Conserving Soil and Water

(Banner Graphic/ERIC BERNSEE)

Dan Lucas of Lucas Family Farms receives the Conservation Farmer of the Year award during the Soil and Water Conservation District's (SWCD) recent annual meeting with (from left) Lee Fordice and Ken Carrington of the Farm Credit Agency (who sponsored the award), wife Jill Lucas, son's girlfriend Chelsea Grimes, and son Jacob Lucas. "I would like to thank my mentors over the last 20 years," Lucas said, "Barry Fisher, Bill Bollman and Byron Gough."