Qualifications

  • Must be a high school senior entering a four-year college or university program, or a technical program for the fall of 2022.
  • Parents of the applicant or the applicant must be members of the Shelby County Farm Bureau in good standing at the time of applying.
  • All applicants must complete the application and one-page essay on the impacts of agriculture in Shelby County, and participate in a personal interview.
  • THIS APPLICATION MUST BE TYPED and can be submitted electronically to [email protected].

The Shelby County Farm Bureau will award a $500 scholarship made payable to the student after presentation of their first quarter/semester grades is made to the county office. Student must maintain a 2.0 GPA for the quarter/semester.

The scholarship is based upon scholastic achievement, extracurricular activities, and a personal interview.  All interviews will be held shortly after April 1.  Applicants will be notified of the date, time and location of the interviews.

All applications need to be returned to the Shelby County Farm Bureau office, 110 Industrial Dr. Suite C  Wapakoneta, OH 45895, by March 15, 2022.

2022 Shelby County Farm Bureau Scholarship Qualifications & Fillable Application

 

Growing our Generation
Having opportunities to attend leadership institutes, advocate for rural Ohioans on the state and national level, facilitate young ag professionals events, and serve in a variety of leadership positions have helped my skills grow exponentially.
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Sara Tallmadge

Ashland County Farm Bureau

Growing our Generation
Business Solutions
Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
Mandy Way's avatar
Mandy Way

Way Farms

Business Solutions
Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
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Austin Heil

Hardin County Farm Bureau

Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
Farming for Good
I was gifted the great opportunity through an Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Youth Pathways grant to run a series of summer camps here. That really expanded my vision of what ‘grow, maintain, sustain and explain’ could actually be.
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Jim Bruner

Mezzacello Urban Farms

Farming for Good
Leadership development
I see the value and need to be engaged in the community I live in, to be a part of the decision-making process and to volunteer with organizations that help make our community better.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Leadership development
Advocacy
So many of the issues that OFBF and its members are advocating for are important to all Ohioans. I look at OFBF as an agricultural watchdog advocating for farmers and rural communities across Ohio.
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Mary Smallsreed

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Advocacy
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