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Agriculture Committee

The Billings Chamber Agriculture Committee exists to inform and educate the membership and community regarding issues and changes related to agriculture.

Committee Leadership

Chamber Staff

 Committee Meeting Schedule
7 – 8 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!

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.

Award for Agriculture Excellence

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 Bratsky2016 Bruce MacIntyre
2011 Taylor Brown2017 Steve Lackman
2012 Justin Mills2018 Leroy Gabel
2013 Dan Downs Family2019 Al McCormick
2014 Darren Miller2020 Karen Yost
2015 Dave Kelsey2021 Bill Dutcher

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 was Wednesday, November 30, 2022.

Stay tuned for announcement of the 2022 award recipient.