By implementing a strategic prescribed grazing plan, they have improved the health of their pastures and went from grazing 58 cow/calf pairs on 128 acres three months of the year to grazing 120 or more pairs for six months of the year. The Breitkreutzs work closely with the Natural Resource Conservation Service and Minnesota DNR to implement numerous conservation practices to sustainably increase production and improve soil health. The Breitkreutz family also farms 250 acres of no-till corn and soybeans and wheat and 50 acres of alfalfa. The family grazes 138 cows on 465 acres of permanent pasture land and feeds 750 head of cattle annually. Stoney Creek Farm, owned by Gant and Dawn Breitkreutz, is a 3rd generation commercial Red Angus farm and custom baling business located in South Central Minnesota. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation. This year’s regional winners will compete for the national award, which will be announced during the Annual Cattle Industry Convention in February 2017.Įstablished in 1991 by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to recognize outstanding land stewards in the cattle industry, ESAP is generously sponsored by Dow AgroSciences, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. The award, announced during the 2016 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting July 14, 2016, recognizes the outstanding stewardship and conservation efforts. The Breikreutz Family Minnesota Farm Recognized for Outstanding Environmental StewardshipĭENVER (July 15, 2016) – Stoney Creek Farm in Redwood Falls, Minn., has been selected as one of six regional honorees of the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP).
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