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Twenty farm interns take the first step in their farming career

10 Mar 2021

Twenty motivated farm interns enrolled in the Whangārei A&P Farm Intern programme for 2021 to gain hands-on experience in a free, 40-week programme.

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Food & Fibre CoVE launched as part of the Government’s vocational educational reform

2 Mar 2021

The Food & Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) was officially launched last week as part of the vocational education reforms. Find out what this means for farmers.

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Generation Next’s brain food

1 Feb 2021

No skill is more important than the ability to feed yourself and this was just one of the skills B+LNZ’s Generation Next students learnt in the course’s final module, Meat Appreciation.

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Teachers day out

Teachers learn about food and fibre careers firsthand

1 Dec 2020

In the last few weeks, teachers across seven regions in New Zealand have been learning about careers in the food and fibre sectors as part of GrowingNZ’s annual Teachers’ Day Out.

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Generation Next programme

Growing the next generation of farming leaders

6 Oct 2020

Forty motivated young farmers gathered for two days at three different South Island locations over August as part of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Generation Next programme.

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Supporting sector capability and training

17 Sep 2020

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) provide an update on how it is supporting sector capability and training behind the farm gates by collaborating with industry partners.

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Meat Your Career Camps for Students

21 Jul 2020

Agri-career camps are underway across Aotearoa as students learn about the variety of roles in the agriculture sector.

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B+LNZ taking action following Taratahi closure

17 Jan 2019

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is concerned that the closure of the Taratahi Agricultural Training Institute (Taratahi) will have a serious impact on the ability of the primary sector to develop the workforce capability it requires. B+LNZ will be using the results of its 2018 review of sheep and beef sector capability needs to help design a better solution for sector skill development.

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