Nominate Your Friends and Family!
Recipients of the following awards will be recognized at the Sandhills Global Event Center Fairgrounds VIP Banquet in November 2024.
Lancaster County Ag Society Hall of Fame
Please nominate a person who is deserving of this honor. Nomination forms are due by September 1 and submitted here.
At the 2010 Super Fair, the Lancaster County Agricultural Society unveiled the new Ag Society Hall of Fame located in the Business Center of the Lancaster Event Center. This wall formally recognizes those individuals who have dedicated time and effort to the Lancaster County Agricultural Society beyond the normal volunteer hours and have made significant contributions to the establishment, development, advancement or improvement of the Lancaster County Super Fair!
Inductees to date include:
⭐️ Peggy Brown
⭐️ Bob Muhlbach
⭐️ Gordon Chapelle
⭐️ Larry Hudkins
⭐️ Franklyn Manning
⭐️ Charlie Willnerd,
⭐️ Lorene Bartos
⭐️ Rod Hollman
⭐️ Don & Noreen Crawford
⭐️ Larry Pershing
⭐️ Bernie Heier
⭐️ Dick Confer
⭐️ Ted & Alice Doane
⭐️ Chet Hill
⭐️ Dwayne & Joan Wittstruck
⭐️ Gary Bergman
⭐️ Joe Hampton
⭐️ Harry Muhlbach
⭐️ Jim Countryman
⭐️ Ron Snover
⭐️ Marty Cruickshank
⭐️ Alan Wood
⭐️ Trudy Pedley
⭐️ Jay Wilkinson
⭐️ Pam Branson
⭐️ Roma Amundson
⭐️ Jerry and Marty Minchow
Nebraska Pioneer & Heritage Farm Awards
Nomination forms are due by April 15 and can be found here.
For over a half century, AKSARBEN Foundation has teamed up with the Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska Association of Fair Managers to present the Pioneer Farm Award, recognizing Nebraska farm families who have consecutively held ownership of land in the same family for 100 years or more.
More recently, AKSARBEN Foundation and the Nebraska Farm Bureau have announced the Heritage Farm Award, which recognizes Nebraska farm families who have consecutively held ownership of land within the same family for 150 years. To date, more than 9,000 families in all 93 counties have been honored. Recipients are presented a plaque and gatepost marker during the annual county fair in which the land is owned.
