Applications for the 2027-2028 academic year open December 2026.
The NEW Cooperative Foundation annually provides scholarships to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in agriculture.
The NEW Cooperative Foundation offers a minimum of ten (10) scholarships of $2,000 each awarded to undergraduates pursuing degrees in agriculture. We are also pleased to offer the Bob Wallentine Memorial Scholarship, awarding one $4,000 scholarship to a full-time student pursuing an Agricultural Business degree.
Recipients will be selected according to their outstanding leadership potential and interest in pursuing a future career in agriculture. Applicants shall be a full-time student that has been accepted into an accredited 2-year college or a 4-year university. Applicants who meet the criteria of the Wallentine Memorial Scholarship (full-time undergraduate student at a four-year university pursuing an Agricultural Business degree) will automatically be entered for BOTH NEW Cooperative scholarships. Please review the NEW Cooperative Scholarship and Wallentine Memorial Scholarship Guidelines below for details and eligibility requirements.
NEW Cooperative Ag Scholarship
Applicants must be a member of NEW Cooperative or the dependent of a NEW Cooperative member or full-time employee. Applicants shall be a full-time student that has been accepted into an accredited two-year college or four-year university, pursuing an agriculture-based degree. High school seniors, as well as college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors are eligible to apply. Recipients are chosen by an independent selection committee.
Bob Wallentine Memorial Ag Business Scholarship
Bob Wallentine served as General Manager of NEW Cooperative from its inception in 1973 until his retirement in 1996. He cared deeply for the farmers and employees he worked with and was inducted into the Iowa Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2006.
Applicants must be a member of NEW Cooperative or a dependent of a NEW Cooperative member or full-time employee. Applicants shall be a full-time student that has been accepted into an accredited two-year college or four-year university, pursuing an Agriculture Business degree. High school seniors, as well as college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors are eligible to apply. Recipients are chosen by an independent selection committee.
By completing the scholarship application below, you automatically apply for both the NEW Cooperative Agriculture AND Wallentine Memorial Scholarships if you meet the criteria for each. Recipients may only receive a NEW Cooperative Scholarship ONE time.
Since its founding in 1973, NEW Cooperative has remained committed to one guiding principle: doing for farmers what they cannot do themselves. This focus continues to drive long-term success for our members and the communities we serve—season after season.
NEW Cooperative Board of Director elections are coming soon!
We are in need of leadership candidates for the following seats:
Northern District: 2 Seats
Central District: 2 Seats
Southern District: 1 Seat
If you or someone you know is interested in seeking election to the NEW Cooperative Board of Directors, please contact our Fort Dodge office at 515-955-2040 by Wednesday, September 9th.
New Dry Fertilizer Facility Progresses in Superior
Site preparation began in November, and concrete work was completed in late winter for the new 15,500-ton, 270’ x 88’ dry fertilizer storage and blending facility at our Superior location. Recently crews completed the interior and side walls, finished the roof and began installing the exterior siding. The rail receiving pit will soon be completed and the receiving conveyors and equipment are being installed as they arrive.
The facility features five internal storage bins ranging from 800 tons to 7,500 tons and receives 400 tons of dry fertilizer per hour off the rail and 250 tons per hour by truck. The project is expected to be finished prior to fall and will greatly improve efficiency and service to our growing customer and member base in northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota.
Osceola Grain Receiving and Storage Expansion
MAX_1713 comp.JPG3.52 MB Our grain storage expansion project in Osceola, which features a pair of 750,000-bushel concrete silos with 20,000-bushel-per-hour grain receiving capacity, is progressing nicely and will be completed by this fall. Recently the concrete roofs of each silo were completed and the steel support structure that holds the grain leg, distributor and scalper was installed. Conveyors are now being installed on top of the complex and work has started on the electrical control room. The concrete pad for the corn dryer has been poured and the dryer is scheduled to be moved into place mid-June.
Due to outstanding member support, significant growth in grain volumes and its importance in how NEW Cooperative markets grain in our Southern District, Osceola is a very key market outlet for our eight facilities in that area. Most of the corn is shipped out by rail and Osceola is undersized for the grain volumes put through it today. These facility upgrades will make this location a long-term rail market outlet for your grain.
Additional capital projects include liquid fertilizer storage in Emmetsburg, a new office and inbound scale in Red Oak, and several locations are adding anhydrous ammonia storage capacity. We look forward to sharing updates about these projects with you soon.
Thank you to our customers and members for your continued support of NEW Cooperative!
