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Lisa; son, Clayton; and daughter and sonin-law,<br />
Neal and Lydia Grant. They have<br />
770 acres of conservation tillage; 307<br />
acres of no-till soybeans; 160 acres of dry<br />
hay, haylage and baleage; and 450 acres of<br />
pasture for 220 head of commercial beef<br />
cattle with a 500-head feedlot.<br />
Strip till, vertical till and no-till beans<br />
were among the first practices enacted on<br />
the farm along with the management intensive<br />
grazing, and they have since been<br />
complemented with waterways when<br />
needed, a prairie strip and a pond. Cover<br />
crops and trees are additional practices<br />
employed during the past five to 10 years.<br />
Lubben said he’s humbled to receive<br />
the conservation award, as he sees many<br />
of his colleagues doing many of the same<br />
practices. As a general rule of thumb, most<br />
farmers want to improve the land and leave<br />
it better than when they started farming the<br />
ground, he said.<br />
Local farms earn<br />
Century, Heritage<br />
recognition<br />
Several Eastern Iowa farm families<br />
were honored with the Century or Heritage<br />
Farm designations at the Iowa State<br />
Fair last summer. The program celebrates<br />
farms that have been owned by the same<br />
families for 100 and 150 years, respectively.<br />
The Century Farm program began in<br />
1976 as part of the nation’s Bicentennial<br />
Celebration. To date, 20,773 Century<br />
Farms and 1,685 Heritage Farms have<br />
been recognized across the state of Iowa.<br />
Receiving Century Farm distinctions<br />
in Clinton County were Lynn Chambell,<br />
Clinton, 1920; Goodall Farms, LLC, De-<br />
Witt, 1920; Paul F. McGlynn II, DeWitt,<br />
1920; Larry A. and Julie A. Peters, Clinton,<br />
1920; Jane Mess Pfefferkorn, Clinton,<br />
1915; Lowell and Arlene Till, Elwood,<br />
1911.<br />
In Jackson County,<br />
a Heritage Farm<br />
award was given to<br />
William and Lola<br />
Giddings, Sabula,<br />
1855. Century<br />
Farm awards went to John W. Dyas, Maquoketa<br />
1917; and Ronald and Lori Kilburg,<br />
Bellevue, 1922.<br />
In Jones County, Heritage Farm awards<br />
were presented to Mark and Debra Hein,<br />
Monticello, 1872; and Mike and Cindy<br />
Inglis, Wyoming, 1858. Century Farm<br />
awards went to Chad and Kari Kromminga,<br />
Monticello, 1922; Kevin and Julie<br />
Miller, Monticello, 1920; and Gary and<br />
Janis Smith, Martelle, 1921.<br />
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