Annual Award Winners
BIF presents several awards each year at the annual convention to individuals who have made significant contributions to the beef industry and Beef Improvement Federation.

Award Winner Recipients: 
Commercial Producer of the Year Award Recipients
  • 2006 - Pitchfork Farm
  • 2005 - Prather Ranch
  • 2004 - Olsen Ranches, Inc.
  • 2003 - Tailgate Ranch, Kansas
  • 2002 - John & Terry Griffith, Connie Griffith, Kansas
Seedstock Producer of the Year Award Recipients
  • 2006 - Sauk Valley Angus
  • 2005 - Rishel Angus
  • 2004 - Camp Cooley Ranch, Texas
  • 2002 - Circle A Ranch, Missouri
Continuing Service Award Recipients
  • 2006 Jimmy Holliman
  • 2006 Lisa Kriese-Anderson
  • 2006 David Notter
  • 2005 Jerry Lipsey
  • 2005 Mike MacNeil
  • 2005 Terry O'Neill
  • 2005 Robert Williams
  • 2004 Chris Christensen
  • 2004 Richard McClung
  • 2004 Robert Hough
  • 2004 Steve Kappens
  • 2003 Sherry Doubet
  • 2003 Ronnie Green
  • 2003 Dr. Ronnie Silcox
  • 2003 Dr. Connee Quinn
  • 2002 Bill Hohenboken
  • 2002 Galen Fink KS
  • 2002 S. R. Evans, MS
  • 2001 Don Boggs SD
  • 2001 Kent Andersen CO
  • 2001 William Altenburg CO
  • 2000 Jed Dillard FL
  • 2000 Ron Bolze KS
  • 1999 Norman Vincil VA
  • 1999 Gary Johnson KS
  • 1999 John Hough GA
  • 1999 Bruce Golden CO
  • 1998 Burke Healey OK
  • 1998 Richard Gilbert TX
  • 1998 Keith Bertrand GA
  • 1997 Gene Rouse IA
  • 1997 Russell Danielson ND
  • 1997 Glenn Brinkman TX
  • 1996 Doug L. Hixon WY
  • 1996 Harlan D. Ritchie MI
  • 1995 Brian Pogue CAN
  • 1995 Pat Goggins MT
  • 1995 Paul Bennett VA
  • 1994 Dr. Doyle Wilson IA
  • 1994 Steve Radakovich IA
  • 1994 Marvin D. Nichols IA
  • 1994 Loren Jackson TX
  • 1994 Bruce E. Cunningham MT
  • 1993 Charles McPeake GA
  • 1993 Robert McGuire AL
  • 1993 Henry W. Webster SC
  • 1992 Leonard Wulf MN
  • 1992 Jack Chase WY
  • 1991 John Crouch MO
  • 1990 Robert Dickinson KS
  • 1989 Roger McCraw NC
  • 1988 Bruce Howard CAN
  • 1987 Jim Gibb MO
  • 1987 Daryl Strohbehn IA
  • 1987 Bill Borror CA
  • 1986 Earl Peterson MT
  • 1986 Ken W. Ellis CA
  • 1986 Larry Benyshek GA
  • 1985 Roy Wallace OH
  • 1985 Dick Spader MO
  • 1985 Jim Glenn IBIA
  • 1984 Craig Ludwig MO
  • 1984 M. K. Cook GA
  • 1984 James Bennett VA
  • 1983 Art Linton MT
  • 1982 J. D. Mankin ID
  • 1981 Mark Keffeler SD
  • 1980 Glenn Butts PR
  • 1980 Jim Gosey NE
  • 1979 William Durfey NAAB
  • 1979 C. K. Allen MO
  • 1978 Paul D. Miller WI
  • 1978 James S. Brinks CO
  • 1978 Martin Jorgensen SD
  • 1977 Lloyd Schmitt MT
  • 1977 Don Vaniman MT
  • 1976 Ray Meyer, SD
  • 1976 A. L. Eller, Jr., VA
  • 1975 J. David Nichols, IA
  • 1975 Dixon D. Hubbard, DC
  • 1975 Larry V. Cundiff, NE
  • 1974 Frank H. Baker, OK
  • 1974 D. D. Bennett, OR
  • 1974 Richard Willham, IA
  • 1973 F. R. Carpenter, CO
  • 1973 E. J. Warwick, DC
  • 1973 Robert DeBaca, IA
  • 1972 Clarence Burch, OK
Ambassador Award Recipients
  • 2006 - Belinda Ary
  • 2005 - Steve Suther
  • 2004 - Kindra Gordon
  • 2003 - Troy Marshall, Seedstock Digest, CO
  • 2002 - Joe Roybal, Beef Magazine MN
  • 2001 - Greg Hendersen, Drovers, KS
  • 2000 - Wes Ishmael, Clear Point Communications, TX
  • 1999 - Shauna Rose Hermel, Angus Journal & Beef Magazine, MO
  • 1998 - Keith Evans, American Angus Association, MO
  • 1997 - Bill Miller, Beef Today, KS
  • 1996 - Ed Bible, Hereford World, MO
  • 1995 - Nita Effertz, Beef Today, ID
  • 1994 - Hayes Walker, III, America's Beef Cattleman, KS
  • 1993 - J. T. "Johnny" Jenkins,Livestock Breeder Journal, GA
  • 1991 - Dick Crow, Western Livestock Journal, CO
  • 1990 - Robert C. DeBaca, The Ideal Beef Memo, IA
  • 1989 - Forrest Bassford, Western Livestock Journal, CO
  • 1988 - Fred Knop, Drovers Journal, KS
  • 1987 - Chester Peterson, Simmental Shield, KS
  • 1986 - Warren Kester, Beef Magazine, MN
Frank Baker Memorial Scholarship Award Winners
  • 2006 - Amy Kelley
  • 2006 - Jamie Williams
  • 2005 - David Kirschten
  • 2005 - Matthew Cleveland
  • 2004 - Reynold Bergen
  • 2004 - Angel Rios-Utrera
  • 2003 - Charles Andrew McPeake, Michigan State University
  • 2003 - Fernando F. Cardoso - Michigan State University
  • 2002 - Katherine A. Donoghue - University of Georgia
  • 2002 - K. A. Nephawe - University of Nebraska
  • 2001 - J. M. Rumph - University of Nebraska
  • 2001 - K. A. Nephawe - University of Nebraska
  • 2000 - Katherine A. Donoghue - University of Georgia
  • 2000 - Paul L. Cahrteris - Colorado State University
  • 1999 - Janice M. Rumph - University of Nebraska
  • 1999 - Bruce C. Shanks - Montana State University
  • 1998 - Patrick Doyle - Colorado State University
  • 1998 - Shannon M. Schafer - Cornell University
  • 1997 - Robert Williams - University of Georgia
  • 1997 - Rebecca K. Splan - University of Nebraska
  • 1996 - D. H. "Denny" Crews, Jr. - Louisiana State University
  • 1996 - Lowell S. Gould - University of Nebraksa
  • 1995 - Dan Moser - University of Georgia
  • 1995 - D. H. "Denny" Crews, Jr. - Louisiana State University
  • 1994 - Kelly W. Bruns - Michigan State University
  • 1994 - William Herring - University of Georgia
Award Selection Forms and Procedure



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