AGRICULTURAL
HALL OF FAME
Honoring Florida’s
Great Agriculturalists
33rd Annual
CEREMONIES
February 15, 2011
Special Events Center
The Florida State Fair
Master of Ceremonies
Jack M. Payne
Jack Payne is the Senior Vice President
for Agriculture and Natural Resources at the
University of Florida. Prior to his current
position he was the Vice President for
Extension and Outreach at Iowa State
University, and previous to Iowa State, he
was Vice President and Dean for University
Extension at Utah State University.
Jack also has experience at two other
land-grant institutions: Pennsylvania State
University, where he served on the faculty of
the School of Forest Resources, and, later, at
Texas A&M University, where he served as a
faculty member in the Fisheries and Wildlife
Department.
After leaving Texas A&M University, Jack
had a long career with Ducks Unlimited (DU),
as their National Director of Conservation.
While at Ducks Unlimited, some of his
successes included the development of DU’s
private lands program with agriculture, the
development of a national
conservation easement program and the
expansion of their Mexican program to
Central and South America.
Jack received his M.S. in Aquatic
Ecology and his Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology
from Utah State University and is a graduate of the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard
University. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the
University of Florida. Jack is a member of the Board of Directors for the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. He is a
recent Chair of the Policy Board of Directors for the Board on Agriculture Assembly, Association of Public
and Land-grant Universities.
OFFICERS
President..........................................................................................Reggie Brown
Vice President..................................................................................Wayne Harris
Secretary...........................................................................Robert M. (Myke) Morris
Treasurer....................................................................................... Kevin Metheny
Historian............................................................................................. Chip Hinton
Board of Directors
Eugene Badger
Glenn Bissett
L.M. Buddy Blain
David Bridges
Reggie Brown
Lyn Cacella
Barbara Carlton
Amy Carpenter
Duke Chadwell
Sarah Childs
Candace Fulford
Lisa Gaskella
Hugh Gramling
Jim Handley
Wayne Harris
David Herndon
Chip Hinton
Lisa Hinton
Ray Hodge
John Hooker
Lisa Lochridge
Kevin Metheny
Myke Morris
Bob Morris
Patsy Nathe
Ron O’Connor
Danny Raulerson
Denise Stembridge
Jim Spratt
Judi Whitson
COOPERATORS
Vina Jean Banks
Cheryl Flood
Stephen Gran
Jemy Hinton
Chuck Pesano
Susan Reese
Ron Thomas
Pam Waldon
2011 OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Reception – 5:30 p.m..................................Special Events Center
Dinner – 7:00 p.m.......................................Special Events Center
Welcome......................................................Reggie Brown, President
Florida Agricultural
Hall of Fame Foundation
Emcee..........................................................Dr. Jack M. Payne
Senior Vice President for
Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of Florida
Presentation of Members 2011....................Honorable Adam H. Putnam
Commissioner of Agriculture
www.flaghalloffame.com
2011 Inductees
Bill and Trudy Carey of Brandon
Bill Carey was a leader in the Florida cattle and dairy industries, and his
wife Trudy continues to play an important role in Florida agriculture today.
Together Bill and Trudy founded the Carey Cattle Company, Russell’s Dairy,
Carey Beef, Inc., Carey Feedlot, Inc., and Carey Agri-International. In
addition, the Careys generously volunteered their time with numerous
agricultural and youth organizations.
Bill was born in Calamine, Wisconsin, the eighth of nine children, and
grew up on a small family farm where he learned how to milk and care for
dairy cows. From an early age, his passion was cattle. Trudy also grew up on
a family farm in Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin
in Madison with a degree in English education. In the late 1950s, as newlyweds, Bill and Trudy moved to Brandon, Florida, with the idea of starting a
cattle business.
They started the Carey Cattle Company with a truckload of Holstein cows that they hoped to sell at the
livestock market in Tampa but ended up selling to a cattleman from Cuba. They spent the next 40 years
supplying dairy cows to Florida dairymen and shipping cattle internationally to South and Central America,
Puerto Rico, Africa, and the Middle East.
