The Excellence in Ag Award recognizes and rewards outstanding INFB Young Farmers & Ag Professionals members who do not derive the majority of their income from an owned agricultural operation and have not in any of the past three years, but who actively contribute and grow their involvement in Farm Bureau and agriculture. Applications must be submitted via the online application portal. If you applied for the Excellence in Ag Award in 2020 or 2021, you can access your previous application by logging in with your existing Reviewr account.
Click here to access the new online application portal
Click here to access a previous application
Basic eligibility requirements
Three state finalists will be honored at the State Convention during the awards program.
The state winner and spouse receive:
All applications must be submitted via the online portal on or before May 1 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Scanned or emailed entries will not be accepted or qualify as a submission. A copy of the Excellence in Ag application is available to download so that you may preview the questions. If you use this document, you must paste your answers into the online version of the application to submit. Members who have completed applications in the past are still able
to access their old applications through the previous portal with their log-in
credentials, however, they will have to create a new account in our new portal
and copy and paste their application if they choose to resubmit.
Click here to access the NEW online application portal
Click here to access the PREVIOUS online application portal
The application is available to download, but applications must submitted using the online portal above.
Downloadable assets:
All applications and presentations will be judged by the same set of judges.
APPLICATION | POINTS | PERCENT |
Ag Involvement, Impact on Ag and Issues facing Ag. (Questions 2-4) | 180 points | 45% |
Goals (Question 5) | 40 points | 10% |
Leadership Experience (Question 6) | 170 points | 42.5% |
Application Form (Writing is clear, descriptive and free of grammatical errors | 10 points | 2.5% |
MAXIMUM POINTS | 400 points | 100%
(80% of Total Score)
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PRESENTATION | POINTS | PERCENT |
Delivery of Presentation | 30 points | 30.0% |
Content of Presentation | 40 points | 40.0% |
Responses to Questions | 30 points | 30.0% |
MAXIMUM POINTS | 100 points | 100%
(20% of Total Score)
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Meet Ryan and Marie Hilton, the 2021 YF&AP Excellence in Agriculture Award winners.