Agricultural Essay Skills Contest Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR OBLIGATION NECESSARY
A PURCHASE OR OBLIGATION WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
1. ELIGIBILITY: Skills contest is open only to legal residents of the United States of America residing within the states of
South Dakota or Nebraska. Residents must be between 14 and 18 years. Employees, officers and directors of Farm Credit
Services of America (“Sponsor”), subsidiaries and affiliated companies, successors and assigns, advertising, promotion and
fulfillment agencies, insurers, legal advisors, and their respective relatives (including the spouse, and any person related to
the above individuals, or the spouse, as parent, child, sibling, step-parent, step-child, step-sibling, half-sibling, uncle or aunt,
niece or nephew, grandparent, grandchild, or the spouse of any of the above) and individuals residing in their same
household (whether or not related) are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
2. SKILLS CONTEST PERIOD: The entire skills contest period begins on 4/15/2014, and ends on 6/30/2014.
3. TO ENTER: Write a one page essay describing your agricultural-related volunteer project. Email the essay to
LKLARSON_72@GPCOM.NET. Limit one entry per person. Entries must be received by 5:00 pm (local time) on
6/30/2014. Farm Credit Services of America is not responsible for lost, late or misdirected entries not received in time for
judging.
4. JUDGING: Essays will be judged by Sponsor and/or KK93 radio station to select the winners.
5. AWARDS: Two (2) Apple iPad minis, each valued at approx. $300, will be awarded at the 2014 county fair in each of the
following counties: Clay County, SD; Yankton County, SD; Turner County, SD; Knox County, NE; Cedar County, NE; Pierce
County, NE; and Dixon County, NE. One (1) iPad mini will be awarded to each winner. Winner is responsible for all taxes
and fees on prize awarded.
6. GENERAL CONDITIONS: (a) By participating, entrants release, discharge and agree to hold harmless Sponsor,
subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors,
employees, and agents for any and all liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to property or person, arising
in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with participation in this skills contest. (b) By accepting an
award, except where legally prohibited, winners grant (and agree to confirm such grant in writing) to Sponsor the right to the
use, without additional compensation, of his/her name, picture, likeness, voice, biographical information and statements, at
any time for advertising, trade publicity, promotional and commercial purposes in all media without notice, review or
approval. (c) Winners may be required to complete, sign and return an Eligibility Statement and Release within ten (10)
days of receipt of document. If document is not returned timely or if award notification or award is returned as nondeliverable or if a winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, the award will be
forfeited and an alternate winner selected. (d) Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer an award or redeem an award
for cash or credit. (e) Taxes on award are the sole responsibility of the winner. (f) All essays submitted become the sole
property of Sponsor and will not be returned. (g) All personal information submitted by entrants can be used by Sponsor for
future mailings or marketing and or promotion materials and/or for follow-up contacts by Sponsor.
7. WINNERS LIST: For names of winners, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by 9/30/2014, to Farm Credit
Services of America, Attn: Marketing Skills Contest, PO Box 2409, Omaha, NE 68103-2409.
8. OFFICIAL RULES: A copy of these rules is available to anyone who requests such in writing to Farm Credit Services of
America, Attn: Marketing Skills Contest, PO Box 2409, Omaha, NE 68103-2409. For any questions, call 800-884-3276.