DAN KILBURG AT RIGHT, FARMER NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, AND HIS WIFE
COLLEEN, WERE NAMED THE
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE FARMERS OF THE YEAR AT TODAY'S KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. DAN IS A STEWART OF THE LAND WITH A GREAT INTEREST IN CONSERVATION OF
THE LAND. A BELIEVER IN
NO-TILL TILLAGE, HE HAS
ESTABLISHED TERRACES AND
PONDS ON HIS FARM. HE IS AN
FFA ALUMNI MEMBER AND
ACTIVELY PROMOTES AGRICULTURE ANY WAY HE CAN HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE PLAQUE YOU SEE IN PHOTO WAS PRESENTED ON STAGE BY ROBERT SHEARER, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE. THE
CHAMBER AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB HAVE GIVEN THREE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS YEARLY SINCE 1990. THE 22ND ANNUAL AWARDS
WERE PRESENTED ON STAGE AT 12:30 TODAY. A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE TO HELP HONOR THE AWARD WINNERS, WHO DID NOT KNOW IN ADVANCE
THAT THEY WERE GETTING THE AWARD, AFTER THE PRESENTER TOLD ABOUT
THEIR LIFE.