TRIUMPH OF AGRICULTURE ANNUAL AGRI- AWARD

The Triumph of Agriculture Exposition established the Annual “Agri-Award” as part of Nebraska’s Centennial Celebration, in 1976 to recognize outstanding organizations and individuals that have contributed to the Agricultural Development in the Midwestern area. The 2008 winner is to be announced.

’08 -Dave Heineman - Nebraska Governor

’07 -Rick Parod, President & CEO of Lindsay Manufacturing

’91 – Virginia Smith – Former Member of Congress

’06 – Roger R. Wehrbein - Nebraska State Senator

’91 - Carl T. Curtis – Former Member of Congress & U.S. Senate

’05 – Sherman O. Berg – Aksarben

’90 - Charles M. Harper – Former Chairman of the Board & CEO – Con Agra, Inc.

’03 - Mike Johanns –Former Nebraska Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

’89 - Dr. Ronald W. Roskens – Former President University of Nebraska –Lincoln & CEO, President & Director of Agency for International Development – Action International, Inc.

’02 - Roger Flemmer – Former KFAB Farm Director

’88 - Clayton Yetter – Former U.S. Trade Ambassador & Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

’01 - Bryce P. Neidig – Former President Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation

’87 - Warren Nielson – Former KFAB Radio & KMTV Farm Director

’00 - Tony Raimondo – CEO, Behlen Manufacturing Company

’86 - Robert K. Fensler – Nebraska Farmer

’99 – Martin A. Massengale – President Emeritus, Director of the Center for Grassland Studies

’85 - Robert B Daugherty – Valmont Industries

’98 - Ben Nelson – Former Nebraska Governor and now U.S. Senator

’84 - Roman L. Hruska – Former U.S. Senator

’97 - Larry E. Sitzman – Former Director of Nebraska Department of Agriculture

’83 - Glenn H. LeDioyt – LeDioyt Land Company

’96 – Ronald E. Vavrina – CEO, Vavrina Implement Company

’83 - Hugh L. Tinley – Farmers National Company

’96 – Matthew “Bud” Fleischer – Fleischer Manufacturing Company

’82 - Ed Zorinsky – Former Omaha Mayor & U.S. Senator

’96 - Jere W. Fonda – Former CEO, John Day Company

’81 - Taylor Snow – The Snow Company

’95 – Jerome Warner – Former Nebraska State Senator

’80 - Leroy Barry – Midwest Retail Farm Equipment Dealers Association

’94 - Bob Kerrey – Former Nebraska Governor & U.S. Senator

’79 - Dick Becker – Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben

’93 – Edward T. Robinson, Jr. – President of J.C. Robinson Seed Company/Golden Harvest Seeds

’78 - Leonard Fleischer – Fleischer Manufacturing Company

’93 – Willard “Bill” Waldo – President of Waldo Farms

’77 - Don Ringler – Former Omaha World-Herald Farm Editor

’92 – Robert L. Peterson – Former Chairman, President and CEO, IBP, Inc.

‘76 - J. J. Exon – Former Nebraska Governor & U.S. Senator