Rotary agriculturalist award goes to Seaworth

March 04, 2009
The Wellington

Wellington (Colorado) farmer Troy Seaworth in February received the Rotary Master Agriculturalist Award for 2008.

He is the third generation of Seaworths to receive this coveted award. His grandfather, Harlan Seaworth, was honored in 1968 and his father, Richard Seaworth, received the award in 1997.

The Seaworths have been innovative leaders in agriculture production for many years. Troy Seaworth continues to farm land his grandfather purchased in 1945 along County Road 70 northwest of Wellington (Colorado) where the operation grows sugar beets, pinto beans, corn and wheat, and overwinters cattle on corn stalks.

The farm now uses strip tilling for its row crops to reduce costs, prevent erosion, conserve water and improve soil tilth. For wheat, Seaworth uses minimum till planting methods.

Seaworth, 34, is a graduate of Poudre High School and Kansas State University with a bachelor of science degree in crop science. He is president of the Fort Collins Soil Conservation Board, serves on the Colorado Dry Bean Administrative Committee, and is a county committee member for the Larimer County Farm Service Agency. He also oversees the family’s Nebraska farm operation.