Dekalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award
Dekalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award
The DEKALB® Agricultural Accomplishment Award is awarded to one FFA student per chapter who exemplifies scholarship, commitment, work ethic and passion for pursuing a career in agriculture. The DEKALB® Agricultural Accomplishment Award is awarded to one FFA student per chapter each year. Each student nominated will receive a certificate, letter from the DEKALB® brand lead and a DEKALB® Ag Accomplishment Award pin following nomination. Each student nominated must be a high school senior.
These students demonstrate promising young talent and are the rising stars of agriculture. The following are the Dekalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award recipients:
1956 Robert Ontjes (Aplington FFA)
1960 Donald Poppens (Aplington FFA)
1961 Larry Schipper (Aplington FFA)
1962 Paul Schuck (Aplington FFA)
1963 Dale Janssen (Aplington FFA)
1964 Dennis "Tweetie" Geiken (Aplington FFA)
1965 Henry Jungling (Aplington FFA)
1966 Keith Lindaman (Aplington FFA)
1968 Alan Ostercamp (Aplington FFA)
1969 Joel Frey (Aplington FFA)
1970 Steve Sessler (Aplington FFA)
1971 Kieth Meester/Calvin Abbas (Aplington FFA)
1973 Dennis Harms (Aplington FFA)
1974 Wesley Huisinga (Aplington FFA)
1975 Rodney Wessels (Aplington FFA)
1976 Rick Klahsen (Aplington FFA)
1977 Leon Johnson (Aplington FFA)
1978 Mike Klahsen (Aplington FFA)
1983 Terry Ubben (Aplington FFA)
1984 Donavon Ubben (Aplington FFA)
1985 Stacey Sherburne (Aplington FFA)
1986 Clint Renken (Aplington FFA)
1987 Sally Johnson (Aplington FFA)
1988 Dave Neuberger (Aplington FFA)
1989 Todd Kalkwarf (Aplington FFA)
1992 Brent Johnson (Aplington FFA)
2016 Atlanta Groeneveld
2020 Kobe Riherd
2021 MaKenna Brouwer
2022 Abby Berends
2023 Hannah Bill
2024 Eli Schipper