Conservation efforts honored for farms

Ohio’s top conservation farm families for 2011 were honored for their long-standing dedication to natural
resource conservation on the land they farm during at the Farm Science Review Thursday.
The families honored were the Billenstein family from Hardin County, Kevin and Sarah Swope of Columbiana
County, Mike and Amy Fair of Holmes County, Brent and Christine Pence of Clark County, and Samuel and
Anne Byars from Ross County.