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CCTA Scholarships
Congratulations to our 2011 Scholarship Winners!
Morgan Lindsay
Morgan is a student at Kansas State University majoring in Agriculture Business with a minor in Leadership Studies. In her opinion, agriculture is the one industry in the world that personally affects everyone. Due to the changes within the industry, such as less farmable land and a growing world population, technology and practices for sustainability need to continually improve. Conservation tillage plays a big role in conservation and the affordability of produce while still maintaining profitable margins. Advocacy in agriculture is necessary to inform the public of the facts so they are not mistaken by highly advertised falsehoods. Her future plans are to work in the agricultural lending field. By doing this, she hopes to assist producers in obtaining funds needed to be progressive agriculturists that can continue to improve technology and practices. This will lead to better efficiency of yields per acre, lower emissions from chemicals, reduced energy costs and sustainability.
J.D. Barkey
J.D. is a student at Colorado State University majoring in Soil and Crop Science/Agriculture Business. He was raised on a fourth generation family farm operation and has from a young age planned his future in agriculture. The challenges faced with an unstable economy, urban sprawl and weather changes encourage American farmers to push through the hard times and make something great. J.D. places importance on pushing the educational standards to sustainable and efficient agricultural practices. Learning to do more with less farmable ground and more people to feed promotes conservation tillage practices. He hopes to understand the problems faced as a manager of his own enterprise and learn the tools to run a sustainable operation.
Agriculture
Scholarship Winners:
Cody Dodsworth, Vernon,
Colorado, Colorado State University
Mitch Lillich, Yuma,
Colorado, Northeastern Junior College
Diesel Engineering
Scholarship Winners
Keith Shoemaker, Grover,
Colorado, Northeastern Junior College
Maximanio Larralde,
Galeton, Colorado, Northeastern Junior College
Rex May, Brush, Colorado, Colorado State
University
Alan Wiese, Filley,
Nebraska, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Ransom Sitz, Burwell,
Nebraska, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Michael Ann Johns, Mitchell, NE, Colorado
State University
Zebren Walker, Yuma, CO, Northeastern
Junior College, Colorado
Matthew Pachta, Linn, KS, Kansas State
University
Nick Guetterman, Bucyrus, KS, Kansas State
University
2010 Agriculture Scholarship Benefit
Burlington On Stage
will be doing a melodrama and variety show performance
They are Burlington High School Drama Club members and they are donating the
performance. The benefit will be a meal and performance.
The cost will be $30. $15 will go to the scholarship fund
and $15 to the group providing the meal.
You do not need to be a CCTA Member or an attendee of the High Plains No-Till
Conference to attend the benefit.
It is open to the public. Contact 719-349-0395 for ticket information
Use order form or if attending the conference, add tickets to your registration. Contributions are also accepted for the Scholarship Fund.
Contact Cole Mertens, CCTA Treasurer, jcolemerts04@hotmail.com for information on where to send donations.
2010 Scholarship Silent Auction
During the High Plains No-Till Conference "mostly" farm
toys and replica's,plus a sundry of other items are
put up for bidding at a silent auction/
If you would like to donate an item to the auction, contact CCTA Board Member,
Jeff Farnik, jefffarnik@aol.com
The value of all donated items are tax deductible.
Silent Auction Donation Form
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