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Attracting the next generation of ag trailblazers

Attracting the next generation of ag trailblazers

Bryan GibsonMay 26, 2023
We need to look at food production through younger eyes and embrace the technologies that will help us evolve, writes Bryan Gibson.

Generation Next applications sought

Annette ScottDec 16, 2022
Beef + Lamb programme being held in six places nationwide.

MPI announces 2023 forestry scholarship recipients

Farmers WeeklyDec 14, 2022
The scholarship programme provides another pathway into the industry and widens access to tertiary study for young New Zealanders.

Wool skills course set to uplift sector

Annette ScottDec 9, 2022
A drop in the standard of wool preparation has put NZ’s reputation as producers of high-quality crossbred wool at risk.


Mark Leslie photographed in front of pictures of rural scenes on the wall.

Mark Leslie to lead Pāmu

Farmers WeeklyDec 17, 2021
Silver Fern Farms chief operating officer Mark Leslie will join Pāmu as its chief executive, board chair Dr Warren Parker announced today.
Shearers to set new five-stand world record

Shearers to set new five-stand world record

Farmers WeeklyDec 15, 2021
A team of King Country shearers are preparing to set a new five-stand nine-hour world record for strong wool lambs later this month.
Kit Arkwright stands in front of a hedge.

New B+LNZ role a challenge and an opportunity

Kit Arkwright was recently appointed chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ Inc, taking over from Rod Slater, who retired after 27 years in the role.
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B+LNZ’s Generation Next heads north

Annette ScottDec 1, 2021
Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Generation Next programme is heading to the North Island.
Auctioneer Ben Wright calls for bids from the rostrum at the Feilding sale yards.

Born to sell livestock

Colin WilliscroftNov 11, 2021
Working with livestock runs in the family for Ben Wright, who recently won this year’s Heartland Bank Young Auctioneers Competition at Canterbury Park.
Portrait of Kellogg scholar Madison Pannett

New workforce drive needs refocus

Colin WilliscroftOct 21, 2021
The food and fibre sector needs to change the way it is trying to attract young people to jobs within it, a new report says.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam Mcivor poses in from of a mob of beef cattle.

B+LNZ partners with Growing Future Farmers programme

Farmers WeeklyOct 19, 2021
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has teamed up with the Growing Future Farmers (GFF) Essential Farm Skills Programme to attract and train more young people in the red meat sector.
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