Source: Animal Agriculture Alliance
Six college students and three collegiate clubs from across the nation are taking home scholarships for the holidays for being exceptional advocates for agriculture. The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s College Aggies Online scholarship competition awarded more than $25,000 to students and clubs this year. 

The graduate winners are:

The undergraduate winners are:

The collegiate club winners are:

The first and second place winners also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the Alliance’s 2019 Stakeholders Summit, set for May 8-9 in Kansas City, Mo. Helena McNamee of Northwest Missouri State University was also named the “Social Media Rock Star” for entering the best social media post of the competition. Throughout the competition, students earned mini scholarships for having the best social media posts, videos, blog posts and infographics.

In addition to the scholarship winners, 12 students earned the CAO Excellence Award for outshining their peers in the competition:

2018 CAO sponsors include: Dairy Management Inc., CHS Foundation, Seaboard Foundation, National Pork Industry Foundation, Cooper Family Foundation, Diamond V, Bayer, National Corn Growers Association, National Pork Board, Alltech, Vivayic, Ohio Poultry Association, Domino’s Pizza Inc., Culver's Franchising System, LLC, National Chicken Council and Pennsylvania Beef Council.