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Colorado Conservation Tillage Association announces scholarship winners
Colorado The Colorado Conservation Tillage Association is proud to announce the four 2010 ag scholarship winners. They will be awarded their respective scholarships at the 22nd Annual High Plains No-Till Conference in Burlington, Feb 2 to 3. Any one wanting to attend the conference and applaud these winners may pre-register at www.highplainsnotill.com. Donations are currently being accepted for the silent auction that will be held at the conference to generate funds for future agriculture scholarships. Contact Kathy Rickart, 970-576-8970, if you would like to donate to the auction. The 2011 scholarship application deadline is Dec 1. Applications available after July 1 on the website. --$750 CCTA Sponsored Scholarship Winner: Cody Dodsworth of Vernon, Colo., attending Colorado State University and majoring in Ag Business, Soil and Crop Science. Dodsworth states, "I love agriculture because I like the idea that is behind it. It represents hard work and people who pull themselves up by their boot straps. It is associated with a community full of honest people who are caring, compassionate, and friendly. Ag represents the man who gets up before the sun and goes to bed after dark, the man who pours all his time and money into a crop that rewards him once a year and can be gone in the blink of an eye. I love this image and I want to continue this tradition. I believe that one of the best ways to make sure that the farm will last until I make it back is to use no-till, which helps conserve both the environment and the soil." --$750 CCTA Sponsored Scholarship Winner: Mason Lillich of Yuma, Colo., attending Northeastern Junior College and majoring in Ag Business. Lillich recalls his experience living on the farm and learning about weed control as a child who went from helping hoe weeds in ditches to learning about mixing chemicals to control weeds to learning to plant grains, cultivate the land and run a combine to harvest. He states, "I have always watched my dad when he was working (on the farm) and wanted to be able to do the things he could do that helped in developing his family farm enterprise. My personal goal is to live in the rural setting and have a family that is involved in the agricultural livelihood. I hope to return to my family's farm operation in a management position." --$500 Wickham Tractor Company Sponsored Scholarship Winner: Keith Shoemaker of Grover, Colo., attending Northeastern Junior College and majoring in Diesel Technology. Shoemaker would like to continue living around the farming and ranching industry after he receives his degree. He credits working at his neighbor's farm, Castor Farms, for the past four years as a ranch hand in fostering his enjoyment of the rural life. His experience has helped him understand how tilling the ground as little as possible helps save the sub moisture, the topsoil from wind and water erosion and save fuel. --$500 Wickham Tractor Company Sponsored Scholarship Winner: Maximiano Larradle of Galeton, Colo., attending Northeastern Junior College and majoring in Diesel Technology. Maximiano plans to transfer to Colorado State University upon completion of his degree at NJC in pursuit of a master's degree in agriculture engineering. He states, "I would like to find a successful career in the engineering field somewhere in Colorado, where I would eventually settle down and start a family."
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