TRAER — Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Dylan Hosek of rural Traer has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming.
Dylan is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies and minoring in Agronomy and Agribusiness at Morningside University in Sioux City. Once graduated, Dylan would like to help farmers improve their profits by using both his agricultural knowledge and new technology. He has selected jobs during his education years to support both goals and enrich his customer service experience. Dylan says his youth involvement in 4-H and growing up on a farm have had the greatest impact on his career choice. He also shared, “Soil and water conservation are important to protect future generations of farmers. Without it, our livelihoods could be in jeopardy with decreased crop production, loss of fertile soil in our fields, and water being contaminated by leaching of the nutrients needed to support our high-yielding commodities. If we do not learn to take care of our land it will not be able to support us and our families.”…