| Name |
Company |
Years as President |
| O.J. Sommer |
Sommer Bros. Seed Co. |
1922-1925 |
| William Webb |
Webb’s Farm |
1926-1928 |
| W.E. Riegel |
Riegel Seed Co. |
1929-1932 |
| H.L. Stiegelmeier |
Stiegelmeier Seed |
1933-1935 |
| C.L. Gunn |
DeKalb Agriculture Assoc |
1936 |
| Charles Meharry |
|
1937 |
| C.E. Canterbury |
Canterbury Seed Co. |
1938 |
| E.G. Sieveking |
Funk Bros. Seed Co. |
1939-1940 |
| Geo L. Pfeifer |
|
1941-1942 |
| L.L. Lowe |
Lowe Seed Co. |
1943-1945 |
| Roy Burrus |
Burrus Bros. & Assoc. Growers |
1946-1947 |
| Hugh Morrison |
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. |
1948-1949 |
| J.L. Trisler |
Trisler Seed Farms |
1950-1951 |
| Glen Landers |
Landers Seed Co. |
1952-1953 |
| Emil Haudrich |
Haudrich Hybrid Corn Co. |
1954-1955 |
| Lyle Van Horn |
Van Horn Seed Co. |
1956-1957 |
| Harold Goodwin |
Funk Bros. Seed Co. |
1958-1959 |
| Martin Manning |
|
1960-1961 |
| Fred Cast |
Trisler Seed Farms |
1962-1963 |
| R.C. Ainsworth |
Ainsworth Seed Co. |
1964-1965 |
| Fred Bergmann |
Bergmann-Taylor Seeds, Inc. |
1966-1967 |
| William Stack |
W.R. Grace, PAG Div. |
1968 |
| Robert Kidd |
Moews Seed Co. |
1969-1970 |
| Wendell Turner |
Turner Seed & Supply |
1971-1972 |
| Carlin Morton |
Roy A. Morton & Sons |
1973-1974 |
| Joseph Mountjoy |
Mountjoy Hybrid Seed Co. |
1975-1977 |
| Theodore Sommer |
Sommer Bros. Seed Co. |
1978-1979 |
| James Baird |
Baird Seed Co. |
1980-1981 |
| Lynn Griffith |
Griffith Seed Co. |
1982-1983 |
| Fred Schneider |
Schneider Seeds |
1984-1985 |
| James Trisler |
Trisler Seed Farms |
1986-1987 |
| Ray Hummel |
GROWMARK |
1988-1989 |
| Tom Ainsworth |
Ainsworth Seed Co. |
1990-1991 |
| Larry Lewis |
Lewis Hybrids, Inc. |
1992-1993 |
| Gerry Rottmann |
Bergmann-Taylor Seeds, Inc. |
1994-1995 |
| Daryl Rolland |
DeKalb Genetics Corp. |
1996-1997 |
| Gene Swartz |
Wilken Seed Grains, Inc. |
1998-1999 |
| Lester Thorp |
Thorp Seed Co. |
2000-2001 |
| James (Jim) Sommer |
Sommer Bros. Seed Co. |
2002 |
| William (Bill) Rice |
W.A. Rice Seed Co. |
2003-2004 |
| Charles (Chuck) Simmons |
Bio-Plant Research, Ltd. |
2005-2006 |
| Tom Hunsley |
GROWMARK |
2007-2008 |
| Phil Jordan |
Gentech Seed Services |
2009-2010 |
| T.J. Hale |
Central Illinois Production, LLC |
2011-2012 |
| Nels Kasey |
Great Heart Seed |
2013-2014 |
| John Hiser |
Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. |
2015-2016 |
| Mike Vanausdoll |
Kitchen Seed Co. |
2017-2018 |
| Doug Baird |
Baird Seed Co. |
2019-2020 |
| Dale Wehmeyer |
Wehmeyer Seed Co. |
2021-2022 |
| Randy Wilken |
ProHarvest Seeds, Inc. |
2023-Present |
