Please note: The Agri-Marketer of the Year Award was changed to the Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award in 2001. Below is an honor roll of the past Agri-Marketer/Agribusiness Leader of the Year awards.
Year |
Honoree | Company at time of award |
2010 |
Dave Seehusen | Land O'Lakes, Inc. |
2009 |
Leon Westbrock | CHS Inc. |
2008 |
Rick Tolman | National Corn Growers Association |
2007 |
Dale R. Ludwig | Missouri Soybean Assn. & Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council |
2006 |
George Thornton | Agriliance, LLC |
2005 |
James Irwin | Case IH |
2004 |
Bernie Staller | National FFA Organization |
2003 |
Richard Clauss | Hilmar Cheese Company/Clauss Dairy Farms |
2002 |
A. Charles Fischer | Dow AgroSciences |
2001 |
Emmett Barker | Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers |
2000 |
R.W. "Bud" Porter | Deere & Company |
1999 |
Bruce Bickner | DeKalb - Monsanto Global Seed Group |
1998 |
William Kirk | DuPont Agricultural Enterprises |
1997 |
Arnold Donald | Monsanto |
1996 |
H.D. "Harry" Cleberg | Farmland Industries, Inc. |
1995 |
Edward McMillan | Purina Mills |
1994 |
Dwayne Andreas | Archer Daniels Midland Company |
1993 |
Robert Wichmann | Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc. |
1992 |
Gary Parker | Lindsay Manufacturing Co. |
1991 |
William Griffith | American Cyanamid |
1990 |
Thomas Dille | Rhone-Poulenc Ag |
1989 |
Nicholas Babson | Babson Brothers Co. |
1988 |
Olin Andrews | Farmers Hybrid Companies |
1987 |
David Garst | Garst Seed Co. |
1986 |
Leo Bontempo | Novartis-Seeds |
1985 |
Dr. Kenneth Bader | American Soybean Assn. |
1984 |
John Churchman | Ford Tractor Operations |
1983 |
Owen Newlin | Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc. |
1982 |
Nicholas Reding | Monsanto Ag Group |
1981 |
Robert Lanphier | AGMED, Inc. |
1980 |
Joe Ecker | Gehl Co. |
1979 |
Robert Book | Elanco Animal Products/Eli Lily Co. |
1978 |
Roland Hendrickson | Pfizer Ag Division |
1977 |
Donald Fritz | Farmers Hybrid Co. |
1976 |
Harold Noren | DeKalb Ag Research |
1975 |
E.W. Cook | Cook Industries |
1974 |
Walt Buescher | Allis Chalmers |
1973 |
Bill Bricker | Diamond Shamrock Chemical |
1972 |
Fred Stines | Successful Farming |
1971 |
Del Walker | Funk Brother Seeds, Co. |
1970 |
Dr. James Affleck | American Cyanamid |
1969 |
Lyle Yost | Hesston Corp. |
1968 |
Dr. Robert Spitzer | Murphy Products |
1967 |
Emory Dearborn | Ford Tractor Operations |
1966 |
Maurice Turner | Amchem Products |
1965 |
George Varnes | Eli Lily Co. |
1964 |
Morris Reid | J.I. Case |
1963 |
W.J. Jensen | Butler Manufacturing |
1962 |
Don Murphy | Wallace's Farmer |
