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Ashtabula County Farm Bureau is offering scholarship opportunities to Farm Bureau youth pursuing post-high school education. The scholarship amount is determined by the number of acceptable qualifying applications.
Recipients will be announced in the spring and acknowledged at the County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in September. Recipients or a representative must attend the Annual Meeting to receive the award. Scholarship funds will be distributed after the recipient completes one quarter/semester and submits grades to the Farm Bureau office. Unclaimed funds after one year will be forfeited.
Ashtabula County Farm Bureau reserves the right to withhold funds if requirements are not met. Funds not claimed within one (1) year will be forfeited.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Must be a resident of Ashtabula County.
- The applicant must be either a current Ashtabula County Farm Bureau member or a dependent of a parent/guardian who is a current Ashtabula member at the time of application and at the time of scholarship payout.
- Enrolled full-time in a two- or four-year college, university, or technical school pursuing an undergraduate degree.
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- Major in agriculture or a support field is preferred but not required.
- May receive the scholarship a maximum of two (2) times.
Full details of the scholarship are available here. The fillable form is available online or by emailing [email protected]. No handwritten forms will be accepted.
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2026.
For more information, contact the county Farm Bureau office at 440.426.2195
My first recommendation in your journey is to start out with a local farming friend or mentor along with joining an organization like Ohio Farm Bureau.
We’re just so thankful for the Farm Bureau and the foundation for helping put this together. And of course, the Boyert family for the vision they had with this grant. It’s jumping us forward 10 years. It’s unbelievable.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
It wasn’t until I joined the Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureau that I truly saw how my passion could translate into leadership, advocacy and a career.
The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.
Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.
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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