Larna Schnitker Receives Missouri Corn Scholarship

Posted on: April 16, 2018

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Scholarship Committee is pleased to award a 2018 Missouri Corn Scholarship to Larna Schnitker of Middletown. Schnitker will receive a $1,000 scholarship from the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to help pay for her continuing education.

Schnitker the daughter of Herb and Beth Schnitker. She is a senior at Wellsville-Middletown R-I and plans to attend the University of Missouri where she will study animal science and agriculture business.

This is the twenty-second 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 2019 Missouri Corn Scholarship Program will be available online on or before Dec. 15, 2018. Learn more about Missouri Corn by visiting www.mocorn.org.

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