In 1962 Bill was diagnosed with tuberculosis and hospitalized for nine months. During this time, Trudy
ran the business singlehandedly. After Bill recovered, Trudy continued to manage the financial side of
things. Together, she and Bill built a family business that eventually grew to include a 2,000-acre ranch,
two dairies milking approximately 750 cows, a cattle brokerage firm, a feedlot, a trucking business, and an
international livestock export business.
In the 1980s, Carey Cattle was the largest exporter of dairy cattle in Florida. Bill originated the idea
of “climatizing” cattle before export by bringing cattle from the Midwest to Brandon where they would
be given time to grow accustomed to a warmer climate. Overseas buyers quickly noticed that the Careys’
cattle adapted much faster to their new environment than cattle purchased elsewhere.
Despite the demands of a sprawling and successful business, Bill volunteered with a variety of
agricultural and youth organizations, including FFA, 4-H, and the Florida State Fair. He helped 4-H and
FFA kids find animals to raise for their beef and dairy projects. He gave them advice and helped them find
space to raise their cows. He and Trudy frequently opened their farm for tours by school groups. Trudy
was also actively involved in Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, a non-profit that promotes agricultural
education.
Bill and Trudy were leaders in their local, state, and national cattlemen’s and cattlewomen’s associations.
Trudy was elected president of the Florida Cattlewomen’s Association in 1987 and Chairman of the Florida
Beef Council in 1992. She served two terms on the National Beef Promotion and Research Board. She was
also president of the American National Cattlewomen Foundation for four years.
In 1981 Bill received the Outstanding Award for Quality Milk Production from the Florida Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The department named Trudy its Woman of the Year in Agriculture
in 1997. That same year, Trudy received the Harvest Award for Outstanding Service to Hillsborough
County Agriculture.
Bill Carey died in 1997. Trudy Carey lives in Brandon and still manages the family business. The
Careys have three children and six grandchildren.
2011 Inductees
Pat Cockrell of Archer
Pat Cockrell is a former agriculture teacher and a longtime leader of the
Florida Farm Bureau. Through his work with the public schools and the Farm
Bureau and his volunteer efforts with 4-H and FFA, he has been a tireless
champion of agriculture, especially agricultural research and education.
Born in 1946 in Lakeland, Cockrell earned a bachelor’s degree in
agriculture from the University of Florida. From 1970 to 1975 he taught
vocational agriculture at Bartow High School. During this period he was
recognized by the National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association as one
of the five best vocational ag teachers in the nation.
He joined the Florida Farm Bureau Federation as a field representative in
1978. He later served as the organization’s director of agricultural policy. For
the last 30 years he has served as assistant to the president, aiding the
president of the Farm Bureau in all aspects of management and board relations. He advises the board and
staff and serves as resident agent and assistant secretary-treasurer for the Florida Farm Bureau Companies.
Cockrell’s accomplishments in this position are many. In the mid-1980s he worked with Agriculture
Commissioner Doyle Conner’s staff to help create a citrus canker indemnification plan. The plan included a
historic agreement by the federal government to help foot the bill for lost trees.
In the early 1990s, when the North American Free Trade Agreement was being debated in Congress,
Cockrell coordinated a visit to Mexico by a group of Florida citrus growers that helped highlight the dangers
that the agreement could pose to Florida agriculture. Informed opposition to NAFTA helped set the stage
for future debate on trade pacts that could be detrimental to Florida and American agriculture.
When a major infestation of the Mediterranean fruit fly threatened Florida’s citrus industry in the 1990s,
Cockrell spearheaded the Farm Bureau’s efforts to explain the Medfly threat to the public and generate
support for eradication efforts. Thanks to strong public backing, the eradication was swift and successful.
When funding for the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) was
severely threatened in 2008, Cockrell served as president of the UF/IFAS Agriculture Council, an advisory
group. He played a major role in helping to ensure that IFAS budget cuts would not be disproportionate to
those for the rest of the university.
Cockrell is a strong supporter of FFA and 4-H programs in Florida, giving freely of his time and energy.
