Source: PRESS RELEASE, 3/31/16

AgCarolina Farm Credit will be awarding $13,250 in scholarships to students who will be attending or who are currently enrolled in a North Carolina college or university.  The deadline is approaching for the seventeen scholarships that are available to children or grandchildren of customers of the cooperative.  Children or grandchildren of the cooperative’s board of directors are not eligible for the scholarships, as well as children or grandchildren of the cooperative’s employees.  

Application deadlines are April 15 for the North Carolina A&T State University scholarships.  April 30 is the deadline for the remaining scholarships.

Applications are available at www.agcarolina.com. To find applications, click News, then Community, and then Scholarships. Information is also available by contacting any of the twelve branch offices of AgCarolina Farm Credit.  

Recipients have been selected by NC State University for the five $2,000 scholarships available to students pursuing an ag related degree, as well as five $750 scholarships to the NC State Ag Institute, for the 2016-2017 academic year.

AgCarolina Farm Credit is a farmer owned financial cooperative with headquarters in Raleigh.  They are the leading provider of credit to farmers in central and eastern North Carolina.  AgCarolina Farm Credit has over $1.4 billion in loans and commitments outstanding to nearly 3000 North Carolina farmers, agribusinesses, and rural landowners.  Loans are made to finance land, homes, farm buildings, operating expenses, livestock and equipment, as well as other purposes.  Credit life insurance, crop insurance, appraisal services, and leasing are also available through AgCarolina Farm Credit.