Perhaps it's time in Ausralia for a dedicated group or agency that can connect busy farmers with busy teachers - and create some great on-farm experiences for students.

Nuffield Scholar Michelle Lyons has been hosting young people on her beef property near Charters Towers for decades - and her aim to study how it's already being done in other countries.

Perhaps it's time in Ausralia for a dedicated group or agency that can connect busy farmers with busy teachers - and create some great on-farm experiences for students.
Nuffield Scholar Michelle Lyons has been hosting young people on her beef property near Charters Towers for decades - and her aim to study how it's already being done in other countries.

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Nuffield scholar shows how the next generation can bridge the city-country divide

In today's National Rural News:  

** Grain farmers desperate to get skilled overseas workers on farm - with harvest almost here,

** A new study into canola stubble fires finds a tiny boost in vegetation cover can make a massive difference to the spread,

** and the CWA rattles the gates at the New South Wales Parliament, calling for more health services in the bush.

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** Grain farmers desperate to get skilled overseas workers on farm - with harvest almost here,
** A new study into canola stubble fires finds a tiny boost in vegetation cover can make a massive difference to the spread,
** and the CWA rattles the gates at the New South Wales Parliament, calling for more health services in the bush.
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

National Rural News Tuesday September 8

Charlotte Kelly has never lived on a farm, but her research into blotch disease in barley has scored the Queenslander the Paul Johnston Memorial Senior Science Award - as part of the Hermitage Schools Science Competition.

The Year 12 student from Glasshouse Christian College looked at genetics and resistance - and now wants to pursue a career in the science of food production. 

 

Charlotte Kelly has never lived on a farm, but her research into blotch disease in barley has scored the Queenslander the Paul Johnston Memorial Senior Science Award - as part of the Hermitage Schools Science Competition.
The Year 12 student from Glasshouse Christian College looked at genetics and resistance - and now wants to pursue a career in the science of food production.&nbsp;
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Teenager finds crop disease solutions

In today's National Rural News:  

** Australia could be up against stiff compteition from Brazil - for the US beef market,

** One Nation's Barnaby Joyce teasms up with New England farmers upset about 300km of planned high voltahe p[owerlines,

** and farmers angry over a 'dingo sub-species' classification for wild dogs in Victoria's Big Desert.

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** Australia could be up against stiff compteition from Brazil - for the US beef market,
** One Nation's Barnaby Joyce teasms up with New England farmers upset about 300km of planned high voltahe p[owerlines,
** and farmers angry over a 'dingo sub-species' classification for wild dogs in Victoria's Big Desert.
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

Nuffield scholar shows how the next generation can bridge the city-country divide

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