2026 Leadership Award Nomination

This award is presented to an ISA member who has established a history of leadership and has taken an active role in advancing the goals of ISA.

This award is presented to an ISA member who has recently grown their involvement in ISA programming and shown outstanding leadership skills in their community and/or state.

This award recognizes an individual or organization leading the way in the use of precision agriculture technology and worked to discover, validate and manage practices to improve soybean profitability. Nominees with active involvement in ISA’s RCFI are preferred for this award.

This award recognizes an ISA member who is committed to practices that improve environmental performance through work with the ISA Research Center for Farming Innovation (RCFI), Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF) or Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance (IAWA).

This award recognizes an elected leader, reporter or other ISA partner who has shown a deep understanding of agricultural issues and supported Iowa soybean farmers through their actions and efforts.

This award recognizes an ISA member, individual, organization or company who effectively and accurately tells the story of modern agriculture and actively builds bridges between Iowa farmers and consumers.

This award recognizes an ISA Advocate Member who actively participated in advocating for policy and regulatory issues benefiting farmers and the soybean industry and has a proven track record of personally engaging elected leaders on these issues.