{"id":205869,"date":"2026-05-14T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=205869"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:39:01","slug":"farm-focus-awards-annual-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/farm-focus-awards-annual-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Focus awards annual scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipients of the 2026 Farm Focus Inc. scholarships are Claire Keysor, Maddie Gerdeman, Delana Rank and Elyssa Renner awarded $1,500 each, and Amanda Burenga and Lilian Mount awarded $500 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keysor is a 2024 home school graduate attending Cedarville University and is majoring in biology pre-vet medicine. She plans to be a large animal veterinarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerdeman is a 2025 Lincolnview High School graduate attending Oklahoma State University majoring in animal science. She plans to contribute to the beef industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rank will be a 2026 Lincolnview High School graduate planning to attend the University of Findlay majoring in pre-vet\/animal science. She plans to be a large animal veterinarian in Van Wert area.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Farm-Focus-scholarships-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205870\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elyssa Renner (left) and Delana Rank (right) receive two of the Farm Focus Scholarships from Chairman Tony Campbell at the Lincolnview FFA Banquet. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Renner will be a 2026 Lincolnview High School graduate planning to attend Wright State University Lake Campus in Celina. She plans to major in agribusiness and use her skills back in her home community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mount is a 2024 Lincolnview High School graduate attending the University of Findlay, majoring in animal science (pre-vet and equine studies). Her career goal is to be a large animal veterinarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burenga is a 2025 Van Wert High graduate attending University of Illinois majoring in agricultural and biological engineering. Her career goal is to work in the agricultural industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farm Focus Inc. was founded in 1974 to promote agriculture in Van Wert County and the surrounding area. It is their continued mission to assist Van Wert County students through a scholarship program that will enable them to pursue a degree in an agricultural related field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The recipients of the 2026 Farm Focus Inc. scholarships are Claire Keysor, Maddie Gerdeman, Delana Rank and Elyssa Renner awarded $1,500 each, and Amanda Burenga and Lilian Mount awarded $500 each. Keysor is a 2024 home school graduate attending Cedarville University and is majoring in biology pre-vet medicine. She plans to be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farm","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 06:25:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205871,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205869\/revisions\/205871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}