IVCC Ag program nabs $10,000 ag grant

Representing Compeer are insurance officer Ryan Leifheit, left, and financial officers Jacob Chapman and Buck Hill. Representing IVCC, from left, is ag program co-coordinators Willard Mott and Kathryn Seebruck and President Jerry Corcoran – PHOTO IVCC

OGLESBY- The Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America recently made a $10,000 grant to the Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program for biotechnology equipment. The equipment will be used in Introduction to Field Crop Science and Animal Science labs. Compeer made a $5,000 donation for ag technology in December.

“It’s both humbling and gratifying to have a first-class organization like Compeer supporting our agriculture program,” IVCC President Jerry Corcoran said. “Because of their generosity, our ag students will experience the latest developments in DNA research.”