The application deadline is quickly approaching for the National Corn Growers Association’s Academic Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship Program.  Scholarship applications must be postmarked on or before December 9. Partly sponsored by BASF Corporation, five one-thousand dollar scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in an agriculture-related field during the 2012-13 school year. Applicants must be entering at least their second undergraduate year or any year of graduate study, and they, or a parent or legal guardian, must be an NCGA member.

NCGA’s Grower Services Action Team Chair Brandon Hunnicutt, believes – this program is important for candidates as it helps fund their ongoing education, but it is also important for the industry as a whole. By helping tomorrow’s leaders further their studies, we proactively create a generation ready to lead agriculture for decades to come.

Scholarship recipients will be selected in early 2012. Recipients and a parent or guardian will enjoy travel and lodging to attend a portion of the 2012 Commodity Classic in Nashville, Tennessee., to be recognized at the NCGA Awards Banquet and have the opportunity to learn more about modern agriculture.