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Scholarships

Each year, the Delaware Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee and County Farm Bureaus award scholarships to deserving high school and college students!

 

View the available scholarships below:

Each year the Delaware Farm Bureau Women’s Committee awards scholarships to students in the agricultural and non-agricultural field. The State committee awards a $2,500 scholarship and each county committee awards a $1,000 scholarship. 

CLICK HERE to apply for the 2024 Women’s Committee Scholarship. Deadline to apply is 4:00pm on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Every year, the YF&R awards a scholarship to deserving students whose parents or grandparents are members of the Delaware Farm Bureau.

CLICK HERE to apply for the 2024 Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee Scholarship. Deadline to apply is 4:00pm on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Mid-Atlantic CCA Scholarship

Our 2024 scholarship is now live! For the 2024 school year, Mid-Atlantic Certified Crop Advisers is offering two scholarships in he amount of $1,000 each. Applications are due February 16, 2024 through an online form found here.

Eligibility:

  • Applicant must be a resident of or attending a college or university in the Mid-Atlantic Region – Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, or West Virginia).
  • Applicant must be working towards an undergraduate degree in plant or soil sciences, agronomy, or an agriculture-related field.
  • Applicant is only eligible to receive the scholarship two times.

 

Annual Mountaire Scholarship Program

Every year, we award dozens of $2,500 scholarships to children and grandchildren of our employees, growers, and grain producers. At Mountaire, we value education and encourage our teams to pursue and hone their academic talents. Paying for college can be challenging, so we want to assist our people and their families in that endeavor. CLICK HERE to apply and to learn more. Deadline to apply is March 4, 2024.

 

DSU-CAST 1890 AG Scholarship Program

If you are an incoming freshman, or a current DSU student with a 3.2 GPA or higher and majoring in one of the degree programs below, you are eligible to apply and receive this award.

Agriculture:

  • Agribusiness
  • Agriculture Education
  • Animal and Poultry Science
  • Equine Business Management
  • General Agriculture
  • Plant Science
  • Pre-Veterinary Medicine
  • Textiles and Apparel Studies

Natural Resources:

  • Environmental Science
  • Wildlife or Fisheries Management

Human Ecology:

  • Dietetics
  • Food Science
  • Nutritional Sciences

CLICK HERE to learn more about the scholarship and apply online. Deadline to apply is April 5, 2024.

 

Farm to Table Scholarship

This scholarship will help students interested in agriculture, culinary arts, and food service to pursue a college degree and achieve their dreams of finding a career that matters.

WBOC and Mountaire Farms will select one Delmarva high school senior every month September through June. Each winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship and will be featured on WBOC-TV and FOX21.

Two of the monthly winners will receive an additional $5,000 scholarship at the end of the program, during a dinner banquet where all the winners and their families will be invited to celebrate their accomplishments. CLICK HERE to learn more and to apply.

Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Recipients:

Post Author: Mikayla Paul