes to reduce soil erosion; and buffer strips along water courses. Paquette’s have planted thousands of white cedar trees in windbreaks on many of their farms in the Amherstburg area. Robert farms together with sons Richard, Gerald and Bradley. They have participated in the Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan program, and the Essex Region Conservation Authority’s Clean Water ~ Green spaces program. They have used these programs to implement many of the Best Management Practices on their farms.

Windbreaks

Buffered Drains

Rock Chute Spillways

Windbreaks

WASCobs

Congratulations to Paquette Farms and keep up the fine work!

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2018 Conservation Farm Award

Maurice Chauvin

The Winner of the 2018 Conservation Farm Award was announced at the Essex Soil & Crop Improvement Association (ESCIA) Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 6, 2018. 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.  The year's winner of the Conservation Farm Award was Maurice Chauvin of Pointe-aux-Roches.

Features of Maurice Chauvin’s Farm include use of cover crops such as oats; minimum till and no-till cropping; precision soil sampling; variable rate fertilizer application; rock chutes to reduce soil erosion and buffer strips along water courses. Their farm incorporates header tiles and controlled drainage systems to control the water table and limit the amount of fertilizer run-off. An early adapter of precision farming, Moe uses advanced software and GPS land formation technology to improve surface drainage while preserving top soil. A sixth generation farmer, Moe farms with the help of his son Shawn and his father Robert. They have participated in the Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan program since its beginning and have a Farmland Health Checkup. They have used the programs to implement many of the Best Management Practices on their farms.

Buffered Drains

Maurice & Robert

Controlled Drainage

Cover Crops

Erosion Control Structures

Buffer Strips

Congratulations to Maurice Chauvin!

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2017 Conservation Farm Award

Jerome Deslippe

The winner of the 2017 Conservation Farm Award was announced at the Essex Soil & Crop Improvement Association (ESCIA) Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 7, 2017. 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 award was presented posthumously to Jerome Deslippe of Amherstburg. His daughter, Rochelle Deslippe, accepted the award on Jerome’s behalf. Jerome Deslippe passed away on August 16, 2017.

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Conservation Farm Award Winners

  • 2019 – Paquette Farms
  • 2018 – Maurice Chauvin
  • 2017 – Jerome Deslippe
  • 2016 - J. Brush Farms Ltd.
  • 2015 - Don and Neal Huber
  • 2014 - Charles Desmarais
  • 2013 - Mike Mailloux Farms
  • 2012 - John Fittler
  • 2011 - Karl Neudorf
  • 2010 - David Buchanan
  • 2009 - The Thibert Farm
  • 2008 - Marc Rivest
  • 2007 - Malden Valley Farms
  • 2006 - John Diemer
  • 2005 - Tiessen Acres
  • 2004 - Ken Schwab
  • 2003 - Tony Simon
  • 2002 - Herb Enns
  • 2001 - Allen Rogers
  • 2000 - Denotter Farms
  • 1999 - Charles Chevalier
  • 1998 - Euclid Mailloux
  • 1997 - Calsonsdale Farm, Bernard Calhoun
  • 1996 - Mailloux Farms
  • 1995 - Jean-Marc and Cathy Beneteau
  • 1994 - Earl and Greg Iler
  • 1993 - Wismer Brothers
  • 1992 - Craig Gemus
  • 1991 - Tim Shanahan
  • 1990 - Ron Lefaive
  • 1989 - Dave Ainslie
  • 1988 - Gerry Lanoue
  • 1987 - HuffmanFarms, Carl Huffman
  • 1986 - A.F.F. Farms, Albrecht Bienzle
  • 1985 - Paul Courey
  • 1984 - Bob-A-Lou Farms, Robert Mailloux
  • 1983 - Earl White

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