Norborne Soybean Festival Committee

In July of 1982, the Norborne Lions Club embarked on what has proved to be a most successful project- the Norborne Soybean Festival. The first festival was held August 13th and 14th, 1982 and culminated a period of planning which strived to revive community togetherness and loyalty, while at the same time promoting Norborne’s most popular enterprise- Agriculture. The Soybean Festival Project, a Not-for-Profit Corporation, was later formed and officers named. Marc Schweder served as the first president of the corporation, and M.H. Heil, the first treasurer. Because of the dedication and commitment of the Norborne Lions Club and community residents, the Festival continues to be a Family Af-Fair! The Norborne Lions Club and Soybean Festival Committee work together to make every year’s festival one that will be remembered which is now held on the first Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in August.

The Norborne Soybean Festival Committee, the Norborne City Officials, and the Norborne Lyons Club, sponsors of the Festival, welcome you to Norborne. Throughout the years, the Festival has seen good times and bad, hot years and rainy years, but the spirit of the Festival remains strong! We hope you will join us for this special celebration!

King Soybean – Through The Years

1982 Don Heil 2001 Keith Placke 2020 Festival Cancelled-Covid
1983 Harry Mattox 2002 Curt Kruse 2021 Roger Leabo
1984 Bob Raasch 2003 Todd Gibson 2022 Stanley Kruse
1985 Ron Gibson 2004 Jeff Strathman
1986 Dennis Albrecht 2005 Jim Francis
1987 John Francis, Jr. 2006 Jerry Craven
1988 Wendell Halterman 2007 Bently Hogan
1989 Jim Wheeler 2008 Glenn Albrecht
1990 Dave Durham 2009 Bob Rodenberg
1991 Billy Boehmer 2010 Elmer Kruse
1992 Francis Weisz 2011 Festival Cancelled-Flooding
1993 Festival Cancelled-Flooding 2012 Kyle Durham
1994 Tom Mullins 2013 Donald Vantrump
1995 Wilmer Allwood 2014 Mike Craven
1996 Mark Noelker 2015 Nelson Heil
1997 Brenda Smith 2016 Willard D. Wood
1998 Bob Francis 2017 Thomas White
1999 Earl Brandt 2018 Earl Moentmann
2000 Dale Allwood 2019 John Moentmann