Page 20 2025 Logan County Spring Outlook LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March 2025 Todd received the scholarship in 2013 and attended Richland for two years and then transferred to ISU where he received a bachelor’s in Animal Industry Management. After graduation he was able to go back to the family dairy & grain farm and work alongside his father and grandfather. For the past 5 years Todd has been a Sales Representative for Central IL Ag. “Working in Ag sales has given me the opportunity to grow my knowledge of the Ag industry outside of my family farm.” Todd, Chelsea and family will soon be making the move out to the Irwin family farm where they will live and grow. Meg (Meeker) Baer Meg is a 2015 scholarship recipient. Meg was able to attend and graduate from college with no debt. “This was a huge blessing to me because I went straight into the ag classroom after graduating with my bachelor’s degree.” She is in her third-year teaching at Olympia Middle School where she started an ag program and FFA chapter. Meg said, “I love having the opportunity to help students build transferable life skills through agricultural photo provided by Meg Baer education!” Her and her husband are active members in the Tazewell County Farm Bureau Young Leaders group. Molly Schempp Molly said this about receiving the scholarship in 2019: “I worked 4 jobs while attending college and the support from Logan County Agriculture helped me graduate from college debt free!” Molly is an agriculture teacher and an FFA advisor at Lincoln Community High School. Molly and her fiancé are both passionate about farming and the agriculture industry and have big plans as they begin their lives together this summer in Logan County. Thank you to the Logan County Farm Bureau and the scholarship committee for investing in the future of Logan County. [Lesleigh Bennett] Photo provided by Molly Schempp
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