He is also actively involved with the Florida Young Farmers and Ranchers program. He was instrumental
in establishing the Banner Center for Agriscience at the Florida Farm Bureau and now works as the center’s
grant administrator. The Banner Center’s mission is to build a strong connection between the agriculture
industry and agriculture education in Florida. It allows the agriculture community to partner with educators
to develop high school curriculum that will prepare students for jobs in modern agriscience.
Cockrell is committed to strengthening agricultural education in Florida. He has led numerous industry
committees and task forces in designing and evaluating curricula. He assisted in the development of the
Florida Agriscience Education Leadership Program, a teacher training program, and he recently accepted
a lead role in the development of industry certification programs for students who complete secondary and
postsecondary agricultural education programs.
Cockrell’s many years of service to agriculture have brought him many honors. In 1999 he received the
Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit, and the Special Service Award from the Florida Seed Association. He
received the IFAS Scholar Award in 2001, and a Blue and Gold Award from Florida FFA in 2007. He has
been named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Florida.
Pat Cockrell still works for the Florida Farm Bureau. He lives in Archer with his wife Janice. They have
five children and seven grandchildren.
2011 Inductees
Paul Lyrene of Micanopy
Dr. Paul Lyrene is a world-renowned plant breeder who has dedicated his
career to the development of early ripening, high-quality blueberry cultivars
that are productive in Florida’s humid, subtropical climate. His work has been
critical to the development of the Florida blueberry industry. As University of
Florida horticulture professor Dr. Jeff Williamson says, “The Florida blueberry
industry quite simply would not exist today if not for Dr. Lyrene’s work.”
Born in 1946, Lyrene grew up on a small farm in Fairhope, Alabama,
where his parents made a living selling hatching eggs. They also raised cattle,
grew pecans and tung-nuts, and harvested timber. As a child, Lyrene was
always interested in plants. In high school he became fascinated by the work
of famed plant breeder Luther Burbank, who developed the Burbank potato,
the Santa Rosa plum, and the Shasta daisy in the early 1900s.
Lyrene graduated from Auburn University in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree
in botany. He went on to study plant breeding and work as a student assistant in the oats breeding program
at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned a master’s degree in 1970. He was drafted into the Army
and served from 1970 to 1972. He earned a doctorate in plant breeding from the University of Wisconsin
in 1974. Following graduation, he got a job at the University of Florida’s Everglades Experiment Station in
Belle Glade, breeding sugarcane. In 1977 he moved to Gainesville to head up UF’s blueberry breeding
program. Over the course of the next 32 years, he developed and patented 23 named varieties of
blueberries. Eight other numbered varieties are currently pending release that will also be patented.
Lyrene’s new blueberry varieties had many desirable characteristics. He bred varieties that produce fruit
three to four weeks earlier than other varieties (when the market price is higher), that are disease resistant
and live longer, that yield more, that have bigger, better-tasting fruit, and that bear firmer, crisper fruit that
ships better and has a longer shelf life. He also focused on “low-chill” varieties that that don’t need much
cold weather in order to flower and fruit. Lyrene’s emphasis on low-chill and early ripening characteristics
has given Florida growers the opportunity to produce berries at a time of year when they can’t be grown
anywhere else in the country. This means there is more demand for Florida blueberries and growers can sell
them at a better price.
“While it is possible to grow blueberries in Florida without using Dr. Lyrene’s varieties, it is not
economically feasible,” William Braswell, president of the Florida Blueberry Growers Association, explains.
With low-chill varieties and early ripening we can fill a global void in blueberry production.”
Florida is now home to a thriving commercial blueberry industry that relies almost exclusively on
cultivars released by Lyrene’s breeding program. In the mid-1980s there were only a few hundred acres of
blueberries being grown in Florida, but now there are over 4,000. Thanks in large part to the improved
varieties bred by Dr. Lyrene, farm-gate sales of blueberries in Florida have increased from less than
$500,000 in the 1980s to over $65 million in 2009. Florida is now second only to Michigan.
