Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Scholarship Program 2025
Description
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative is looking to award 5, $2,000 college scholarships to children of its members.
Scholarship recipients will be selected based on academic achievement, leadership, participation in school and community activities, academic honors, goals and aspirations, recommendations, and work experience.
All information will be held in strict confidence by the scholarship selection committee. You will be notified whether you have been selected as a recipient by May 9, 2025. All applications become the property of Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative and cannot be returned.
Selection Process
- Must be a dependent child of a current Edge member (farm-owners or shareholders)
- May be a high school senior, high school graduate or college undergraduate enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time course of study at an accredited four-year college or university or a two-year program at a technical, junior or community college
- Preferences may be given to students pursuing a degree in an agricultural field
Edge was built on a foundation of added value the cooperative could offer farmer members and continues to lead the way in giving every farmer a strong voice in Congress, with customers and within their communities.
Founded in 2010 as the Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative, Edge has advanced to one of the top cooperatives in the country in terms of milk volume represented.
Edge fulfills requirements of the Federal Milk Marketing Orders as a verification cooperative for dairy farmers, while also providing representation on federal policies that affect members and collaboration with other agriculture stakeholders.