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Today we worked hard at obtaining individual and group responses to a number of environmentally-focused, taxing questions. First up was a detailed and testing examination of the long-term environmental and social benefits of a major plank of New Zealand policy: namely care and sustainable maintenance...

Posted to Upside Down (Weblog) by richardrampton on Sun, Jan 29 2012
Rotorua and beyond

Rotorua is where the hot springs are – it is of course strange for us to see steam rising from holes in the ground, or at least to catch the rotten egg smell that goes with it.. It does seem to linger and catches you even when there is apparently no bubbling mud near by. Today we ahve been guests of...

Posted to Upside Down (Weblog) by richardrampton on Sat, Jan 28 2012
Day 3 some are flaking

Great news - some of our younger members met the coaches of the Zimbabwe Test team last night - there is an NZ/Zim Test in Napier - which led to them being rather late back to the hotel. Finding it locked, they decided, in good Norfolk manner, to enter via the fire escape. The hotel is charming, a...

Posted to Upside Down (Weblog) by richardrampton on Fri, Jan 27 2012
Day 2 – still serious

Kiwi hospitality ensured that the motel was still open when we arrived and we left early so still haven’t seen a New Zealand country town – and won’t, if we stick to a crowded schedule. Today was spent at an agricultural training centre: Taratahi. I found it via the internet and it looked efficient...

Posted to Upside Down (Weblog) by richardrampton on Fri, Jan 27 2012
likelihood of getting a carting job.

Dear all, I am currently 15, 16 in April and will be doing tractor test as soon as possible after my birthday. i come from a rural ish village in Oxfordshire but do not actually live on a farm, i know a fair few of the farmers but i have barely any tractor experience at all (consists of doing horse menages...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by tompug on Tue, Feb 15 2011
job in Perthshire

iam looking for a job for a couple of weeks in the summer. iam 16 but i haven't sat my tractor test yet but i have plenty of expirence on a variety of manitou's and small tractors.

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by wee dave on Thu, Jan 20 2011
Looking for Case Studies of young people working within the agricultural indsutry

I work for a company who are trying to put together an informative site for those looking to pursue a career in the agricultural industry and am currently looking for case studies to put onto the site, we are also hoping to tie this in with a careers information day next year. So if you're working...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by A&D Media on Tue, Dec 14 2010
Re: Hiring an Apprentice

Hi my name is Keith i am 23 and have a agriculture appenticeship with Reaseheath college.How it works with them is one day a week at the college and the rest at work.Thay come out every six to eight weeks to make sure that it is going well and that we are trying and doing all tipes of jobs around the...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by jobhunting on Wed, Jul 28 2010
trying to find a new job

well basically im 19, i am not qoulified or been to college full stop or hold any tickets (car / tractor license) either but i am currently on a dairy farm in northants consisting of aprox 100 pedigree holstiens and aprox 100 followers and have been for over a yr how ever i dont mind moving to a different...

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by jonboi on Sat, Apr 17 2010
askham bryan college

is anybody going to askham bryan college this year. if so what course are you doing and are you staying in there. im doing the fd in agriculture and im staying in. matty.

Posted to The Next Generation (Forum) by matt simpson on Thu, Aug 27 2009

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