Lyrene taught college courses in plant breeding, agricultural meteorology, and plant propagation. He has
written a book and numerous technical articles on growing and breeding blueberries.
Lyrene is a member of the American Society for Horticultural Science, the American Pomological
Society, the Florida State Horticulture Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
the Florida Native Plant Society, and the Florida Blueberry Growers Association. In 2009 he received the
Wilder Medal from the American Pomological Society for contributions in fruit genetics and breeding. He
received the University of Florida Gamma Sigma Delta Senior Research Award in 2007.
Paul Lyrene retired from the University of Florida in 2009. He and his wife Irma live in Micanopy. He
has a daughter, Emily.
2011 Inductees
Joseph Orsenigo of Belle Glade
Dr. Joseph Orsenigo was a well-known research scientist and professor
of plant physiology at the University of Florida’s Everglades Research and
Education Center. From 1957 to 1975, he headed up the center’s research program in weed science, developing environmentally safe herbicide programs
for sugarcane and vegetable crops.
Orsenigo was born in 1922 in Berryville, New York. He studied soil
science and agronomy at Cornell University, but his education was interrupted
by World War II. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served in Europe.
He distinguished himself on the battlefield, and in 1945 he was awarded the
Bronze Star for heroic actions during combat. After being discharged from
the Army in 1946, he resumed his studies at Cornell, earning a doctorate in
1953.
Following graduation, he gained international experience as an agricultural
researcher in Venezuela and Costa Rica. He was fluent in Spanish and later helped develop national
pesticide laws for Costa Rica through USAID. This set of laws greatly improved the safety of Costa Rican
food products and the health of the local environment.
Orsenigo returned to the United States in 1958 after accepting a position as a horticulturist at the
Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade, Florida. At the Everglades REC he was given
full responsibility for planning and conducting weed control research. He worked to develop appropriate,
environmentally safe herbicide application and use programs for sugarcane and vegetable crops. His efforts
in the area of weed control significantly improved sugarcane production efficiency and helped farmers in the
Everglades Agricultural Area make the transition from raising cattle to growing vegetable crops.
Orsenigo retired from the University of Florida with emeritus status in 1975. He then went to work for
the Florida Sugar Cane League, a non-profit trade association of Florida sugarcane growers and processors,
as its vice president for research. In this capacity, Orensigo was instrumental in transforming the state’s
sugar industry into a modern mechanized agribusiness. For more than 20 years he ran the Cooperative
Sugarcane Variety Development Program, a joint project of the USDA, the University of Florida, and the
Sugar Cane League. He participated in the development of eight varieties of sugarcane and oversaw the
distribution of at least 15 other varieties released for commercial production in Florida. He also helped the
sugar industry self-regulate and develop best management practices to protect air and water quality.
Orsenigo assumed important leadership roles in a number of professional organizations. He served as
president of the Southern Weed Science Society, vice president of the Vegetable Section of the Florida
Agricultural Society, and president of the Florida Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane
Technologists.
He was widely recognized for his contributions to science and agriculture. In 1972 he won a Research
Award from the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, and an Agri-Industrial Award from the Belle Glade
Chamber of Commerce. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Florida Weed Science Society,
and a Presidential Gold Medal from the Florida State Horticultural Society. He was named a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Orsenigo was a vital part of the Belle Glade community and lived there until the end of his life. He was
director of the Lake Okeechobee Audubon Society, worked with the Boy Scouts, sat on the local school
board, and served as curator and director of the Lawrence E. Will Museum, a museum dedicated to
preserving the history of South Florida. He was also an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and nature photographer.
Dr. Orsenigo died in 2009. He is survived by his wife Mary, two sons, and four grandchildren.
Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame
1980 - Edwin Hall Finlayson
Thomas Gilbert Lee
Nathan Mayo
Henry Oscar Partin
Hoyle Pounds
Egbert Norman Reasoner
1981 - Irlo Overstreet Bronson
Gilbert Andrew Tucker
J. Francis Cooper
Louis E. Larson
Pliny Ward Reasoner
Don A. Storms Sr.
1982 - Willard M. Fifield
Robert G. Pitman Jr.
