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Farm Credit Illinois Names Scholarship Recipients for 2018

Farm Credit Illinois recently awarded a total of $80,000 towards youth and rural community development through its annual agriculture scholarship and community improvement grant programs.
 
Noah Benedict of Dewey will graduate from Mahomet-Seymour High School and attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study agribusiness markets and management. His parents are Chad and Becky Benedict.
 
Cierra Crowell of Lincoln will graduate from Lincoln Community High School and attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale to study equine science. Her parents are Jerry and Lotis Crowell.
 
Megan Finfrock of Clinton will graduate from Clinton Community High School and attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study crop sciences, concentrating in crop agribusiness. Her parents are Marvin and Shelley Finfrock.
 
Reed Jostes of Maroa will graduate from Maroa-Forsyth High School and attend Southern Illinois University-Carbondale to study agricultural education. His parents are Josh and Heidi Jostes.
 
Mahomet-Seymour FFA and Mahomet 4-H's Happy Helpers Club also received community improvement grants. 
 
$110-thousand in community improvement grants were awarded this year. 
 
A total of $60,000 in scholarships were awarded to high school seniors throughout central and southern Illinois to pursue agriculture-related majors and careers. Each of the 30 high school seniors received a $2,000 agriculture scholarship; two of the recipients were designated as Urban Agriculture Scholars.

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