The Brad Scholarship is now accepting applications! Please encourage the students in your life who might qualify to apply for it. It is not a difficult application to complete (no submitting letters of recommendation, SAT/ACT scores, certified class rank, etc.). Applicants can choose between submitting a video response and writing an essay. The committee's goal is to get money into the hands of students who will use it in pursuit of an agricultural education or career, or an ag-adjacent education or career.
The "ag education or career" is pretty self-explanatory: The applicant plans to join the family farm, become a large-animal veterinarian, work at an equipment dealership as a diesel tech, and so on.
But what is meant by "ag-adjacent education or career"? This is someone who wants to become a doctor and practice in a rural area, be the ag teacher and FFA sponsor in a high school, get a mechanical engineering degree to work in product development at one of the major equipment manufacturers, open a small-town grocery store, or become the police chief in their hometown. Ag-adjacent education and careers are vital to agriculture, but don't involve actually growing the crops, fixing the tractors and raising the cattle.
Applications are due April 4, which would be Brad's 44th birthday. If you have questions, you're welcome to contact us. Please apply, encourage the students in your life to apply, and spread the word. (And yes, feel free to share this post!)
