Scholarships
Applications are available for the Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture Scholarship. Applicants must be a high school senior and an active 4-H or FFA member, have participated in the Missouri State Fair as a 4-H or FFA exhibitor, plan to enroll in a Missouri college or university with a major in agriculture and have not sold livestock in any past Missouri State Fair sale of champions. The scholarship program is funded through Youth in Agriculture sponsors and buyers of the livestock sold during the annual Sale of Champions, with a percent of each animal's sale price earmarked for scholarships. The Youth in Agriculture committee is offering 30 $1,000 scholarships and one $2,500 supreme scholarship. Applications are available at mostatefair.com for Missouri high school seniors graduating in 2011. Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 1. For more information, call the Missouri State Fair at 1-800-422-3247.
-- From staff reports
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