The lecture program is a major activity of the VanBuren Program. In its current form, the VanBuren Lecture Program includes a visit of an internationally known scholar in management who interacts with our faculty, students and farm clientele in a number of formats. Following is a list of VanBuren Lectures given to date.
| Date | Lecture |
| 1991 | John Ikerd, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri |
| 1991 | Jack McEowen |
| 1992 | Glen Schmidt |
| 1993 | Dennis Avery, Center for Global Food Issues |
| 1994 | Chris Hurt, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University |
| April 17-18, 1996 | Dr Steven T. Sonka, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois. InfoAg and the Knowledge Creating Organization. |
| May 22-23, 1997 | Dr. Michael Boehlje, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. On the Industrialization of Agriculture. |
| April 6-7, 1998 | Dr. Robert King, Professor of Applied Economics, The University of Minnesota. The Economics of Site Specific Management and Crop Production. |
| April 28-29, 1999 | Dr. James M. (Jess) Lowenberg-DeBoer, Professor of Agricultural Economics Purdue University. Managing Production Risk with Precision Farming Technologies. |
| May 3-4, 2000 | Dr. Marshall A. Martin, Professor of Agricultural Economics Purdue University. The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology. |
| May 30-31, 2001 | Dr. Steven C. Turner, Professor of Agricultural Economics University of Georgia. Adoption Strategies for Information Technology in Agriculture. |
| November 1-2, 2006 | Dr. Madhu Khanna, Professor of Agricultural Economics, The University of Illinois. Economics of Soil Carbon Sequestration Through Biomass Crops. |
| February 5, 2009 | Dr. Bruce Babcock, Professor of Economics and Director of CARD (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development), Iowa State University. Supply Impacts of Ethanol in Market Equilibrium. |