Golden Owl Award®

As the No. 1 farm insurer,¹ Nationwide® is proud of its agricultural heritage and long-standing support of the greater agricultural community, including the National FFA Organization and FFA chapters across the country. The Golden Owl Award® allows us to also extend our support to agricultural educators who devote countless hours, and often their own resources, to positively impact the lives of their students.

With the Golden Owl Award, students, fellow teachers and other supporters in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota can nominate their favorite agricultural teacher and summarize what makes him or her the best in their state.

Nominate an outstanding ag teacher today

Go to your state’s FFA website to nominate an outstanding agricultural educator. Nomination period for each state is indicated below:

Nominees can win the distinction of being their state’s Agricultural Educator of the Year and the following prizes:

• $500 and an engraved plaque for each honoree²
• $3,000 and the coveted Golden Owl Award trophy to each state’s grand prize winner² (Agricultural Educator of the Year)

In conjunction with the Golden Owl Award, Nationwide is donating $5,000 to each participating state’s FFA to further support the personal and professional growth of students, teachers and advisors alike.

Nationwide’s partners

The Golden Owl Award is the result of a partnership between Nationwide, the California FFA, California Farm Bureau, Illinois FFA, Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers, Farm Credit Illinois, AgCredit, Indiana FFA, Farm Credit Mid-America, the Iowa FFA Foundation, Nebraska Agricultural Educators Association, Nebraska FFA Foundation, New York FFA, New York Farm Bureau, Ohio FFA, Ohio Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania FFA, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Compeer Financial and South Dakota FFA Foundation.