The Kansas Association of Wheat Growers announced it has awarded the 2023 Herb Clutter Memorial Scholarship to Carissa Sohm of Rolla, Kan.
Sohm has worked summers as an agronomist assistant for New Millennium Ag LLC and plans to attend Kansas State University and major in agronomy with a minor in animal science. Her goal is to earn her doctorate in agronomy and work as a research agronomist specializing in plant nutrients, soil fertility and water use efficiency. She says these fields of study would be extremely beneficial to her Kansas community.
The Herb Clutter Memorial Scholarship is a $1,000 award for an incoming college freshman from Kansas who will be pursuing a career in agriculture. Clutter was a farmer from Holcomb, Kan., and the first president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, which was established in 1948. He also led the formation of KAWG in 1952, and his support of research into industrial uses of wheat led to the formation of the Kansas Wheat Commission by the Kansas Legislature in 1957.
Kansas Farm Bureau awards scholarships
Each year the Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) Foundation for Agriculture awards scholarships to college students studying in fields that benefit agriculture and rural Kansas. Forty-three recipients from Kansas were awarded $25,500 in scholarships for the 2023-24 school year. Among the recipients were:
Logan Elliott. Elliott, of Cherokee County, was awarded $1,000 for the Frank and Helen Bernasek Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed scholarship fund.
Shelby Spreier. Spreier, of Harvey County, was awarded $1,000 for the Kansas State University Agricultural Communications and Journalism Scholarship.
Morgan Barba. Barba, of Ellis County, is the winner of the $500 Godfrey and Emma Bahr-Miller Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed scholarship fund for students attending a college in Kansas and majoring in a subject related to agriculture.
Caleb Stout. Stout, of Chase County, was awarded $500 for the DeWitt Ahlerich Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed scholarship fund.
Allison Abeldt and Renae Kohles. Abeldt, of Dickinson County, and Kohles, of Johnson County, each were awarded $500 from the Lester Crandall Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed fund.
Daniel Johnson. Johnson, of Linn County, was awarded a $500 scholarship to attend technical school from the Michael J. Berntsen Memorial Scholarship.
Six students received scholarships to Kansas technical colleges. They are Cordell Brown of Logan County, Jason Colby of Sherman County, Rosston Eckroat of Ellis County, Jace Goodman of Morris County, Colton Pfannenstiel of Ellis County and Cole Salmans of Hodgeman County.
Four $1,000 KFB scholarships were awarded to juniors and seniors enrolled in Kansas State University’s College of Agriculture and majoring in a subject related to agriculture. They are Patrick Biggs of Shawnee County, Ryleigh Carr of Thomas County, Candace Fry of Ford County and Elizabeth Sturgis of Cherokee County.
Two $1,000 KFB scholarships were awarded to juniors and seniors enrolled at Fort Hays State University. Recipients are Kayler Getz of Gove County and Kyle Sherwood of Scott County.
Source: farmprogress.com
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