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 Farm Credit offering $1,000 college agriculture scholarships
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[December 23, 2011]
Each year more than $20,000 in
scholarship funds is awarded to college-bound high school seniors
who are pursuing agriculture-related curriculum and careers. In
2012, Farm Credit Services of Illinois plans to present 25
agriculture scholarships worth $1,000 each to current high school
seniors.
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"Farm Credit is proud to invest in young people who have a passion
for agriculture. We need some of the brightest of today's youth to
become tomorrow's agricultural leaders," says Dave Owens, president
and CEO of Farm Credit Services of Illinois. "The Agriculture
Scholarship program promotes the positive opportunities of exploring
careers in the agriculture industry -- including production
agriculture."Scholarship selections are based on a combination of
academic achievement, participation and leadership in school and
community organizations, and the applicant's commitment level to an
agricultural career.
To be eligible, scholarship applicants must be high school
seniors who plan to enroll in a college or university during the
fall 2012 semester and will be pursuing an agriculture-related
academic major or career. Applicants must reside in one of the 60
southern counties in Illinois served by Farm Credit Services of
Illinois. The scholarship application deadline is March 2, 2012.
Applications for the scholarships are available online at
http://www.fcsillinois.com/
scholarships2012_announced.html. Questions can be sent to
info@fcsillinois.com.
This is the ninth year of the Farm Credit Agriculture Scholarship
program. More than $135,000 of college scholarships has been awarded
by Farm Credit to 161 different Agriculture Scholars since 2004.
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Farm Credit Services of Illinois is a farmer-owned and directed
agricultural lending cooperative with $2.6 billion of assets. Farm
Credit provides competitive farm financing and delivers crop
insurance expertise to over 8,000 farm families, agribusinesses and
rural landowners in the southern 60 counties of Illinois.
The mission of the U.S. Farm Credit System is to provide
financial capital and financial services to agriculture and rural
America.
[Text from file received from
Farm Credit Services of Illinois]
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