The Award

The Agronomic Achievement Award was established by the Department of Agronomy in 2000, to recognize and honor alumni and friends of the department for contributions to the agronomic profession or industry.

Since its creation, the award has been given to nearly 40 people, and we look forward to continuing this tradition with our next four recipients.

2026 Ceremony

Friday, April 17th

Lilly Hall of Life Sciences
915 Mitch Daniels Blvd
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Our 2026 Recipients

Melissa Bell

Plant Breeding & Genetics
BS 2011 | MS 2013

Ty Brown

Agronomy
BS 1996

Carl Joern

Agronomy
BS 2014

Bart Lofton

NRES | Agronomy
BS 1995 | MS 1997

More Information Coming Soon

Keep an eye on this page as we finalize all the details!