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A duo from Otago Boys’ High School in Dunedin have been awarded the FMG Junior Young Farmers of the Year.

A hopeful veterinarian and a young woman who has her heart set on supporting farmers have been named as the recipients of the 2021 New Zealand Young Farmers World Congress Charitable Trust Scholarship.

The new independent director for Young Farmers, Catherine McMillan is passionate about seeing young people find their place in the world.

Financially-savvy students are applying for a raft of agri-food scholarships to help cut the cost of university study.

At least 7000 dairy livestock have been affected in the recent storms in Waikato and Bay of Plenty alone and hundreds of hectares of pasture and maize crops have been damaged, DairyNZ reports.

Young leaders in New Zealand's primary industries are essential for increasing the future prosperity of the sector.

A Northland teenager says being part of a TeenAg club at high school kept him in school longer than he had intended, and opened him up to new possibilities in the primary industries.