ISPA GOLDEN EGG AWARD
The ISPA Golden Egg Award was established to honor individuals that have gone above and beyond in their service to the poultry industry in the great state of Indiana. It is awarded on the night of the annual ISPA Poultry Banquet, held in February each year. If you would like to nominate an individual for the ISPA Golden Egg Award, you can use the form below to submit your nomination. All nominated individuals will be presented to the ISPA Board during the November ISPA Board Meeting, at which time they will select, by secret ballot, an individual to receive the ISPA Golden Egg Award. If you have any questions on the ISPA Golden Egg Award, please feel free to reach out to us at (765) 496-3594.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2024 - Marcus Rust, Rose Acre Farms
2023 - Paul Wm. Brennan, Indiana State Poultry Association & Linda Brennan, Indiana State Poultry Association
2022 - No Golden Egg Award Presented
2021 - No Golden Egg Award Presented
2020 - Thomas Schaffer, Perdue Farms
2019 - Curt Schmidt, Hy-Line North America
2018 - Cal Jackson, Creighton Brothers
2017 - Frank Johndrew, Hy-Line North America
2016 - Dr. Pat Wakenell, Purdue Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
2015 - Ron Truex, Creighton Brothers
2014 - Ron Longyear, MPS Egg Farms
2013 - Dr. Patricia Hester, Purdue University Animal Science Department
2012 - Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman
2011 - Dr. Leon Thacker, Purdue Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
2010 - Anne Hazlett, Chief Counsel, Minority Staff, US Senate Agriculture Committee
2009 - Dr. Michael Kopp, Indiana Board of Animal Health
2008 - Bob Krouse, MPS Egg Farms
2007 - Andy Rhorer, National Poultry Improvement Plan Office
2006 - Larry Seger, Wabash Valley Produce
2005 - Dr. Bret Marsh, Indiana Board of Animal Health
2004 - Howard Brembeck, Chore-Time Equipment
2003 - David W. Rust, Rose Acre Farms
2002 - Eldon Hostettler, Ziggity Systems
2001 - Ralph Heine, Gobblers Retreat
2000 - Terry Tucker, Maple Leaf Farms
Contact the ISPA Office to see a list of ISPA Golden Egg Award Winners going back to 1948!