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LEBANON – Brilee Culbert was awarded the John Willis Memorial Young Farmer Scholarship at the Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Summer Conference held at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center in Lebanon on July 22. Culbert is from Carter County and attends the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

The John Willis Memorial Young Farmer Scholarship is awarded to a college sophomore, junior or senior agriculture student. The scholarship recipient must be a Tennessee resident, agriculture major, a Young Farmer and Rancher member, a Farm Bureau Family member and possess leadership activities. Five scholarships are awarded annually at the Tennessee Young Farmers Conference Banquet. Each scholarship is $1,500 for the 2023-2024 academic year.