Youth & Young Farmers - Scholarships

The GROWMARK System is committed to continued education in the field of agriculture business. Since 1960, we have sponsored agriculture and accounting scholarships at several Midwest universities. Today we support more than 30 scholarships at 12 universities and four colleges in the Midwest and Ontario. In addition, we sponsor six scholarships through the State FFA Foundation to students studying agriculture in local community colleges.

Each school is responsible for the selection process and awarding the scholarships. GROWMARK specifies the students be juniors or seniors enrolled in an approved curriculum. We sponsor one Jonathon Baldwin Turner scholarship at the University of Illinois, which is awarded to a freshman.

GROWMARK provides funds to deserving high school seniors who have applied to agriculture programs at community colleges in Illinois or Iowa, or at vocational schools in Wisconsin. Students must be sons or daughters of patrons or employees of the FS/GROWMARK System. Scholarship applications are available through local FFA advisors in December and are generally due in mid-February.

Participating Universities