This year's Master Farmers join Illinois' best. Here are all of the Master Farmers honored by Prairie Farmer since the program was re-invigorated in 1968.

1968

Clarence Allbritten*

Glenn Brown

A.J. Cording*

Arthur Essington*

John Harber*

Frank Kern*

Jack Moran*

William Travis*

Harry Turley

Bob Yoder

1969

John Ammon

Dick Anson

Fred Baumberger

Jack Brown

Wayne Fell

Albert Gehlbach*

Eddie Gilmore

Allen Hoffman

John Keller

John Kinscherff

Richard Muehling*

Philip Snell*

Albert Webb*

William Wyffels*

1970

John Albin

Bob Armstrong* 

Edmund Daily*

Dave Dickey, Sr.*

Carl Guebert*

Ray Larson

Bill Pfeffer*

Harold Steele

Daryle Tegeder    

1971

George Brauer*

Jim Cravens

Ken Gorden

Walt Stemler*

Wilbert Stevenson

Don Wilken

1972

Wayne Clark*

Harold Council

Bob Gilmore*

Russ Jeckel

Cornelius Rietveld

Dale Schaufelberger

Frank Simpson*

1973

Bill Curry

Bill Furry

Laverne Johnson*

Jim Monier*

Al Unverfehrt

1974

Stewart Carlisle*

Keith Jones

Harold Kuehn

Jack Rundquist

Richard Stone*

1975

Lyle Grace*

Paul McClure

Dale McKee*

Wayne Maschhoff

Donald Morris*

1976

John Beckett*

Bob Hamilton

Paul Kermicle

Harold Rice

Lester Stone*

Charles Weingart*

1977

Carl Behme

Rollie Main

Carl Marriott

Wayne Niewold

Wilbur Paulus

1978

Paul Beetz*

John Huftalin

Jerry King

Bill McFadden

Harold Milliman*

Bob Provines*

1979

Bill Baumgartner*

Melvin Parkhurst*

Leo Pfeiffer*

Del Scheider

Roger Wegehenkel

Jim Willrett*

1980

Wayne Heberer

Don Huftalin

John Irwin*

Ken Riskedal*

Elmo Springer

1981

Sherwood Danner*

Charles Diehl

Kenneth Kesler

Willard Severns*

Roger Steimel

Don Zimmerman

1982

Maurice DeSutter, Jr.

Eldon Gould

Gilbert Hennenfent

Paul Montavon*

Orlo Ruppert*

1983

Allen Aves

Ross Gates*

Virgil Rosendale

Richard Rubenacker*

J. George Smith

Marvin Warner*

1984

John Curtin

John Kellogg

Bill Lenschow

Dale Mowery

1985

George Helman

I. Ron Lawfer

Ralph Sloman

1986

Hilding Allen

Ned Brown

Richard Rayburn

William Taake*

1987

Joe Bicknell

Neil Pistorius

Ken Rehn*

Harold Stahl

1988

Preston Carson

Donald Grubb

Harry Herrmann

Robert Wilson

1989

Laverl Byers

Sonny Eddleman

Dean Ganschow

Glenn Meyer

1990

Leland Behnken

Tom Fenstermaker

Stephen Moser

Melvin Offenheiser*

1991

Edward Arndt

Floyd Bohlen

James Smith*

Levi Yoder

1992

Erval Borgic

Milo Thurston*

Howard Vohland

Ronald Warfield

1993

Ernest Garbe

Gerald Hartmann

Norman Karg

Russell Stewart

Gary Timpner

1994

William Beeler

Gerald Carney

Ray Hankes

Edward Peterson

1995

Wilbert E. Buchholz*

Dennis Endress

Larry Fesser

Keith C. Kesler

1996

Wayne Danekas*

Mike Hennenfent

Dan Meinhart

Rollie Moore

1997

Jerry Bemis

Darrell Lasswell

John Reifsteck

Ralph Walter

1998

Bob Johnson

Melvin Schweizer

Leroy Scott

Duane Torrance

1999

Kendall Cole

Wayne Gleim

Marvin Perzee

Terry Wolf

2000

Gene Lane            

Richard Maloney

William Olthoff

Gene Youngquist

2001

Kent Krukewitt    

Philip Nelson

Wendell Shauman

Ralph Timpner

2002

Jack Erisman

Randy Newcomb

David Ruppert

Bob Thurston

2003

Henry Bullock

Brad Daugherty

David Erickson

Kevin Green

Randy Sims

2004

Stanley Blunier    

Lamar Fesser*

Thomas Mueller

James Niewold

2005

Rollo Burnett       

Richard Martin

Doug Miller

Russell Rosenboom

2006

Richard Guebert

Steve Stierwalt

Jim Walter

Larry Wernsing

2007

David Downs

Ronald Fehr

Bill Gray

Henry Kallal

2008

Roger Allaman*

Leon Corzine

Jim Patterson

Gary Wachtel

2009

Doug Block

Tom Block

Randy Lambdin

Rick Nelson

Kent Schleich

2010

Ray Defenbaugh

Garry Niemeyer

Terry Pope

Jamie Willrett

Honorary Master Farmers

1972                                                      

Charles L. Gunn*

Robert J. Webb*

1973

Harry G. Russell*                

1974

Charles B. Shuman*

1976

Earl M. Hughes* 

1977

George McKibben*

John K. Morris

1978

G. R. Carlisle

1980

Harvey Woods*

1986

J.M. Holcomb*

1989

Nye Bouslog

1994

Len Gardner

2003

Orion Samuelson

2010

Jim Evans