Don owns and operates a 120 acre farm in Chippewa Township, where he has lived the past 71 years. Don’s farm has been in the Kosier family since 1882. He grows a variety of crops including hay, corn, beans, wheat and oats, along with a mixture of rye and red clover as cover crops. There are many conservation practices on the farm consisting of multiple waterways, subsurface tile, water and sediment control basin and field strips. Don has been practicing 100% no till for 30 years and his farm is enrolled in the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Farmland Preservation program. Because of Don’s commitment to conservation, the district felt he was very deserving of this award!