Fifty seven students of Agricultural Science and AgriBusiness visited Fieldays at Mystery Creek on 15 June.
Head of Agricultural Science, Ms Esther Hancock, said the students had different topics to research for their various internal assessments, including pasture seed, agricultural machinery, effluent management and dairy profitability.
“They also spent an absorbing hour in the careers and education hub, completing a competition on their smartphones to learn more about careers in agriculture,” said Ms Hancock.
“I think the students’ eyes were opened to the huge importance of agriculture to the New Zealand economy, and how each of them might find a career within the primary industries.”
AgriBusiness student in KPMG magazine
Year 12 AgriBusiness student Fatima Imran features in the latest issue of KPMG’s Agribusiness Agenda.
The article profiles Fatima as a student keen to carve a career in AgriBusiness. Earlier this year she spoke before about 100 industry leaders and politicians at the Central Districts Fieldays about what might encourage other young people to study the area.