… by offering six scholarships to young agricultural students. Four scholarships of $500 have been awarded to incoming college freshmen including:

Christina Egner of Shelby, Ohio, who will be studying animal science at The Ohio State University this fall. The current Ohio Queen of Beef, Christina will be minoring in agricultural education and agribusiness.

Cassi Schriefer of Golden Valley, North Dakota, a potential veterinarian/chiropractor, will be studying microbiology at North Dakota State.

Sandra Kirchner of Clintonville, Wisconsin is planning to study both Dairy Science and Agronomy, focusing eventually on crops and dairy feed management, while continuing on at her family’s family Guernsey operation.

Shannon Muenzenberger of Coon Valley, Wisconsin will be attending the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, majoring both in agricultural communication and dairy science. She owns a herd of Brown Swiss.

Along with these four scholarships, Accelerated Genetics awarded two $1000 scholarships to current college students.

Jarred Huber, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls is majoring in Agricultural Economics.

Rebecca Tokach is in her first year of Animal Science at Kansas State.