Posted: 11.29.2010
Foremost Farms USA is offering up to ten scholarships worth $2,000 each to member-owners and the children of member-owners in 2011. The Agricultural Education Scholarships will be awarded to students who are pursuing a career in the agricultural field.
The application deadline is Feb. 25, 2011, and scholarships will be awarded in the spring of 2011. The application is available for download from the “Member Benefits” section of Foremost Farms’ website at: www.foremostfarms.com or by calling (800) 362-9196, ext. 8798.
The scholarship program is supported by the Foremost Farms USA Charitable Foundation.
Foremost Farms USA, headquartered in Baraboo, Wis., is a cooperative owned by 2,200 dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest. The cooperative’s 1,000 employees manufacture and market many varieties of American and Italian cheese, whey-based ingredients, butter and bulk fluid milk to domestic and international customers. Foremost Farms’ 16 plants are located in Wisconsin and Minnesota, with a marketing office in Indianapolis, Ind. In 2009, Foremost Farms revenues were $1.14 billion.
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