1st Farm Credit Services- 2015 First Choice Agriculture Scholarship

First Choice Agriculture Scholarship

1st Farm Credit Services is pleased to offer the First Choice Agriculture Scholarship. This scholarship will assist deserving high school seniors to further their education in an agriculture or rural life-related field of study.

PROGRAM: Provides 24, individual $1,500 scholarships to students within the 42-county services territory of 1st Farm Credit Services. The scholarship is for graduating high school seniors who have been accepted into an agriculture or agriculture-related curriculum at a university, college or community college and either reside or attend high school within 1st Farm Credit Services’ service territory.* Agriculture-related fields include those that would contribute to the quality of rural life for people living in rural areas, or for those who want to return to a rural area to work in any field.

SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection will be based on a combination of academic achievement, community and agricultural youth organization involvement and essays. Applicants will be judged by a panel of independent agribusiness, education, youth and farm organization leaders.

APPLICATION: Applications are now open. You may fill out the application online using this link.

DEADLINE: Applications must be recieved by March 31, 2016.

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, please contact your local branch or Karen Blatter at (309) 268-0254 or kblatte@1stfarmcredit.com.

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