2020 Conservation Farmers of the Year
The Waseca SWCD Board of Supervisors awarded
Carl Guse
The 2020 Conservation Farmer of the Year.
Carl farms 425 acres in Waseca County, raising corn, beans and beef cattle. He has installed terraces to keep soil on the hills, a grassed waterway to decrease gully erosion and installed a pond to catch sediment before it enters the Le Sueur River. Carl has one of the few Nitrogen Bioreactors in Waseca County. The reactor uses wood chips to remove some of the nitrogen in tile water before it enters our service waters. Carl hopes to see more of these installed.
Carl has also participated in the Le Sueur River Watershed Network, encouraging land stewardship ethics within the watershed. Carl’s conservation plan is to maintain the conservation practices he has and monitors his land to see if he needs more.
Congratulations Carl for helping conserve our precious lands and waters.
Carl Guse
The 2020 Conservation Farmer of the Year.
Carl farms 425 acres in Waseca County, raising corn, beans and beef cattle. He has installed terraces to keep soil on the hills, a grassed waterway to decrease gully erosion and installed a pond to catch sediment before it enters the Le Sueur River. Carl has one of the few Nitrogen Bioreactors in Waseca County. The reactor uses wood chips to remove some of the nitrogen in tile water before it enters our service waters. Carl hopes to see more of these installed.
Carl has also participated in the Le Sueur River Watershed Network, encouraging land stewardship ethics within the watershed. Carl’s conservation plan is to maintain the conservation practices he has and monitors his land to see if he needs more.
Congratulations Carl for helping conserve our precious lands and waters.
Established Grassed Waterway
The Conservation Farmer of the Year is picked each July at the District Board of Supervisors Meeting. Below is a list of the past Conservation Farmers of the Year.
