The deadline for submitting nominations for the Agribusiness Leader and NAMA Marketer of the Year awards is January 15, 2010. Both awards will be presented at the 2010 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 21-23 in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n
Agribusiness Leader of the Year<\/strong> Fill out the nomination form on-line now at http:\/\/www.nama.org\/awards\/agribusinessform.htm<\/strong><\/a>. Or download the Agribusiness Leader Nomination form in an Adobe .PDF format by visiting, http:\/\/www.nama.org\/awards\/agbusapplication.pdf<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n 2009 Leon Westbrock, CHS, Inc. NAMA Marketer of the Year<\/strong> Fill out the nomination form on-line now at http:\/\/www.nama.org\/awards\/namamarketerform.htm<\/strong><\/a> or download the NAMA Marketer of the Year nomination form in an Adobe .PDF format by visiting, http:\/\/www.nama.org\/awards\/mktrapplication.pdf<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Please note: <\/strong>This award was created in 2001. Below are the past NAMA Marketer of the Year award recipients.<\/p>\n 2009 Jon Anderson, OPEN ROADS The deadline for submitting nominations for the Agribusiness Leader and NAMA Marketer of the Year awards is January 15, 2010. Both awards will be presented at the 2010 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 21-23 in Kansas City, Missouri. Agribusiness Leader of the Year The Agribusiness Leader of the Year is NAMA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highest honor. The award honors an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Agribusiness Leader of the Year is NAMA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highest honor. The award honors an outstanding leader in agribusiness, education, government service or other agribusiness related areas. Nominees do not need to be NAMA members.<\/p>\n
\n2008 Rick Tolman, National Corn Growers Association
\n2007 Dale Ludwig, MO Soybean Assn. & MO Soybean Merchandising Council
\n2006 George Thornton, Agriliance, LLC
\n2005 James Irwin, Case IH
\n2004 Bernie Staller, National FFA Organization
\n2003 Richard Clauss, Hilmar Cheese Company\/Clauss Dairy Farms
\n2002 A. Charles Fischer, Dow AgroSciences
\n2001 Emmett Barker, Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers
\n2000 R.W. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bud\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Porter, Deere & Company
\n1999 Bruce Bickner, DeKalb-Monsanto Global Seed Group
\n1998 William Kirk, DuPont Agricultural Enterprises
\n1997 Arnold Donald, Monsanto
\n1996 H.D. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Harry\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cleberg, Farmland Industries, Inc.
\n1995 Edward McMillan, Purina Mills
\n1994 Dwayne Andreas, Archer Daniels Midland Company
\n1993 Robert Wichmann, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc.
\n1992 Gary Parker, Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
\n1991 William Griffith, American Cyanamid
\n1990 Thomas Dille, Rhone-Poulenc Ag
\n1989 Nicholas Babson, Babson Brothers Co.
\n1988 Olin Andrews, Farmers Hybrid Companies
\n1987 David Garst, Garst Seed Co.
\n1986 Leo Bontempo, Novartis Seeds
\n1985 Dr. Kenneth Bader, American Soybean Assn.
\n1984 John Churchman, Ford Tractor Operations
\n1983 Owen Newlin, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc.
\n1982 Nicholas Reding, Monsanto Ag Group
\n1981 Robert Lanphier, AGMED, Inc.
\n1980 Joe Ecker, Gehl Co.
\n1979 Robert Book, Elanco Animal Products\/Eli Lily Co.
\n1978 Roland Hendrickson, Pfizer Ag Division
\n1977 Donald Fritz, Farmers Hybrid Co.
\n1976 Harold Noren, DeKalb Ag Research
\n1975 E.W. Cook, Cook Industries
\n1974 Walt Buescher, Allis Chalmers
\n1973 Bill Bricker, Diamond Shamrock Chemical
\n1972 Fred Stines, Successful Farming
\n1971 Del Walker, Funk Brother Seed Co.
\n1970 Dr. James Affleck, American Cyanamid
\n1969 Lyle Yost, Hesston Corp.
\n1968 Dr. Robert Spitzer, Murphy Products
\n1967 Emory Dearborn, Ford Tractor Operations
\n1966 Maurice Turner, Amchem Products
\n1965 George Varnes, Eli Lily Co.
\n1964 Morris Reid, J.I. Case
\n1963 W.J. Jensen, Butler Manufacturing
\n1962 Don Murphy, Wallace\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Farmer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nNAMA recognizes its active members with senior management of marketing and\/or sales responsibilities with the NAMA Marketer of the Year award. This award is the most prestigious honor awarded to an active member of the association and honors outstanding accomplishments in the field of agri-marketing directly to ag producers. Nominees MUST<\/strong> be NAMA members.<\/p>\n
\n2008 Dave Rhylander, Delta & Pine Land \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Division of Monsanto Co.
\n2007 Phil Johnson, Colle+McVoy
\n2006 Tom Davis, Meredith Corporation
\n2005 Rick Turner, Gustafson, LLC
\n2004 Raymond Hoyum, IMC Global
\n2003 James Seaver, AGCO Corporation
\n2002 Donald Hecht, Elanco Animal Health
\n2001 Wendell Knehans, Monsanto-Corn States<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"