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Indiana Farm Bureau offers a variety of scholarships for members and their families, and the deadline for several of those scholarships is March 1.

A full list of the available scholarships, along with their requirements and the application forms, is available at www.infb.org/scholarships.

INFB and the Farm Bureau Foundation will award 13 district and state scholarships to high school seniors and college students for the current school year. Scholarships are $1,000 each. Payment will be made directly to the college or university.

All the scholarships require applicants to be the child of an INFB member or be a student member and to remain so while the scholarship is in force. The scholarships are:

• Marion Stackhouse Memorial Scholarship.

• Carolyn Hegel Memorial Scholarships, one to be awarded in each Farm Bureau district to a high school senior accepted to an approved/accredited college or university or a full-time student attending an approved/accredited college or university. Applicants must be pursuing an agricultural or agribusiness degree.

• INFB Collegiate Scholarship. Two will be awarded to full-time students attending an approved/accredited college or university who are members of the Purdue University, Vincennes University or Huntington University Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter.

All application materials must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on March 1. For more information, write to awards@infb.org.

Also available is a $500 enrichment scholarship to be awarded to one adult, 21 years or older, who wishes to enhance his or her career of choice through a workshop, seminar, credit or non-credit class or degree program. Applications can be found at www.infb.org/scholarships and must be emailed by March 3 to odt@infb.org.

County Farm Bureaus and Farm Bureau districts also offer various scholarships. Information on these is available at www.infb.org/scholarships.