The K-State Research and Extension Appreciation Award is a special award selected by the Post Rock District executive board to recognize volunteers who help extend the Extension mission into the communities. Post Rock District presented the 2020 Appreciation Award to Calvin and Peggy Bohnert of Jewell to honor their outstanding contributions to Extension programs.

The Bohnerts volunteer their time and acreage in support of local wheat demonstration test plots. Calvin Bohnert began cooperating with Extension to provide Jewell County demonstration plots around 1977 because he said, "to get local (wheat performance) information, the only thing we had was Belleville and Hays. I did it so I could get some local information on varieties. Belleville's rainfall totals can be quite a bit different than here, and Hays can be way different."

Jim Dooley, Post Rock Extension District chairman, said local producers "attending the annual tours take notes, and I'm sure a lot of them took that back home and made seed selections off of that (information)." Dooley, Nora Rhoades, district director, and Sandra Wick, crop production agent, presented the appreciation award to the Bohnerts on their farm just outside of Jewell.