Iffts win conservation award

Jim, Julie and Josh Ifft accept a conservation partner award from the LCSWCD in Pontiac Thursday morning.

The Jim Ifft family of rural Fairbury received a Conservation Partner award from the Livingston County Soil and Water Conservation District during the group's annual meeting in Pontiac Thursday morning.

Several awards were handed out at the event and University of Illinois professor Jonathan Coppess was the keynote speaker, talking about the new 2018 Farm Bill.