During the 94th Annual Minnesota Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Conference, many counties and individuals were recognized for dedicated time and talents to agriculture during the MFBF Awards Banquet. 

• The President's Award for Exemplary Achievement: 
  (county membership of less than 120 voting members) Beltrami County, Cass County, Crow Wing County and Headwaters Regional
  (county membership of 121-200 voting members) Douglas County, Sibley County, Steele County and Winona County.
  (county membership of 200+ voting members) Martin County, Rice County, Washington-Ramsey County and Wright County. 
• The Distinguished Service to Agriculture award: Dr. Jim Linn, Senator Doug Magnus and Senator Gen Olson. 
• Honorary Life award: Eunice Gasner of Waseca County, Ellsworth and Helen Simon of Winona County and Henrik and Ruth Hendrickson of Faribault County. 
• The Ag Communicator of the Year award: Dan Hoffman of Austin in Mower County.
• The Extension Educator of the Year award: Ann Marie Ward of Beltrami County. 
• The FFA Advisor of the Year award: Roger Dvergsten of Mower County who teaches at Grand Meadow and Lyle High Schools. 
• The Post-Secondary Agricultural Educator of the Year award: Gene Kuntz of Scott County who has works as a farm business management instructor at South Central Technical College. 
• $500 Al Christopherson Scholarships: Maria Funk daughter of Charles and Cheryl Funk of Wadena County; Cassandra Griebel daughter of Tom and Barb Griebel of Pipestone County; April Johnson daughter of Dean and Elizabeth Johnson of Cottonwood County; and Tyler Warren son of John and Carol Warren of Meeker County.  

During the awards banquet recognition was given to counties with outstanding programs. The winners were as follows:

• Ag in the Classroom – Stevens County Farm Bureau
• Farm Safety Education – Watonwan County Farm Bureau
• Promotion & Education – Steele County Farm Bureau
• New Program of Excellence – Meeker County Farm Bureau for their metro bus advertisement campaign
• Young Farmers and Ranchers County Program – Wright County Farm Bureau.