Young Farmer Scholarship
Scholarship Sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau
Overview
The Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation is offering county and state-level college scholarships to high school seniors for the current academic year. Awards can be used to cover tuition, room and board, books, and other qualified educational costs. Scholarship disbursements will be paid directly to the college, university, or proprietary school the recipient chooses.
Eligibility
To qualify, applicants must:
- Be the child of a current Kentucky Farm Bureau member and remain a member while the scholarship is active.
- Graduate from high school in the same year they apply for the scholarship.
- For the Leadership in Agriculture Scholarship specifically, have parents who are actively involved in production agriculture.
Ineligible applicants
The following are not eligible to apply:
- Children of Kentucky Farm Bureau Claims Personnel
- Children of Kentucky Farm Bureau State Board Directors
- Children of Kentucky Farm Bureau State and District Employees
- Children of Kentucky Farm Bureau State Women’s Advisory Committee members
Special note regarding agency staff
Children of Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Agency Managers, Agents, Agency Secretaries, and CSRs are not eligible for these scholarships. They should apply instead for the Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Agents Association Scholarship using that application.
Important rules and conditions
- Recipients may attend any accredited college or technical/trade school.
- Awardees must enroll as beginning freshmen no later than the fall semester immediately following high school graduation. If prevented from enrolling by circumstances beyond the student’s control (for example, a serious illness or injury), the recipient must enroll by the spring semester of the following year.
- Withdrawal from school (except for serious illness or injury) will result in forfeiture of the scholarship.
- Recipients are expected to be full-time students each semester unless a written request for an exception is submitted and approved.
- An official transcript must be provided annually before any additional scholarship disbursements are made to the institution.
- Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 after each semester or they will forfeit the award. Beginning freshmen will be given one opportunity to improve their overall GPA.
- All application materials must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) ON FEBRUARY 28, 2026.
- The scholarship committee’s interpretation of these rules is final. All applications become the property of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation and will not be returned.