The Youth Scholarship is sponsored by the New York Farm Bureau Promotion & Education Committee. Criteria for selection include:

• Student must be a high school junior at the time of application deadline.

• Candidate must live or work on a farm or be involved with agriculture

• Farm Bureau membership is not required.

Students are required to submit an application and an essay about how agriculture affects their life now and in the future. A committee in each district selects one student to compete on a statewide basis for the top three scholarship awards. Each district winner will attend New York Farm Bureau’s “Think Spring” conference on April 2 where the final selections will be made.  Judging is based on the application, personal interview, and an oral presentation.  The first place prize is $1,000, second place wins $500, and third place is worth $250.

Sarah Robinson wins Farm Bureaus Chenango County and NYFB District 5 (Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, and Onondaga) -Youth Scholarship. Sarah is a senior at Otselic Valley Central School and is a member of the band, marching band, chorus, envirothon team, ski club, and biology club.

On the farm she is in charge of raising the heifers. According to Sarah, she is happiest when she is in the barn with her cows, calves, and kittens.

Sarah has been a member of FFA for five years and involved in 4-H since the age of eight. She is currently the Chenango County Alternate Dairy Princess. She enjoys showing cattle at the Chenango County Fair.