By Daily Republic Staff

It pays to major in agriculture.

Friends of the Dixon May Fair will award a total of $12,500 in college scholarships to Solano County students enrolled in a California university or community college who are majoring in agriculture or an agricultural-related field.

The deadline to submit scholarship applications is March 1.

The organization will award four scholarships for those enrolled in a four-year college, and three scholarships for those enrolled in a two-year college.

Source: Scholarship money awaits Solano students majoring in agriculture