Hancock Named Conservation Legacy Award Winner

The American Soybean Association (ASA) along with sponsors Monsanto and The Corn and Soybean Digest, has revealed its winners of the 2007 Conservation Legacy Award and the Kentucky Soybean Association (KSA) is proud to announce that Sam Hancock is the Northeast region winner.  

The Conservation Legacy Awards program is designed to recognize the outstanding environmental and conservation achievement of U.S. soybean farmers.  Judges look for dedication to the land through cropland management practices, farmstead protection, and conservation and environmental management.

Hancock is an eighth generation farmer who manages about 3,800 acres of corn, wheat and soybeans. About 2,900 of those acres are no-tilled, some not tilled since the early 1980’s.  Hancock is also building a hog finishing facility.  He participates in many conservation practices, some of which include, no-till, rinse and recycle, wildlife preservation and the Crop Reservation Program.

”Conservation is not our hobby.  It’s not a cause, it’s our lifestyle,” stated Hancock.

The winners and their spouses received an expense-paid trip to the Commodity Classic in March in Tampa , Florida .  During the Classic they were recognized at the ASA Awards Banquet.  They were also feature in The Corn and Soybean Digest magazine.