The scholarships go to students enrolled in programs that emphasize dairy and who have shown potential to become future dairy leaders.
The dairy checkoff, managed by Rosemont, Ill.-based Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), awarded 12 academic scholarships to students enrolled in programs that emphasize dairy and who have shown potential to become future dairy leaders.
The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB), through DMI, annually awards $2,500 scholarships to 11 students. In addition, the NDB awards a $3,500 James H. Loper Jr. Memorial Scholarship to one outstanding scholarship recipient, DMI said.