Cole Diggins 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 Cole Diggins of Moundville. Diggins will receive a $1,000 scholarship from the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to help pay for his continuing education.

Cole is the son of David and Laura Diggins. He is a junior at the University of Missouri where heĀ  studies soil, environmental and atmospheric science.

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 after Dec. 15, 2018. Learn more about Missouri Corn by visiting www.mocorn.org.

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