URBANDALE, Iowa - 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 Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) is proud to announce that Jim Andrew is the Midwest region winner.
Andrew operates Andrew Farms, Inc., a soybean and corn farm near Jefferson, Iowa. He is also an at large director for ISA.

“I am extremely honored to be selected a winner of the American Soybean Association Conservation Legacy Award,” says Andrew. “While implementing our conservation plans over the last 40 years, my father and I took great personal satisfaction in what we were doing to preserve our soil, water and wildlife. We never dreamed we could win a distinguished honor like the Conservation Legacy Award. This award not only recognizes our personal conservation efforts but it also renews our desire to share our successful techniques with our neighbors and other landowners to encourage them to address their conservation needs.”

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.

The winners and their spouse or a guest will receive an expense-paid trip to Commodity Classic in March in Tampa, Florida. They will also be recognized at the ASA Awards Banquet at Classic and will be featured in an upcoming issue of The Corn And Soybean Digest magazine.