Past Host Names and Locations
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Year |
Host Name | Show Location |
| 1953 | Earl Bass | Armstrong, Illinois |
| 1954 | Miles Martin | Camden, Indiana |
| 1955 | Whitman Taylor | Belvidere, Illinois |
| 1956 | Francis Lane | Greencastle, Indiana |
| 1957 | Frank Simpson | Farmer City, Illinois |
| 1958 | Warren North | Brookston, Indiana |
| 1959 | Earl Elijah | Clarence, Iowa |
| 1960 | Donald Baltz | Joliet, Illinois |
| 1961 | Rollin Stewart | Rensselaer, Indiana |
| 1962 | Everett Smith | Blairsburg, Iowa |
| 1963 | James Yordy | Morton, Illinois |
| 1964 | Warren North | Brookston, Indiana |
| 1965 | Bill Fry | Van Horne, Iowa |
| 1966 | Frank Simpson | Farmer City, Illinois |
| 1967 | LeRoy Keesling | Chalmers, Indiana |
| 1968 | Robert & Roger Clause | Grand Junction, Iowa |
| 1969 | James Cravens | Buffalo, Illinois |
| 1970 | Gerald Tarnow | Rolling Prairie, Indiana |
| 1971 | Bill Fry | Van Horne, Iowa |
| 1972 | Inness Farm | Galesburg, Illinois |
| 1973 | Hoffman Farm | Lebanon, Indiana |
| 1974 | Dale Ricke | Vincent, Iowa |
| 1975 | James Willrett | Malta, Illinois |
| 1976 | Caryl Shelby & Roy Johnson | Greenfield, Indiana |
| 1977 | Maurice Crawford, Stewart | |
| Brothers & Robert Jones | Washington, Iowa | |
| 1978 | Phil Deal & Jim Micenheimer | Taylorville, Illinois |
| 1979 | Lincoln Priebe | Crawfordsville, Indiana |
| 1980 | Bill New, Gerlach Brothers | |
| & Ernie Otto | Nevada, Iowa | |
| 1981 | Schachtrup Farms, Virginia | |
| McClouth & Steve Mottaz | Brimfield, Illinois | |
| 1982 | Foutch, Helderle & Meadors Farms | Wolcott, Indiana |
| 1983 | Dostal, Meythaler, Mollenhauer, | |
| Hoskins & Taube Farms | Marion, Iowa | |
| 1984 | Keith, Nelson, Sepp & Rogers Farms | Fisher, Illinois |
| 1985 | Carl Martin & Tom Haase Farms | Knightstown, Indiana |
| 1986 | (Rained out and rescheduled for same location) | |
| 1987 | Holland, Twedt, Stall & Cory Farms | Alleman, Iowa |
| 1988 | Ackland, Fyke, Haub, Kirk & | |
| Reiss Farms | West Brooklyn, Illinois | |
| 1989 | Weaver and Krom Farms | Rochester, Indiana |
| 1990 | Amana Farms, Inc. | Amana, Iowa |
| 1991 | Harris, Orris & Boggs Farms | Dalton City, Illinois |
| 1992 | Sherrill, Gellfius, Friedersdorf, | |
| Arnholt, Newsom, Friesbeck Farms | ||
| & Columbus Airport Land | Columbus, Indiana | |
| 1993 | Amana Farms, Inc. | Amana, Iowa |
| 1994 | Pitts, Kinsella & Mecherle Farms | Bloomington, Illinois |
| 1995 | Jarvis Farms, Inc. | Terre Haute, Indiana |
| 1996 | Amana Farms, Inc. | Amana, Iowa |
| 1997 | Kennedy, Frye, Bedeker & Muffler Farms | Seneca, Illinois |
| 1998 | MetLife & Alan, Rachel, Leon & Beverly Baird Windfall, Indiana | |
| 1999 | Amana Farms, Inc. | Amana, Iowa |
| 2000 | Powers Farm/Bank One of Springfield | Cantrall, Illinois |
| 2001 | Kemper and Smit Farms | Lafayette, Indiana |
| 2002 | Holland, Stall, Twedt, Lande Farms | Alleman, Iowa |
| 2003 | Gernand & Clark Farms | Armstrong, Illinois |
| 2004 | Holland, Stall, Twedt, Lande Farms | Alleman, Iowa |
| 2005 | Progress City | Decatur, Illinois |
| 2006 | Amana Farms, Inc. | Amana, Iowa |
| 2007 | Progress City | Decatur, Illinois |
| 2008 | Central Iowa Expo | Boone, Iowa |