QUITMAN- The Middle South Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District honored the 2023 Conservationists of the Year in each county within its area.
The service area includes Ben Hill, Brooks, Colquitt, Crisp, Irwin, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth counties. The Conservationist of the Year Banquet was held at the Brooks County USDA Service Center in Quitman March 21.
Copps Farms was awarded Thomas County’s Conservationist of the Year designation. Robby Copps farms cotton and peanuts, has beef cattle, 10 acres of Satsuma trees and is also a partner in a produce stand. His farm has been NRCS CSP and conservation practices he utilizes include cover crops, grid sampling, low pressure pivots, GPS and drip control nozzles.
The Middle South Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District is a unit of state government that directs natural resource management programs in Ben Hill, Brooks, Colquitt, Crisp, Irwin, Thomas, Tift, Turner and Worth counties. The Conservation District works with farmers, landowners and with other units of government to educate and actively promote programs and practices that support the conservation, and use and development of soil, water, and related resources. More information can be found at www.gacd.us/middlesouthgeorgia.
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