2025 Shelby County Scholarship available
Shelby County Farm Bureau will award a $500 scholarship. Apply by March 31, 2025.
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Qualifications
- Must be a high school senior entering a four-year college or university program, or a technical program for the fall of 2025.
- 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].
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 31, 2025.
2025 Shelby County Farm Bureau Scholarship Qualifications & Fillable Application
The plan we are on is great. It’s comparable to my previous job's plan, and we are a sole proprietor.
To grow a network and gain perspective and knowledge in the industry through personal and professional development has been invaluable. Every day I learn and grow.
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.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
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.
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.
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