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Planting the seeds of success

Peter Mullan and Zara Macdonald with the sprayseeder at the Lalbert, Victoria, property where Zara is on an NFF gap year work placement.

A participant in the National Farmers’ Federation’s AgCAREERSTART discovered she had to go and work on someone else’s farm instead of her own — only to discover that she really does want to be a farmer. This innovative gap year scheme is a positive step to help the country find the next generation of rural leaders and workers, for farms big and small.

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