Mason Ward Receives Missouri Corn Scholarship

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Scholarship Committee is pleased to award a 2012 Missouri Corn Scholarship to Mason Ward of Gilman City, Mo.  Ward will receive a $750 scholarship from the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to help pay for his continuing education.

Mason is the son of Jeff and Bobbie Ward.  He is a senior at Gilman City R-4 and plans to attend North Central Missouri College where he will study agriculture business.

This is the sixteenth 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 2013 Missouri Corn Scholarship Program will be available online after Dec. 15, 2012.  Learn more about Missouri Corn by visiting www.mocorn.org.