| 1947 | Carrol Streeter |
| Farm Journal |
| 1948 | G. Emerson Markham, Manager |
| WGY & WRGB |
| 1949 | John M. Collins, Editor |
| Weekly Kansas City Star |
| 1950 | Kirk Fox, Editor |
| Successful Farming |
| 1951 | Walter Durham, Agricultural Writer |
| Memphis Commercial Appeal |
| 1952 | Clarence Poe, President |
| Progressive Farmer |
| 1953 | Robert Reed, Editor |
| Country Gentlemen |
| 1954 | Paul Johnson |
| Prairie Farmer |
| 1955 | Louis Wilson, Director of Information |
| National Plant Food Institute |
| 1956 | Gertrude Dieken, Women’s Editor |
| Farm Journal |
| 1957 | Donald R. Murphy, Editor |
| Wallace’s Farmer |
| 1958 | Edward W. Janike, Director |
| Nebraska Extension Service |
| 1959 | Stanley Andrews, Executive Director |
| NPAC |
| 1960 | Gerald L. Seaman, Radio & TV Director |
| Bert Gittins Advertising Agency |
| 1961 | Russell I. Thackery, Executive Secretary |
| American Association of State Universities & Land Grant Colleges |
| 1962 | J. Harold Florea, Editorial Director |
| Watt Publishing Co. |
| 1963 | Wallace Kadderly, retired |
| Formerly USDA, AID |
| 1964 | F. E. (Gene) Charles, Editor |
| The Furrow, John Deere and Co. |
| 1965 | Charles Scruggs, Editor |
| Progressive Farmer |
| 1966 | Lauren Soth |
| Des Moines Register and Tribune |
| 1967 | Roderick Turnbull, Farm Editor |
| The Kansas City Star |
| 1968 | Phillip Alampi, Secretary of Agriculture |
| New Jersey Department of Agriculture |
| 1969 | Ovid A. Martin |
| Associated Press |
| 1970 | Herb Plambeck, Assistant to Secretary |
| USDA |
| 1971 | Wayne E. Swegle, Managing Editor |
| Successful Farming |
| 1972 | Lane Palmer, Editor |
| Farm Journal |
| 1973 | Glenn Sample, Vice President |
| Indian Farm Bureau, Inc. |
| 1974 | Earl W. McMunn, Editor |
| Ohio Farmer |
| 1975 | Ferdie J. Deering, |
| Oklahoman & Times |
| 1976 | William S. McNamee |
| Delta Farm Press |
| 1977 | Bernard Brenner |
| United Press International |
| 1978 | Ralph Reynolds, Editor |
| The Furrow |
| 1979 | Orion Samuelson, Vice President |
| Agricultural Services, WGN-TV and Radio |
| 1980 | Emmerson Matson, Vice President |
| Evans/Pacific, Inc. |
| 1981 | Fred I. Jones, Vice President |
| Richardson, Myers & Donofrio, Inc. |
| 1982 | Robert G. Rupp, Editor/Associate Publisher |
| The Farmer |
| 1983 | Robert H. Williams, Editor |
| Pennsylvania Farmer |
| 1984 | Donald N. Collins, Vice President |
| Fertilizer Institute |
| 1985 | No award presented |
| 1986 | Thayne Cozart, Editor/Publisher |
| Farm Talk |
| 1987 | Richard Krumme, Editor |
| Successful Farming |
| 1988 | Sonja Hillgren, Agricultural Editor |
| United Press International |
| 1989 | Ward Sinclair, Agricultural Editor |
| The Washington Post |
| 1990 | Dewey Rand, Jr., Publisher |
| Capital Press |
| 1991 | Roy Reiman, Publisher |
| Reiman Brad Mills Magazines |
| 1992 | Allen Thomas Budd, Vice President-Publisher |
| Farm Progress Publications |
| 1993 | Martha Musgrove, Associate Editor |
| The Miami Herald |
| 1994 | Neil Sperry, Independent Author, Photographer, |
| and Gardening Expert |
| 1995 | Danita Allen, Journalist and Founder |
| Country America magazine |
| 1996 | Paul Weller, President |
| Agri/Washington |
| 1997 | Ed Johnson, President and Farm Director |
| Agricultural Comm, Inc. |
| 1998 | Len Richardson, Editor |
| California Farmer |
| 1999 | Charles Johnson, National Editor |
| Farm Journal |
| 2000 | John Holliman Jr., Reporter |
| CNN |
| 2001 | George Stuart Atkins, Founding Director |
| Developing Countries Farm Radio Network |
| 2002 | Paul G. Brower, Vice President of Corporate Relations |
| Gold Kist, Inc. |
| 2003 | Loren Kruse, Editor-in-Chief |
| Successful Farming and @griculture Online |
| 2004 | Lee Kline, Farm Broadcaster |
| WHO Radio |
| 2005 | Calvin Pigg, Editor |
| Southwest Farm Press |
| 2006 | Peter Hannam, President |
| First Line Seeds Ltd. |
| 2007 | Tony Hillerman, Author |
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