January 30, 2017

SWCMA Member Plant

RE: Cover letter announcing 15th Annual Young Dairy Producer Scholarship

Dear SWCMA member:

Enclosed is the cover letter sent to all area high schools (see mailing list included in this package) announcing the 15th Annual Young Dairy Producer Educational Scholarship sponsored by the SWCMA. Please note that the scholarship amount will again be the amount of $2,000.00

A copy of the application form is also enclosed, and we encourage you to deliver a copy of this form to each of your Wisconsin-based patron's farm. This would make sure that all eligible students are made aware of this educational opportunity. The application form may also be downloaded from www.wmmb.com/swcma. All students whose Wisconsin-based dairy farm markets their milk to any SWCMA member is eligible. Family members or farm employee family members are both eligible. Acceptable educational programs need to be dairy and agricultural-based courses.

I have again this year volunteered to coordinate this scholarship program and have the applications submitted to WMMB in my name. Completed applications should be submitted to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board c/o Matt Mathison, 8418 Excelsior Drive, Madison, WI 53717 by March 31, 2017. Announcement of the winner will be made by April 28, 2017. Scholarship winner will receive a plaque and a check for $2,000

Questions regarding this application can be forwarded to Matt Mathison at 608/203-7221, or by email to [email protected] .

Sincerely,

Matt Mathison Vice President – Cheese Company Communications & Technical Services

Enclosures High School List receiving the Scholarship information:

School City School City Albany High School Albany New Glarus Middle/High School New Glarus Argyle High School Argyle Oregon High School Oregon Baraboo Parkview High School Orfordville Belleville High School Belleville Pecatonica High School Blanchardville Belmont High School Belmont Platteville High School Platteville Black Hawk High School South Wayne Wayne Bartels Portage Middle School Portage Boscobel High School Boscobel Portage High School Portage Brodhead High School Brodhead Potosi High School Potosi Cambridge High School Cambridge Poynette High School Poynette Cashton High School Cashton Prairie du Chien High School Prairie du Chien Cassville High School Cassville Reedsburg Area High School Reedsburg Cuba City High School Cuba City Richland Center High School Richland Center Darlington High School Darlington River Ridge High School Patch Grove De Soto High School De Soto River Valley High School Spring Green Edgerton Riverdale High School Muscoda Evansville High School Evansville Prairie du Sac Fennimore High School Fennimore Seneca High School Seneca Highland High School Highland Shullsburg High School Shullsburg Hillsboro High School Hillsboro Southewestern Wisconsin High School Hazel Green Iowa-Grant High School Livingston Sparta Meadowview Middle School Sparta Ithaca High School Richland Center Sparta High School Sparta Craig High School Janesville Stoughton High School Stoughton Parker High School Janesville Tomah High School Tomah Parker/Craig High School Janesville Tomah Middle School Tomah Juda High School Juda Verona Kickapoo High School Viola Viroqua High School Viroqua La Farge High School La Farge Waterloo High School Waterloo Lancaster High School Lancaster Waunakee Lodi High School Lodi Wauzeka High School Wauzeka Marshall High School Marshall West Salem High School West Salem Mauston High School Mauston Westby High School Westby Milton High School Milton Wisconsin Dells High School Wisconsin Dells Mineral Point High School Mineral Point Wisconsin Heights High School Mazomanie Monroe High School Monroe Wonewoc-Center High School Wonewoc Mount Horeb

This year the information as also sent to UW – Madison, UW – Platteville and UW – River Falls.