Inverell boasts some young women who excel in rural property planning.
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The Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water, The Hon. Niall Blair, MLC presented awards to the winners of the 19th annual Local Land Services Schools Property Planning Competition at AgQuip on Wednesday, August 17
Winner of the Northern Tablelands senior category were Emily Battle and Amanda Page of Macintyre High School under the guidance of teacher Jaclyn O’Brien.
Runners up in the Northern Tablelands senior category were Macintyre’s Taylor Withers and Tracy Byrnes, also studying with Ms O’Brien.
The competition gives high school agriculture students first-hand experience in investigating the real life challenges faced by local farmers, as the students prepare a property management plan to achieve sustainability from both an economic and environmental perspective.
This competition is one way LLS engage with the community through the schools to provide high quality education in biosecurity, profitability, soils, pastures, water quality and native vegetation management.
The winners of the competition were selected from more than 250 students representing schools across the Northern Tablelands and North West regions.
Nine awards in all were presented to students for their high quality entries.
Liz Blair, Land Services Manager from Northern Tablelands Local Land Services, certainly sees the value in educating tomorrow’s land managers on core issues like agriculture production, biosecurity, emergency and natural resource management.
“This valuable competition provides an excellent opportunity for students to gain practical skills and experience the challenges faced by landowners and managers in all circumstances.
“It gets students out of the classroom and offers them a unique opportunity to build on their understanding of land management issues, translating scientific theory into on-farm decisions,” Liz said.
The Schools Property Planning Competition is supported by Catchment Action NSW and the National Landcare Programme.