Promoting Career Opportunities in NZ’s Primary Industries

In this AgriHQ On Farm Story video, Olivia Weatherburn, National Extension Programme Manager for Beef + Lamb New Zealand, talks about designing the Generation Next Programme to introduce people to careers across the primary sector.

Olivia explains the programme's three modules, covering the farm business, agritech and meat, and shares her own path from wanting a sheep station to working as a rural professional supporting others into the industry.

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