- A full description of the nominee and his/her work environment during his/her career, with emphasis on qualifications and the fields of his/her expertise.
- Value to the farmer and agriculture – here a full description on the manner in which he/she shares his/ her knowledge with the farmers answering the following question:
- How does this knowledge precipitate in a practical way?
- How valuable is this knowledge to farmers and how does it enable them to farm better and more sustainably?
- What is the effect of his/her research (as researcher),
- extension (as agricultural extensioner) or service (as manager/administrator) on agriculture? In other words, what is the impact factor of the candidate?
- In what way does this add value to agriculture, industry or the organisation the farmer is involved with?
- Adaptation to change – a complete description on how the candidate keeps abreast of the changing agricultural environment and adapt his/her research/extension/ service thereto. How relevant is the candidate concerning the daily challenges the sector has to face?
- In this, the last segment, the focus should be
- on the candidate’s achievements as well as the acknowledgement he/she enjoys at local and/or international level. What is his/her international status?
Winners of the Agriculturist of the Year award
- 1977 Japie Bruwer
- 1978 Prof Eddie Laubscher
- 1979 Dr FJ Veldman
- 1980 Frans Hugo
- 1981 Prof. R de V Pienaar
- 1982 Prof. Daan Strydom
- 1983 Prof. Alan Bennie
- 1984 Dr Ronnie van der Merwe
- 1985 Dr John Moll
- 1986 Dr Raymond Naude
- 1987 Dr M P Lamprecht
- 1988 Dr Baltus Erasmus
- 1989 Prof. Jan Kotze
- 1990 Dr PG Marais
- 1991 Dr Ansie Dippenaar
- 1992 Prof. Eckart Kassier
- 1993 Dr Hym Ebedes
- 1994 Dr Ben Strydom
- 1995 Dr Tom Drinkwater
- 1996 Dr Fanie Kellerman
- 1997 Dr Gert Erasmus
- 1998 Dr Bart Lombard
- 1999 Dr Jos de Kock
- 2000 Dr Klaus Pakendorf
- 2001 Dr Hettie Schönfeldt
- 2002 Prof. HO de Waal
- 2003 Dr Heinz Meissner
- 2004 Prof. Johann Kirsten
- 2005 Kobus Lindeque
- 2006 Andrew Makanete
- 2007 Dr. Faffa Malan
- 2008 Dr. Maryke Labuschagne
- 2009 Prof. Hennie Snyman
- 2010 Prof. Rob Gous
- 2011 Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk
- 2012 Dr. John Purchase
- 2013 Prof. Nick Vink
- 2014 Prof. Ferdie Meyer
- 2015 Prof. Ben Cousins
- 2016 Dr. Theo de Jager
- 2017 Dr. Annemie Erasmus
- 2018 Wandile Sihlobo
- 2019 Buks Nel
- 2020 Not awarded due to Covid-19 lockdown
- 2021 Prof. Gareth Bath
- 2022 Pieter Bruwer
- 2023 Dr Dirk Troskie
