title: Borlaug CAST Communication Award
text: # Borlaug CAST Communication Award
  
  The Borlaug CAST Communication Award, formerly the Charles A. Black Award, is an annual award presented by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) focused on candidates who engage in promoting agriculture and agriculture-related communications.
  
  ## Recipients
  
  * 1986: Charles A. Black
  * 1987: William E. Larson
  * 1989: Stanley E. Curtis
  * 1990: Donald E. Davis
  * 1991: Homer M. LeBaron
  * 1992: John Pesek
  * 1993: Fergus M. Clydesdale
  * 1994: F. J. Francis
  * 1995: Dale E. Bauman
  * 1996: Luther G. Tweeten
  * 1997: Neil E. Harl
  * 1998: Per Pinstrup-Andersen
  * 1999: Abner W. Womack
  * 2000: Dennis R. Keeney
  * 2001: Judith S. Stern
  * 2002: Calvin O. Qualset
  * 2003: Kong Luen Heong
  * 2004: Marjorie A. Hoy
  * 2005: Norman Borlaug
  * 2006: Stanley R. Johnson
  * 2007: David H. Baker
  * 2008: Pedro A. Sanchez
  * 2009: Richard Wayne Skaggs
  * 2010: Akin Adesina
  * 2011: Catherine Bertini
  * 2012: Carl Winter
  * 2013: Jeff Simmons, President of Elanco
  * 2014: Alison Van Eenennaam
  * 2015: Channapatna S. Prakash
  * 2016: Kevin Folta
  