FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2008

CONTACT: Becky Grisham, Missouri Corn Growers Association, (573) 893-4181 or (800) 827-4181

LEANN BOTKIN RECEIVES MISSOURI CORN SCHOLARSHIP

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)--The Missouri Corn Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that Leann Botkin is a recipient of the 2008 Missouri Corn Scholarship. Leann will receive a $750 scholarship from the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to help pay for her continuing education.

Leann is the daughter of Eric and Marilyn Botkin of Salisbury, Mo. She is a junior at Truman State University where she studies agricultural science.

This is the twelfth 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-year 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 2009 Missouri Corn Scholarship program will be available online after Dec.15, 2008. Learn more about Missouri Corn programs by visiting www.mocorn.org.