Jonah Barry Receives Missouri Corn Scholarship

Posted on: April 15, 2014

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Scholarship Committee is pleased to award a 2014 Missouri Corn Scholarship to Jonah Barry of Clarence, Mo. Barry will receive a $750 scholarship from the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to help pay for his continuing education.

Jonah is the son of J.D. and Julia Barry. He is a senior at South Shelby High School and plans to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia where he will study plant science.

This is the eighteenth year Missouri Corn Scholarships have been available for high school and college students. High school applicants must be in their senior year and Missouri residents from a Missouri farm or rural area. They must also plan to attend a two- or four-year Missouri college or university and major in agronomy or related subject. College applicants must also be Missouri residents from a Missouri farm or rural area and be a junior enrolled in a Missouri four-year college or university majoring in the field of agronomy or related subject.

Applications for the 2015 Missouri Corn Scholarship Program will be available online after Dec. 15, 2014. Learn more about Missouri Corn by visiting www.mocorn.org.

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