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Students from the Black Belt were among 72 others to be awarded scholarships from the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) and Alabama Farmers Agriculture Foundation (AFAF) during the during the annual awards program at Lazenby Farms in Auburn on Sept. 23. 

$136,000 in total were given to undergraduates pursuing degrees in agriculture, forestry and related fields at Auburn University (AU).

See below for a list of students in the Black Belt who were awarded: 

George Cochran - Forestry - Barbour

Joseph Ealum - Agricultural Science - Butler

Christian Cunningham - Pre-Forestry - Choctaw

Mary Gunn - Biosystems Engineering - Clarke

Taylor Roberts - Agricultural Business & Economics - Dallas

Miranda Gajdos - Animal Sciences (Pre-Vet) - Hale

Faith Lane - Agricultural Business & Economics - Lowndes

Tamar Doull - Wildlife Enterprise Management - Macon

Trey Etheridge - Forestry - Marengo

John Allen Lachney - Agricultural Business & Economics - Montgomery

Hardy McMillan - Wildlife Enterprise Management - Perry

Kameria Doss - Biosystems Engineering - Pickens

William Mueller - Horticulture - Pike

Carly Puckett - Agricultural Science - Russell

Will McGraw - Agricultural Business & Economics - Wilcox

2025-2026 scholarship applications will open Nov. 1 at AlfaFarmers.org/scholarships. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2025.

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