Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Provides $10,000 in Secondary Education Scholarships – River Cities' Reader
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN (June 19, 2025) — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative is investing in the future of the next generation through its annual scholarship program. Five young adults will receive $2,000 scholarship awards to pursue higher education. Two scholarships will be awarded to students currently enrolled in college or a university, and three scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors.
“At Edge, it’s a great honor to support our members’ families and students pursuing secondary education,” Tim Trotter, Edge CEO, said. “We hope that all students, whether attending a technical college, a four-year university or other educational programs, feel they have the chance to learn new skills and gain valuable experiences that they can carry with them throughout their lives and also bring back to the farm.”
The 2025 scholarship recipients:




Each student is a dependent of an Edge member and has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and participation in school and community activities, academic honors, goals and aspirations, recommendations and work experience.
Edge is proud to recognize these students who exemplify the voice of milk through their education, career goals and future endeavors. Visit edgedairy.com for more information.
About Edge:
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative provides dairy farmers throughout the Midwest with a powerful voice — the voice of milk — in Congress, with customers and within their communities. Edge, based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is one of the top cooperatives in the country based on milk volume. More information: edgedairy.com.
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