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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
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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.
Farm Bureau is what really got the word out. It’s been one of their goals to get this done.
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Because we are younger farmers just starting out, Farm Bureau has a lot of good opportunities and resources to help us grow in the future.
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