Agriculture Committee
Nominations for the Stockman Bank Agriculture Excellence Award are now open.
Scroll down to submit your nomination by November 24, 2021!
The Billings Chamber Agriculture Committee exists to inform and educate the membership and community regarding issues and changes related to agriculture.
Committee Leadership
Committee Chair: Mike Phillips
Senior VP/Commercial/Ag Lender
Little Horn State Bank
Committee Co-Chair: Callie Cooley
Agricultural Extension Agent
Montana State University
Chamber Staff: Jack Jennaway
Committee Meeting Schedule
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. first Friday of each month
*All committee members must be chamber members in good standing.
Committee Focus
- To INFORM and EDUCATE the membership and community regarding issues and changes related to agriculture.
- To PROMOTE and attendance-build for annual Agriculture Appreciation Banquet, Ag Tour, and other Ag Committee endeavors.
Interested in connecting with the Agriculture Committee? Join our group on Facebook!
Billings Chamber Ag programming supported by:
KGHL Radio AM790 and 94.7FM
Eide Bailly, US Cattlemen’s Association & Molson Coors
The Billings Chamber Ag Committee annually hosts the Agriculture Appreciation Celebration and the Adventures in Agriculture Annual Ag Tour. If you’re interested in getting involved in the event or sponsoring it, please email Alyssa@billingschamber.com.
The Billings Chamber Award for Agriculture Excellence recognizes an individual, business or organization that has made outstanding contributions to the Billings agricultural community. Recipients are nominated by their peers for demonstrating excellence in their involvement in agriculture, leadership ability, and participation in civic, service and community organizations.
The winner is simply critical to one of our area’s top industries. The nominator must showcase the nominees deserving personal qualities, share examples of how his/her work has impacted the Ag industry and indicate the ways the nominee stands out from other exceptional representatives within the industry.
The Billings Chamber Award for Agriculture Excellence has been given out since 2010, and the effort began with the recognition that many outstanding individuals exist within Montana’s number one industry. The Chamber and the Chamber’s Ag Committee worked together to establish this award as a small way to pay tribute to the many individuals who go above and beyond to provide for our region.
Previous winners include:
2010 Butch Bratsky
2011 Taylor Brown
2012 Justin Mills
2013 Dan Downs Family
2014 Darren Miller
2015 Dave Kelsey
2016 Bruce MacIntyre
2017 Steve Lackman
2018 Leroy Gabel
2019 Al McCormick
2020 Karen Yost
Prior to the Chamber and the Chamber Ag Committee establishing this award, Stockman Bank had a long history of selecting an “Agricultural Advocate of the Year” to recognize during the Chamber’s Ag Appreciation Banquet annually.
Nomination deadline is Wednesday, November 24.