Agtegra Announces 2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients
Apr 17, 2025
ABERDEEN, S.D. (April 17, 2025) – Agtegra Cooperative (Agtegra) has awarded scholarships to 10 high school seniors and one college student who are pursuing agricultural degree programs for the 2025-2026 school year.
The purpose of the scholarship program is to further the advancement of the agricultural industry and the cooperative system through education while promoting academic excellence.
Each of the eleven recipients will each receive $1,000 to be used toward a full-time undergraduate agricultural degree program at a 2- or 4-year postsecondary institution located in South Dakota or North Dakota.
High school senior recipients include the following:
· MaKayla Wall: Enderlin High School (Enderlin, ND)
· Addison Uglem: Northwood High School (Northwood, ND)
· Kathryn Kilber: Ipswich High School (Ipswich, SD)
· Bailey Verhulst: Harding County High School (Buffalo, SD)
· Dallas Stoltenberg: Northwestern High School (Mellette, SD)
· Blaise McGregor: Webster High School (Webster, SD)
· Aidan Ferens: Highmore-Harrold High School (Highmore, SD)
· Ginny Warkenthien: Willow Lake High School (Willow Lake, SD)
· Rylan Grassel: Woonsocket High School (Woonsocket, SD)
· Alex Jaspers: O’Gorman High School (Sioux Falls, SD)
The college student recipient, who will also receive a $1,000 scholarship, is Adam Strei of Big Stone City, South Dakota. Strei is currently studying agricultural systems technology at South Dakota State University.
Agtegra’s scholarship program aims to reward passionate, driven and future-oriented leaders who are willing to meet the high demand of the agriculture industry.
“Our scholarship program is dedicated to investing in the next generation of agricultural leaders. This year, we were blown away by the record number of exceptional applications, which reaffirms our belief that the future of the agriculture industry is bright. On behalf of Agtegra Cooperative, I would like to congratulate our recipients on their achievements and commend them for their passion and commitment to advancing agriculture," says Agtegra CEO Jason Klootwyk.
Agtegra’s 2026-2027 scholarship application will become available online at https://www.agtegra.com/our-communities/scholarships on October 1, 2025.