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Scholarship Program

About NEW Cooperative Scholarships

Deadline to apply for both scholarships is March 13, 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.

Our Impact

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.

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Farmer Acres Served Across Our Trade Territory
4.8 Million
Communities
83
Serving Farmers and Rural Communities
53 Years
Member-Owners & Growing
12K +
Returned to Members in Cash Over the Last 5 Years
$168M
Invested Back Into Local Communities Over the Past 6 Years
$362M

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2025 NEW Cooperative Hams for Hunger Event

NEW Cooperative Donates Hams to Local Communities

During the week of December 8th, NEW Cooperative, Inc. held its annual Hams for Hunger event, supporting food pantries across Iowa. This year, 43 food pantries in NEW Cooperative’s trade territory counties received donated hams from NEW Cooperative.

Since 2018, NEW Cooperative has partnered with local food pantries throughout its trade territory to deliver hams to families in need. This ongoing effort helps ease food insecurity while bringing a bit of extra joy to households during the holiday season. We extend our sincere appreciation to Land O’ Lakes for their continued support. Thanks to their generous matching funds, NEW Cooperative was able to distribute 4,500 hams to local food pantries, the equivalent of 24,630 pounds of Iowa-grown pork.

A heartfelt thank-you also goes out to our dedicated employees who assisted with distributing and delivering hams to these 43 food pantries. Their commitment made it possible to reach communities from the Highway 9 corridor in northwest Iowa, southwest to Fremont County, into the Cainsville, Missouri area, and north along the Interstate 35 corridor.
“NEW Cooperative’s Hams for Hunger event has been a central part of our community-giving program for many years,” said Gary Moritz, NEW Cooperative Communications Director. “We hope this gesture helps make the holiday season a little brighter for every recipient. From all of us at NEW Cooperative, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!”

About NEW Cooperative, Inc. and the NEW Cooperative Foundation
NEW Cooperative, Inc. is a farmer-owned grain, agronomy, energy, and feed cooperative headquartered in Fort Dodge, Iowa. As a leading agriculture retailer, NEW Cooperative is focused on being an innovative and efficient provider of today’s agriculture markets and services to 12,000 members throughout their 83 locations in Iowa.

The NEW Cooperative Foundation is the charitable giving entity of NEW Cooperative, Inc. The Foundation is committed to investing in organizations that are dedicated to youth and education, human services, and civic purposes that further enhance the quality of life in our member’s local communities.

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