Harvest the Money with Unknown Agriculture Scholarships for College

agriculture scholarships can be unknown scholarships

Many agriculture scholarships stay under the radar and fall into the catagory of unknown scholarships because agriculture doesn’t appear as celebrated as other scholarships today. Make no mistake on this industry, the agricultural business is rapidly growing and will only get bigger. This spells opportunity for students with an agricultural degree. How many of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers ever thought that farming would ever become an industry? Or that it would provide tens of thousands of dollars in agricultural scholarships to their grandchildren and great-grandchildren?

Not many, certainly. Despite their expectations, though, the food industry has funded a number of unknown scholarships for agriculture students throughout the United States. For example Annie’s Sustainable Agriculture Scholarships offers $50,000 in agriculture scholarship awards each year.

Students who are studying sustainable and/or organic agriculture are eligible to apply for this tuition assistance. To qualify, they must be enrolled in a two-year or four-year degree program at an accredited college or university in the United States. Applications are available online; the scholarships foundation prefers not to waste paper by using postal mail for applications and submissions.

Another agricultural scholarship is awarded by the Monsanto Company. It is called “The Commitment to Agriculture Scholarship,” and has been offered to more than 800 students throughout America. These scholarships for agriculture program is available for high school seniors. Eligible students will receive a one-time grant of $1,500 to assist with their college education. These students must also intend to major in agriculture at an accredited United States college or university.

Grants for agriculture students are plentiful in America’s Heartland. Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, offers 69 different agriculture scholarships. Many of these are memorial scholarships.

For example, the F.R. Dick Willsey Memorial Scholarship Fund offers assistance for any student who has lost a parent as a result of a farming-related injury. This unknown scholarship is renewable, and the amount varies depending on need and quality of application submitted.

Upper classmen (and women) at Purdue University who maintain a grade point average (G. P. A.) of at least 3.3 are eligible to apply for Orville Redenbacher’s “Top of the Crop” Scholarship. One student will receive $2,000 in agricultural scholarship money, while one or two runner-ups will receive smaller awards.

If you’re a resident of Illinois, and wish to search for scholarships in agriculture, consider applying for the Farm Credit Services “At the Heart of a Growing America” agricultural scholarship. Be prepared to demonstrate your commitment to rural American and excellence in farming. Involvement in your community is another huge plus, according to the corporation responsible for this scholarships award. Qualified candidates will receive $1,000 to assist them in their education.

You don’t have to be from the nation’s breadbasket to win a scholarship in agriculture, though. The New York Farm Bureau offers between $1,000 and $1,500 to three top high school students who are planning to continue their education in agriculture. If you hurry, you can still make this year’s November 21 deadline!

If you’re planning to go to college and get a degree in agriculture you may want to consider the unusual scholarships in agriculture from the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA). Majoring in agriculture today is a lot more specialized than you could even imagine, and there is a lot more that meets the eye in this cattle scholarship industry.

If you’re planning to major in agriculture, and are willing to be flexible about the college you attend, you have no reason not to win one of these – and hundreds more – unknown scholarship opportunities to help you start a career in farming. Don’t miss out on an educational opportunity just because you didn’t try for one of these available agriculture scholarships!

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  • Jack says:

    International Agricultural Development Scholarship offers a one-time ($3,000)scholarship for all new students who successfully complete a World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan International Internship and enroll in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. This scholarship in agriculture is made to those completing the Borlaug-Ruan International Internship and is given one time only during his/her freshman year. Applications are not required for this award. Contact:
    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University
    130 Curtiss Hall
    Ames, IA 50011-1050

    (515) 294-6614

    agscholarships@iastate.edu

  • Jack says:

    Does any body love wine? Would you like a wine scholarship? A wine scholarship is a viticulture scholarship and is also clasified as an agricultural scholarship too. ASEV is a organization which focuses on enology and viticulture (fancy words for the science of wine making and grape growing) and sponsors their own wine scholarship. If this is something that gets your juices going, take the time to look into it.

    • musinguzi edwin says:

      i would like to have scholarship to persue masters in any field related to agriculture as i am inadquate to sponsor my self.
      am 23yrs currently completing bachelors degree in agribusiness mgt and community development.
      thank you very much.
      please send me scholarship application form.

      • Jack says:

        I recommend that you try to find out if you can apply for a student loan scholarship first to see if you can be awarded scholarship monies for this. Go to the “Find Free College Money” link. It’s free to use and produces good results from user feedback.

        You must apply directly to the college you will be attending to fill out their applications for an ag scholarship.

  • Jack says:

    If any student live in the state of Wisconsin, look into the Fort Atkins Community Foundation which offers agricultural Wisconsin scholarships to students attending certain high schools. There are many scholarships being offered by this foundation and it’s worth a look.

