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BASF NZ is set to launch its 2024 Safety Champs Programme, said to provide a fun and interactive way to make farms safer for children.

The senior and junior awards at the inaugural Otago Southland Clash of the Colleges were claimed by the students of Otago Boys’ High School and Blue Mountain College.

A hundred primary schools across New Zealand are now better resourced to teach their students about food and farming after winning ‘George the Farmer’ book sets in a recent competition run by rural lender, Rabobank.

83 students from the Massey University School of Agriculture and Environment were awarded close to $400,000 in scholarships at a recent awards evening.

The future will see a continuation of the trend to fewer and larger farms, most of which will be ‘family corporates’, says AgFirst chief executive James Allen.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has launched its Rural Leadership Advancement Scholarship.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is expanding a scholarship programme for tertiary students as part of its efforts to boost on-the-ground support for farmers and growers.

Food manufacturers, producers, wholesalers, and distributors are being invited to register their interest in the new Healthy School Lunches programme.

While New Zealand’s clever thinkers were out in full force at the Fieldays Innovations event last month, the youngsters weren’t there to be overlooked.

The real winner of this year’s FMG Young Farmer Region-off have been the regional communities.