10-24-05
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SC Farm Bureau Awards Five Scholarships at SC State Fair

Matthew Davidson of Duncan, the son of Bruce and Donna Davidson, received a $2,500 college scholarship as the winner of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Junior Beef Competition held recently during the SC State Fair.

SC Farm Bureau, in partnership with the SC State Fair, presented a total of $9,500 in agricultural scholarships to five livestock competition winners during the 2005 State Fair held October 6-16.

Samuel Hall of York received the other $2,500 scholarship in the SCFB Junior Beef Competition, while Keri Perdue of Patrick received a $1,500 scholarship as winner of the SCFB Junior Swine Competition.
In addition, Kathryn Lea Keller of York received a $1,000 scholarship as winner of the SCFB Junior Wether Goat Competition and Emily Nance of McConnells received a $2,000 scholarship as winner of the SCFB Junior Dairy Competition.

SCFB President David Winkles said that the purpose of the scholarship program was to prepare young people to become part of the leadership in agriculture--which is a key industry in South Carolina.

“As a non-profit organization, the SC Farm Bureau Federation continually looks for ways to promote agriculture and at the same time support educational opportunities for young people," he added.

State Fair Manager Gary Goodman agreed, “This is a great example of a partnership between organizations with similar interests and missions. I can think of no better relationship to support our state’s young people as they show their livestock and provide educational scholarships to the winners.”

To be eligible for the scholarships, participants had to be South Carolina youth in grades 10-12, or presently enrolled in a SC college/university four-year program, who had not passed their 20th birthday as of the date of the show.

Entrants competed for the scholarships by entering their livestock in the appropriate competition and submitting a scholarship application. Entry forms and scholarship applications for the 2006 SC State Fair Livestock Competition will be available on-line at www.scstatefair.org beginning July 1, 2006.

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Pictured with Matthew Davidson is Kevin Yon, beef farmer from Saluda County and the Chair of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Beef Advisory Committee.

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