$5000 Agri-Development Scholarship - funded by Primary Employers Tasmania and Tasmanian Pork Industry
Tasmanians passionate about agriculture are encouraged to apply for a $5,000 Agri-Development Scholarship, which can be utilised to attend a conference or event, participate in training, facilitate the attendance of a guest speaker at a primary industries function in Tasmania or organise an agricultural event in the State. To apply please use the forms below. Applications for the next scholarship will close on the 31st March, 2025.
Congratulations to the inaugural winner Penny Hooper, Livestock Manager at the Vaucluse Agricultural Company. A media release regarding Penny’s successful application can be found below.
Since then several Scholarships have been awarded. The Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group (TAPG) used the second scholarship to bring renowned speaker Michael McQueen to Tasmania to talk about the New Now — how technology is driving development and the challenges and opportunities associated with employing Generation Z.
The Tasmanian Agriculture Education Network (TAEN) were another recipient of the Scholarship. Three TAEN members joined over 100 other delegates to attend the "Creators and Innovators" 2023 National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Conference in Toowoomba in early January.
This sharing of experiences with agriculture teachers across Australia will benefit classroom teaching and thus our future farmers.
Alex Ferguson from Landfall Angus was the first winner in 2023 and will be using her scholarship to attend the Rabobank Farm Manager’s Program to improve her skills. A second scholarship in 2023 went to Joe Brady, whose story appears below.
In 2024 there were two scholarships awarded one to Emily Roberts, who will be using it to attend the University of Melbourne for a course designed to provide practical skills in carbon-neutral farming. The second went to TAPG who will be utisiling it for a presentation by Dr Mike Stephens AM.
Scholarship Winners 2024
CONGRATULATIONS EMILY ROBERTS & TAPG!
Emily is a CPA accountant working with agricultural businesses focusing on carbon accounting in the agriculture sector. She will be using her scholarship to attend the University of Melbourne for a course designed to provide practical skills in carbon-neutral farming. These skills can be applied to agribusinesses to develop sustainable practices, improve productivity and reduce greenhouse emissions in line with government and supply chain targets for carbon neutrality.
TAPG will be using their scholarship for the presentation by Dr Mike Stephens AM. Mike’s presentation is titled, “Agriculture in society, past, present and future.” Mike will speak to his areas of expertise being succession planning, family business management, facilitation and capacity building.
Scholarship Winner 2023
CONGRATULATIONS JOE BRADY!
Joe Brady from Springland Ag Contracting. Originally from New Zealand, was the 2023 scholarship winner. Joe has resided in Cressy for the past four and a half years. Joe’s passion for agriculture grew when he left high school and pursued a Bachelor’s degree at Lincoln University. Throughout my time at Lincoln University, I spent all of my holidays working on farms including dairy, high country grazing, sheep and beef finishing blocks and a mixed cropping farm in Victoria.
Joe will be using his scholarship to attend the Marcus Oldham Rural Leadership Program which is an intensive five-day course looking at leadership skills, and issues facing rural communities and industry. Joe is looking to improve his management skills and thus have a positive impact on his entire work team.