Jasmine Scott, of Madison, N.C., a senior at A&T, has won the N.C. Farm Bureau’s Collegiate Discussion Meet.

Scott received a trophy and a check for $1,000, and will advance to the national Young Farmers and Ranchers Collegiate Discussion Meet in Nashville, Tennessee, in February.

She is the first Aggie to advance to that level in the annual competition, which is sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation. First runner up in the statewide competition was also an Aggie: Justin M. Walker of Yanceyville, N.C., Scott’s classmate in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

Scott majors in agricultural education and is among the elite group of U.S. Department of Agriculture 1890 Scholars in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

She is president of the School’s chapter of Collegiate FFA; serves as a member and former vice president of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Advocates, and is an active member of MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences). She is the daughter of Patsy and Charles Dalton of Stokesdale.

Scott’s life ambition is to acquire a doctorate and teach agricultural sciences at the college level. She enjoys enlightening her peers and others about agriculture as a broad, complex industry that, in addition to farm management, offers many other career opportunities in business, government, research and education. As her discussion meet championship attests, the Aggie experience has made her an eloquent advocate for agriculture.

“You can’t do anything unless your basic needs for food, clean water, clothing and shelter are taken care of. I love agriculture, because I enjoy being the one who takes care of these foundational needs so you get to take them for granted,” she said.