WV Farm of the Year

Members of the Butler family are shown with West Virginia state agriculture officials after accepting the award for being named 2012 West Virginia Conservation Farm of the Year earlier this month in Charleston, W.Va.

Pictured are, front row, from left, Jennifer Butler, Ginnie Butler, Bruce Butler Sr., Bruce Butler Jr., Greg Butler and West Virginia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass; and back row, Louis Aspey, acting state conservationist with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service; Gary Sawyer, president of the West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts; Alfred Lewis, state executive director of the USDA-Farm Service Agency; Susan Butler; Steve Cronin of Middletown Tractor Sales; and Paul Lewis, assistant director of outreach and community affairs for the WVU Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.

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( Submitted photo / January 12, 2013 )

Members of the Butler family are shown with West Virginia state agriculture officials after accepting the award for being named 2012 West Virginia Conservation Farm of the Year earlier this month in Charleston, W.Va. Pictured are, front row, from left, Jennifer Butler, Ginnie Butler, Bruce Butler Sr., Bruce Butler Jr., Greg Butler and West Virginia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass; and back row, Louis Aspey, acting state conservationist with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service; Gary Sawyer, president of the West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts; Alfred Lewis, state executive director of the USDA-Farm Service Agency; Susan Butler; Steve Cronin of Middletown Tractor Sales; and Paul Lewis, assistant director of outreach and community affairs for the WVU Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.

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