LENA — Adkins Energy LLC recently opened the application period for its annual scholarship. The application is available on the Adkins website: www.adkinsenergy.com. The application deadline is Friday, April 1.

Adkins Energy LLC will award three $500 scholarships to qualifying students. Anyone pursuing higher education at a trade school, college or university in 2022 may apply. Entries will be judged on previous academic achievement, current financial impact and an essay.

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:

●  Complete an application, including the most recent transcript of grades, with class ranking, if available.

●  Submit a typed essay, no longer than three pages double-spaced, on the following question: How can rural communities be positively impacted by the productivity and use of Ethanol?

●  Submit a description of how this scholarship will affect the applicant’s educational goals or special financial circumstances.

Submissions must be postmarked by Friday, April 1. The three winning recipients will be awarded the $500 scholarship after providing proof of enrollment.

Adkins Energy is a dry mill corn-to-ethanol and biodiesel facility located in northwest Illinois. It is owned by over 275 local investors and Pearl City Elevator, and employs 40 people. Since it started production in 2002, Adkins has processed over 350 million bushels of corn to produce over 900 million gallons of ethanol and over 3.1 million tons of wet and dried distillers’ grains. Since 2015, Adkins Energy is currently operating a 2 million gallon per year biodiesel facility that is fully integrated into its ethanol operations. For more information, contact Adkins Energy at 1-888-ETHANOL or visit www.adkinsenergy.com.