Troy Dobson Receives Missouri Corn Scholarship

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Scholarship Committee is pleased to award Troy Dobson a 2011 Missouri Corn Scholarship.  Troy will receive a $750 scholarship from the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council to help pay for his continuing education.

Troy is the son of David and Jeanette Dobson of Higginsville, Mo.  He is a senior at Lafayette County High School with plans to attend Northwest Missouri State University where he will study agricultural economics.
 
This is the fifteenth 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 2012 Missouri Corn Scholarship program will be available online after Dec. 15, 2011.