  • ESTHER NGANGA says:

    Iam in kenya and iwould like to join your college coz its very interesting thankyou in advance

    • Jack says:

      Esther,
      try this first. It’s a comment from an earlier reply.
      I recommend that you try to find out if you can apply for a student loan scholarship first to see if you can be awarded scholarship monies for this. Go to the “Find Free College Money” link. It’s free to use and produces good results from user feedback.
      You also may want to go here to read about study abroad scholarships.
      You should contact directly to the college you will be attending to fill out their applications for an ag scholarship too.
      Being from another country makes it a little more trying so don’t give up!

  • ESTHER NGANGA says:

    It is so wonderful and iwould like to join it.

  • ESTHER NGANGA says:

    consider my request pliz

  • ESTHER NGANGA says:

    help

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  • EKESON CHIBUZOR says:

    PLEASE HELP ME GAIN ADMISSION INTO ANY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN THE WORLD.I AM AN UNDERGRADUATE,A FINAL YEAR STUDENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OWERRI,NIGERIA AGRIC EXTENSION.BUT STILL WANT TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION OUTSIDE NIGERIA.I PRAY FOR A HELP

  • Macharia says:

    Hey it has alot of information but any information on funding for online agribusiness studies will be appreciated.

  • HEY, MY NAME IS JAMES OKOT OCHAYA FROM UGANDA, AM 24 YEAR OLD AND I POSSESS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE FROM GULU UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT. I GRADUATED WITH A HONOURS UPPER DEGREE AND AM REALLY INTERESTED IN PURSUING A MASTERS DEGREE IN AN AGRICULTURALLY RELATED FIELD FROM AN OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY. I PRAY SO MUCH THAT SOME ONE/ORGANIZATION OUT THERE CONSIDERS MY PLEA AND HELP ME OUT. WITH SUCH ADDITIONAL TRAINING, I AM SURE I WILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REALIZATION OF A FOOD SECURE AND SUSTAINABLE UGANDA, MY COUNTRY AND AFRICA AT LARGE

  • Suraya Wahedi says:

    my name is Suraya Wahedi , iam from afghanistan ,iam graduated from Agriculture faculty , forest and nutural department, Kabul university ,i want to improve my education in my own field , so i want to find free MBA scholarship , please help me my dear friends.

    • Jack says:

      Suraya,

      our best advice is to contact the educational department of your state you live in or the university you have attended to sit down with the financial aids counselor to discuss ways to fund your continuing education with grants, scholarships or student loans. They should be able to tell you exactly the best way for you to go.

  • Forrest says:

    Hi there,
    I am looking into funding for a Sustainable Agriculture MS I have applied for at the Chiang Mai University, Thailand. I am an US citizen looking for funding at and Thai university, and tips on scholarships that are applicable to me?

  • Asma khan says:

    I really need it. i want to study to complete my ambitions.

    • Jack says:

      You can apply to any scholarship we cover by going directly to the sponsor of the scholarships website and apply. We try to provide links at the end of the articles to apply too but many times sponsors will change the URL of the scholarship link so then we just explain the scholarship in our articles and then you can go directly to their scholarship website link by searching it on the web.

      • MD. ASHRAFUL ALAM says:

        Sir,
        I am from Bangladesh.I have complete B.Sc. in Agriculture. I want to study my MS in any agriculture related subject. I want to improve my education in my own own field, please help me my dear friends.

        • Jack says:

          MD. ASHRAFUL ALAM,

          apply to any Ag scholarships we have directly to the sponsor of the scholarship. A link is normally provided at the end of the articles. Also contact your state/province department of education for student aid funding too! Contact your college to see what student funding options they may have for you too. they are updated monthly on the latest student aid and they may have what your looking for.

  • Manik Chandra Roy says:

    sir,
    I am from Bangladesh.I have complete B.Sc. in Food and Process Engineering.I am interested in wine scholarship.Bangladesh is a developing country.so i want to develop my country through developing food industry.Please help me.

    • Jack says:

      Manik Chandra Roy,

      apply to any Ag scholarships we have directly to the sponsor of the scholarship. A link is normally provided at the end of the articles. Also contact your state/province department of education for student aid funding too!

  • romer soberano says:

    i am an agriculture student with an outstanding grade 1m on 2nd year of studying…i want to pursue my studying abroad but were not rich so i cant afford to study abroad will you help me…im romer soberano from philippines..thanks

  • kayarna louison says:

    hi am from the caribbean a small island called st.lucia jus finished an associate degree in agriculture and is looking for a full scholar ship to attain a B.sc in animal science.the associate degree is the highest level u can get in agriculture in st.lucia can u please help me

  • joe says:

    hi.i am studying agricultural mechanization engineering
    in iran and i really want to further my studies in ms
    in another country but i haven’t got enough money
    i still have two years to finish my bs degree.
    please help me to find a decent europian university so ican keep studing.

  • Am kamulegeya a ugandan student,completed high school in 2011.
    My dream is to become an agricultural researcher, I look forward
    to do bacheolar of sci in agric but my problem is tuition.Today is
    me tomorrow is somebody else,its not your responsibility but since
    we are all human, we ought to remain human through love for one another. If you feel sorry for my side , Iplead accept me and link me
    to a helpful organisation to sponsor me thanks

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