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Voting for the Farms.com Precision Agriculture
Scholarship has concluded and Farms.com is
delighted to announce the winners of the scholarship
in each of three countries.
The scholarship winner from the
United States of America is Austin
Brown, who is studying at Penn State
University in Animal Science, with his
submission “Phenomics & Animal Trait
Measurement Utilizing Bio-imaging”.
The scholarship winner from the
United Kingdom is Will Smith who is
studying at the University of Lincoln,
with his submission “Can inter-row
cultivation play a role in the future of
sustainable weed control?”.
The scholarship winner from Canada
is Nicholas Bannon, studying at the
University of Guelph for his BA Food,
Agriculture and Resource Economics,
with his proposal for a “Nationwide
Precision Agriculture Education
Program for Farmers & Input
Suppliers”.
The scholarship winner in each country will receive
a scholarship valued at US $2000. The theme for
the 2020 scholarships was “environmental benefits
of precision agriculture to protecting the planet”.
Scholarship entries were received at the end of
September from students who submitted their
research/thesis, via a social media video
(YouTube, Twitter, Facebook).
The scholarship submissions were judged by a panel
of industry leaders, sponsors and Farms.com staff
members to choose the top three submissions in
each country. The finalists were announced and then
farmers and industry leaders were invited to vote for
the student with the precision agriculture idea that
they believed would have a positive impact on the
environment and could be adopted by farmers.
“The number of votes we received for the scholarship
far surpassed our expectations,” says Farms.com
President and CEO Graham Dyer. “We were impressed
by the quality of the scholarship submissions we
received, and each of the finalists was deserving of
a scholarship. The farming community was engaged
by the ideas presented and have now chosen the
winners in each country.”
“Congratulations to Nicholas Bannon,” says Darcy
Herauf, Director FCC AgExpert, and sponsor for the
Canadian Scholarship. “The passion from each of
the Canadian submissions as well as scholarship
submissions from other countries demonstrates the
bright minds that will be the future of the industry.
FCC AgExpert recognizes the importance of ensuring
young people are engaged in the agriculture industry
and we were delighted to support this initiative.”
“THE PASSION FROM EACH OF THE
SUBMISSIONS DEMONSTRATES
THE BRIGHT MINDS THAT WILL BE
THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY.”
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PRECISION AGRICULTURE
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
DENISE FAGUY
FARMS.COM
Farmers and industry members voted for scholarship winners
in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada
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