J.S. Russell Memorial Award

1961 – Alfred D. Stedman, St. Paul Pioneer-Press
1962 – William M. Blair, The New York Times
1963 – Ovid Martin, The AP, Washington, D.C.
1964 – Rex B. Conn, Cedar Rapids Gazette & Bill Durham, Houston Post
1965 – Richard Orr, The Chicago Tribune
1966 – Bernard Brenner, UPI, Washington, D.C.
1967 – William S. Humphries, Raleigh News & Observer
1968 – Roderick Turnbull, Kansas City Start
1969 – Herb Karner, The Tulsa World
1970 – James E. Vance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram & Glenn Cunningham, Des Moines Register & Tribune
1971 – Robert Bjorklund, Wisconsin State Journal
1972 – Harold K. Street, The American Banker
1973 – Loren Osman, The Milwaukee Journal
1974 – Don Muhm, Des Moines Register
1975 – Bill Zipf, The Columbus Dispatch
1976 – S. Archie Holdridge, Hartfort Courant
1977 – Don M. Kendall, AP, Washington, D.C. & E.W. Keickhofer, Memphis Commercial Appeal
1979 – Keith L. Wilkey, Quincy Herald-Whig
1980 – Clark Bolt, Waco Tribune-Herald
1982 – Audrey Mackiewicz, The Sandusky Register
1983 – Michael J. Carr, Decatur Herald & Review
1984 – J. Alan Swegle, Cedar Rapids Gazette
1985 – Sonja Hillgren, UPI, Washington, D.C.
1986 – William Kilby, Jacksonville Journal Courier
1987 – Ann Toner, Kansas City Star
1992 – Lee Egerstrom, St. Paul Pioneer-Press
1993 – June Sekoll, Farm Chronicle
1995 – Patricia Klintberg, Farm Journal
1996 – Audrey Mackiewicz, NAAJ Executive secretary-treasurer and Duane Dailey, NAAJ Newsletter Editor
1997 – Tim White, Ohio Farmer
1998 – Chuck Abbot, Reuters
1999 – Larry Dreiling, High Plains Journal
2000 – Suzanne Steel, Ohio State University
2001 – Mikkel Pates, Agweek/Grand Forks Herald
2002 – Dan Looker, Successful Farming
2003 – Jerry Hagstrom, National Journal; Ed Maixner, Farm Progress; Sally Schuff, Feedstuff; Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M
2004 – David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald
2005 – Sandy Miller Hays, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
2006 – Scott Kilman, Wall Street Journal
2007 -
2008 – No award
2009 – Chris Clayton, DTN
2010 – John Vogel, American Agriculturist
2011 – Urban Lehner, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
2012 – No award