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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.

Rural schools could face a dual resourcing crisis when it comes to learning support specialists.

OPINION: The Hound reckons school teachers like nothing better than to complain constantly about how tough things are for them and that their generous holidays are all spent ‘marking school work and preparing for next term ahead’.

A new report has revealed the full impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on Hawke’s Bay’s principals and teachers.