Dr. Herman J. Reitz
James N. Watson
1983 - Dr. Raymond B. Becker
John M. Fox
1984 - Alan James Norden
1985 - John Duda,
Andrew Duda Jr.
Ferdinand Duda
Clinton Huxley Coulter Sr.
Doyle E. Conner
1986 - Louis G. MacDowell
Edwin L. Moore
Cedric D. Atkins
Lena Smithers Hughes
B. Edward David Jr.
1987 - Ben Hill Griffin Jr.
Anthony T. Rossi
J.O. Pearce Jr.
James S. Wershow
1988 - Paul Beary Dickman
John Buckner Boy Sr.
Ruth Springer Wedgworth
1991 - Doyle E. Carlton Jr.
Dr. Tony J. Cunha
Julian B. Lane
Joseph M. O’Farrell Sr.
1992 - Edward J. Campbell
N. Curtis Peterson
Edgar H. Price
Vance V. Vogel
2001 - Al Bellotto
Copeland Griswold
Fountain H. May Sr.
Bert Edward Roper
1993 - Karl Albritton
Wm. Travis Loften
Dr. John Mortensen
Dr. Julia Morton
Dr. Marshall O. Watkins
2003 - Arlen Neil Jumper
Oma Richard Minton Sr.
Dr. Martha Rhodes Roberts
Dr. Kenneth Ray Tefertiller
1994 - Elton L. Hinton
Dr. J. Wayne Reitz
Latimer H. Turner
George H. Wedgworth
2002 - Bernard A. Egan
Carl B. Loop Jr.
J.R. “Rip” Graves
George F. Sorn
2004 - Thomas Richard Barber Jr.
Vick and Faye Blackstone
Donald Fariss May
Fred Y. Montsdeoca
Robert Nelson “Bob” Morris
1995 - Leroy Baldwin
2005
Dr. Clarence L. Campbell Jr. Latimer “Latt” Maxcy
William H. Stuart Sr.
1996 - Neal Palmer “Pal” Brooks
Snead Young Mathews Davis 2006
Henry Gatrell
Barnette E. Greene Jr.
Gov. Wayne Mixson
1997 - William “Bill” H. Krome
J.R. “Jack” Spratt
2007
Raymon F. Tucker
Robert Billingsley Whisenant Stephen Monroe Yoder
1998 - Miles Edward Groover
Edna Pearce Lockett
2008
Maxey D. Love Jr.
Elliott L. Maguire
Mabel M. Simmons
1989 - Peter S. Harllee
Charles P. Lykes
Donald L. Wakeman
1999 - Alto Lee Adams
Bert J. Harris Jr.
Kenneth F. Jorgansen
Copeland D. Newbern
John Powell Wallace
1990 - Dr. Robert Henry Harms
Raymond P. Oglesby
Carl G. Rose
Dr. E.T. York Jr.
2000 - Tom B. Adams
Jack Monteith Berry
William A. “Bill” Graham
Henry F. Swanson
- Dr. James M. Davidson
Paul J. DiMare
William D. “Billy” Long
Jo Ann Doke Smith
Frank “Sonny” Williamson Jr.
- Charles R. “Chuck” Smith
Dudley Adelbert Putnam
James Neville McAuthur
Lillie “Belle” Jeffords
Roy Gene Davis
- William R. Boardman
Albert Greenberg
Carroll Wayne Hawkins
Berryman “Buster” Longino Jr.
Ed and Imogene Yarborough
- Otis Odell “Pete” Clemons
Hugh Malakowsky English
Fritz Stein Jr.
Alto Alfred Straughn
2009 - Dr. James Griffiths
Richard Kelly
Kay Richardson
Mason Smoak
2010 - Ben Hill Griffin, III
Rudy Hamrick
Dan McClure
Richard Alger
2011 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Danielle Bass
Stephanie Cuello
AustinDailey
Chloe Evetts
Chrissy Grimmer
Amy Lawhorn
BernieLeFils
AshleyLeonard
Jared Padgett
Marcus Summ
THANK YOU
... to the following for their contribution to the scholarship program.
