Nelsons Win 1976 Bankers Award for Land Stewardship
Ted Nelson and his sons Glen and Dave earn the Bankers Award recognizing their land stewardship. They rent 1,170 acres in Centropolis area and own 530, growing a general farming operation with a 35 head cow calf herd and a hog unit expanding from 20 sows to 88. They built a farrowing barn and are adding a finishing building for 600 pigs on Nelson Farms.
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Joan Istas
Ted Nelson and Sons
Dave
Glen
Ottawa
RFD
Nelson
Nelsons
Centropolis
Fileacre
Ted
Nelson Farms
Nelsons Win County Conservation Award in Farm Portrait
The Nelsons raise Yorkshire cross sows and Duroc boars across 1700 acres with 1250 cropland 200 hayland 250 native pasture and 25 timberland. They store grain on farm for convenience and fewer charges while practicing soil conservation including chisel plowing rotation contour farming terraces and waterways. Family members contribute with Lloyd 20 helping in summer. Mrs. Nelson handles bookkeeping. Dave sits on conservation boards and Glen Neill works for a local farmer.
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Nelsons Farming Enterprise
Lloyd
Pomona
Glen Neill
Nelson
Franklin County Extension Council
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Sonny Burch
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Harold Garrison
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First National Bank OF Ottawa