Farm Credit Services Offers College Scholarships

Recipients must be from an actively farming and/or ranching family, or be planning to pursue a career in farming or some other aspect of agriculture.

Eligible applicants include those who reside in any North Dakota county or in the Minnesota counties of Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena or Wilkin.

Selection is based on academic record, personal attributes, vocational promise, leadership and financial need.

Students may obtain scholarship application forms from their high school counselor, from any Farm Credit Services office in North Dakota, on the following websites www.agcountry.com, www.farmcreditnd.com or www.farmcreditmandan.com, or by writing to Teresa Kjellberg, Marketing Director, Farm Credit Services of ND, PO Box 70, Minot,  ND  58702.

Deadline for submitting applications is March 1, 2010.

Download the application here:  scholarship-application-2010.pdf