George & Joyce Sorn
Paul & Shari Willis
Gene & Sue Wilson–on behalf of Bill & Trudy Carey
Barton Commercial Park
Farm Credit of North Florida
Hillsborough County FFA Federation
Rocking S. Farms
Stallings Crop Insurance
Story Companies
Kay Baldridge
Pete & Susanne Clemons
Joan A. Dusky Robert F. Fuchs
M.C. Griswold
Chip & Jemy Hinton
Bernie & Elaine Lester
Mr. & Mrs. B. T. Longino
Maxey & JuliaLove
Martha & Andy Roberts
THANK YOU
... to the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences for producing
the video presentation on the 2011 inductees and to the
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
for their contributions in helping to make this event a success.
THANK YOU
... to the following organizations for sponsoring the reception in 2011.
Adams Ranch
Bank of Belle Glade
Chemical Dynamics
Dairy Farmers
Farm Credit of Central FL Florida Cattlemen’s Association
Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida Citrus Packers
Florida Feed Association
Florida Fertilizer & Agrichemical Assoc.
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Assoc-Maitland
Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Assoc.
Florida Pork Improvement
Florida Sugar Cane League
Florida Tomato Committee
Florida Tomato Exchange
Indian River Citrus League
Southeast Milk, Inc.
Stallings Crop Insurance
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative
Sugar Farms Co-Op
Tropicana Manufacturing Company
THANK YOU
... to Riverview Flower Farm for providing the centerpieces for the
2011 Hall of Fame Banquet. A sticker will be on one of the programs at
each table to indicate the winner of the centerpiece to take home.
THANK YOU
... to the following individuals and organizations for their
contributions to the Youth Mentor Program - 2011 Mentor Sponsors
Sidney M. Banack, Jr.
Barnette Greene
Doyle Carlton III
Pete & Susanne Clemons
Jack Denton
Joan A. Dusky Robert F. Fuchs
Chip & Jemy Hinton
Arlen Jumper & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Earl J. Lennard
Maxey & Julia Love
Don & Anita McFeeters
Paul R. Orsenigo
Don Plagge Florida Cattlemen’s
Foundation
Carl Rehwinkel
Jim & Shirley Ritchey
Martha & Andy Roberts
JoAnn Doke Smith
Gilbert A.Tucker
Paul & Shari Willis
Axljake Abuyen
Ryan Armstrong
James Barringer
Joy Burnham
Brittany Coleman
Sabrina Crisci
Kaitlyn Donaghy
Jamie Fussell
Kaitlyn Gill
Hunter Godby
Chrissy Grimmer
Erin Holiman
Adrian Jahna
John and Martha Woeste
Ag Ed & Communication
Alger Farms, Inc.
Artesian Farms, Inc.
Brooks Tropicals, Inc.
Carey Cattle Company
FFA Federation
Farm Credit of Central FL Farm Credit of Florida
Farm Credit of South Florida
Florida 4-H Youth Development Program
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
Florida State Fair Authority
Greene Groves & Ranch, Ltd
Hillsborough County FFA Federation
Hillsborough County Farm Bureau
Marovich Brothers, LLC
R. J. Nathe & Sons, Inc.
Richard Barber Farm Straughn Farms
YOUTH MENTEES
Kevin Kersey
Travis Kuhn
Cody Lastinger
Miranda Lee
Ashley Leonard
Jacquelyn Mariano
Jennifer Massalone
Ryan Miller
Danielle Moody
Jared Padgett
Calli Jo Parker
Seth Poppell
Zach Putnal
Yancey Ray
Jenna Rogers
Jerri Rowell
Leslie Ruth
Valeria Santa Cruz
Lee Shekels
Matthew Simmons
Adam Smith
Zach Sweat
DavidWalden
Haley Webb
Kyle Yerdon
Rebecca Young
2010-2011 AG Hall of Fame Membership
A. Duda & Sons
Adams Ranch Inc
Ag Ed & Communication
Alger Farms, Inc.
Alico, Inc.
