Education
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Apprentice up for national nod
HENRY Barkley has been prepared to go a long way to realise his dream of becoming a John Deere service technician. What started as a…
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Filling gaps for a farming future
NARRAPORT’S Bill Lee took a fairly short round trip on his way to a Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and back to…
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Time to sign up for women’s ag leadership program
APPLICATIONS have opened for a Victorian Government program aimed at helping women in agriculture claim their space in leadership roles. Twenty women from across the…
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Young farmers get business skills
BIRCHIP Cropping Group has launched an initiative to provide young farmers with new skill sets to enable them to make better on-farm decisions. The BCG…
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Ag taps into focus on STEM
Mildura-based Northern Mallee Local Learning & Employment Network has used its two years with the AgSTEM program as a launching pad for its 2024 Horticulture…
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Students get a taste of horticulture industry
SUNRAYSIA students have been “immersed” in the local horticulture industry as part of an educational entrée to the wider sector. The Northern Mallee Local Learning…
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Hands-on learning
ANOTHER 19 students have now completed the Northern Mallee Horticulture Immersion Project. Introduced this year, the Horticulture Immersion Project is a hands-on course which runs…
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Students eager for inside look at shearing
There are barely 250 kids at Coomealla High School. But its staff and students are consistently punching above their weight – most recently a dozen…
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Aiming to team up with mum
It can’t be too long before Tahlia Haigh gets to live something of a dream. The 16-year-old Year 10 Coomealla High School student has just…
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Following in father’s footsteps
Fifteen-year-old Harry Strachan comes off a 40,000-acre spread between Pooncarie and Wentworth where three generations of his family have been running sheep and cropping cereals…
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Students join field day for career insights
A TOUR designed for high-school students will be one of the highlights at Birchip Cropping Group’s main field day on September 13 at Kinnabulla. The…
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Campaign shines a spotlight on grassroots biosecurity
A new campaign will showcase the everyday actions Victorians are taking to help protect our State against pests and diseases. Biosecurity Victoria executive director Katherine…
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