Landon and Anne Plagge show how soil-first farming, community leadership and a willingness to innovate can expand conservation efforts far beyond their own acres.

A soil health discovery that the Cotter family made decades ago set them on the path to becoming Minnesota’s 2025 Leopold Conservation Award recipient.

Meet Nebraska’s 2025 Leopold Award winners and learn about the ethic driving their work.

McGraw decided to pivot and instead “do what the farm wants to do.”