2026 World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Now Open

Big news for Central Valley students with dreams rooted in agriculture 🚜
Applications are officially open for the 2026 World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship, a long-standing program dedicated to supporting the next generation of ag leaders.🎓🌱

Presented by Coast Counties Peterbilt (formerly E.M. Tharpe), this scholarship has been investing in agricultural education for nearly 20 years. High school seniors from Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern counties who plan to attend a four-year college or university and pursue a degree in agriculture are encouraged to apply 🌾

Two students will be selected to receive $10,000 scholarships, awarded in $2,500 annual installments over four years 💵✨

📅 Application deadline: January 16, 2026

To be considered, students must submit:

📄 Completed application
✉️ Two letters of recommendation
🎓 High school transcripts
✔️ Graduation during the 2025–2026 school year

Scholarship recipients will be announced in early February and recognized during World Ag Expo, happening February 10–12, 2026 at the International Agri-Center in Tulare 🌍

This scholarship continues a powerful tradition of investing in students who will shape the future of agriculture—right here in the Central Valley 🌻

👉 Download the application: https://bit.ly/WAEScholarship
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Jason Farris

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I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

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