Alpha Gamma Rho
Artesian Farms, Inc.
Ben Hill Griffin, Inc.
Brooks Tropicals
Carey Cattle Company
Chemical Dynamics, Inc.
CoBank
Cutrale Citrus Juices, USA
Dairy Farmers, Inc.
DiMare Tampa, Inc.
Fancy Farms
Farm Credit of Central FL
Farm Credit of North Florida
Farm Credit of South Florida
Farm Credit of Southwest Florida
Florida 4-H Youth Development
Program
Florida Association of Food Banks
Florida Cattlemen’s Association
Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida Citrus Packers
Florida Department of Citrus
Florida Department of Agriculture
And Consumer Services
Florida Feed Assoc., Inc.
Florida Fertilizer & Agrichemical
Association
Florida Fruit & Vegetable
Association
Florida Nursery, Growers &
Landscape Association
Florida Peanut Producers
Association
Florida Poultry Federation, Inc.
Florida State Beekeepers
Association
Florida State Fair Authority
Florida Strawberry Festival
Florida Strawberry Growers
Association
Florida Tomato Committee
Florida Tropcial Fish Farms
Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair
Greene Groves & Ranch, LTD
Growers Fertilizer Corporation
Gulf Citrus Growers Association
Helena Chemical Company
Hillsborough Co. Farm Bureau
Hillsborough County Foundation FFA,
Incorporated
Hillsborough Cty Ag. Industry
Development Department
Hinton Farms
Indian River Citrus League Inc.
Kahn Grove Services, Inc.
Larson Dairy, Inc.
Latt Maxcy Corporation
Leganon Rolling Hills, Inc.
Long Farms, Inc.
Marion Co. Farm Bureau
Marovich Brothers, LLC
McArthur Farms, Inc.
Oglesby Plants International
Orange County Farm Bureau
Peace River Valley Citrus Growers
Association
Polk County Farm Bureau
R.J. Nathe & Sons, Inc.
Rabo Agri Finance, Inc.
Richard Barber Farm
Rocking S. Farms
Sarasota Co. Farm Bureau
Smoak Groves Inc.
Southeast AgNet Radio Network
Southwest Florida Water
Management District
Stallings Crop Insurance
Story Grove Service, Inc.
Straughn Farms
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative
Sunshine State Federal Savings
Tampa Bay Wholesale Growers
Tampa Wholesale Nursery
Tropicana Products, Inc.
University of Florida/IFAS
US Sugar Corp.
Volusia Co. Farm Bureau
Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Akerman
Mr. Sidney M. Banack Jr.
Mr. Bruce A. Barmby
Mr. & Mrs. L. M. Buddy Blain
Mr. & Mrs. Reggie Brown
Mr. Paul Cade
Mr. Doyle Carlton III
Mr. J. Peter Chaires
Mr. Pete Clemons
Mr. Hugh English
Mr. Robert F. Fuchs
Mr. & Mrs. HillGriffin
Mr. M.C. Griswold
Mr. Bobby Hall
Mr. Robert Harms
Mr. Bert J. Harris, Jr.
Mr. Roger Hatton
Mr. & Mrs. Arlen & Celete Jumper
Mr. & Mrs. Bryce & Leah Kelly, Jr.
Mr. Joe Kirkland
Mr. & Mrs. Earl J. Lennard
Mr W. B. Lester
Mr. & Mrs. Maxey & Julia Love
Mr. & Mrs. Don & Anita McFeeters
Mr. Robert Morris
Mr. Myke Morris
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Norris
Mr. Ed Price
Mr. Carl Rehwinkel
Ms. JoAnn Doke Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Edward and Anne Smoak
Mr. Tracee Smoak
Mr. & Mrs. Philip and Tobey Smoak
Mr. George Sorn
Mr. Greg Steube
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar and Norma Stokes
Mr. Chuck Syfrett
Mr. & Mrs. Clifton & Barbara Taylor
Mr. Tom Torrence
Mr. W.O. Whittle
Ms. Missy Wilson Blaylock
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HALL OF FAME
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