2020 Conservation Farmer of the Year named 12/20/20 10:19 PM Bruce Shoemaker of Vallonia has been named the 2020 Conservation Farmer of the Year by the Jackson County Soil and Water District. Submitted photo Staff Reports A Vallonia farmer recently was named 2020 Conservation Farmer of the Year by the Jackson County Soil and Water District. Bruce Shoemaker grew up feeding cattle on the sand hills of Driftwood Township, according to a news release from the district. As he worked the ground, he watched the topsoil either blow away or have sheet erosion displace it. Likewise, tillage in the East Fork White River bottoms causing soil movement was commonplace.