Cows make Christmas extra cheerful
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Lake County Farm Bureau is offering scholarship opportunities to students pursuing post-high school education. The scholarship amount is determined by the number of acceptable qualifying applications.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Parents/guardians or applicants themselves MUST be a Lake County Farm Bureau
member. Membership must be maintained and paid upon receipt of grades in order for
scholarship monies to be awarded. - Applicants must prove enrollment or letter of admission to a two or four-year institution of higher learning.
- Applicants must be considered a full-time student, with a renewable award for pursuing undergraduate as well as graduate studies.
- Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average 3.0.
- Recipients and/or a representative MUST attend the county Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in the fall.
Full details of the scholarship are available here. The fillable form is available online or by
emailing the county Farm Bureau office. No handwritten forms will be accepted.
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on March 31, 2025.
For more information, contact the county Farm Bureau office at 440-426-2195.
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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