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First Choice Agriculture Scholarships Now Available
High school seniors have until mid-February to apply for one of two dozen $1,500 ag scholarships offered by 1st Farm Credit Services of Illinois.
Applicants must live within the 1st Farm Credit Services’ service territory and plan to pursue a degree in agriculture or a related field. Graduating high school seniors who have been accepted into an agriculture or agriculture-related curriculum at a university, college or community college may apply.
Selection will be based on a combination of academic achievement, community and agricultural youth organization involvement and brief essays. Applicants will be judged by a panel of independent agribusiness, education, youth and farm organization leaders.
Get full details, or download an application, at www.1stfarmcredit.com or through a local 1st Farm Credit Services office.
Application deadline is Feb. 15, 2013.
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