Meet 11 young leaders shaping the future of NSW agriculture

The Land

The Land spoke with 11 emerging leaders about what makes them tick, how they see the world and how their careers are emerging.

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00:00But sometimes you just need to kind of back yourself and jump into it and be willing to learn

00:04on the job and ask all of the questions. It is an absolutely miserable day here today. It is so

00:10cold and raining but you know what? I'm still smiling and that's because I love what I do.

00:15I'm currently out here tagging calves which is one of my favourite seasons of the year

00:18and it was something I didn't even know was a career option until I was 25.

00:23What I see in the future of agriculture, I think it's going to be a very positive

00:27future. I think things are going in the right direction.

00:30I think the biggest challenge that the ag industry is going to face or the next generation

00:35of the ag industry is going to face is that we live in a world full of connectivity and

00:40access to information and facts yet the consumer of all our products of agriculture is the most

00:49disconnected from agriculture and the source has ever been. Not knowing where milk comes

00:54from or the meat on their plate comes from and I guess the next challenge that we have

00:59as the next generation of agriculture is overcoming that.

01:03We want to create a more sustainable agricultural industry for future generations. You would see

01:08on our banner it says leading the way for the next generation. That's everything that we're about.

01:12I'm really excited to see what they can do with drones and use of technology to be able to better

01:21the livestock industry.

01:23We'll make technology on farm to I guess overcome challenges such as safety to be more efficient

01:29and make data driven decisions on farm as well. So things that we can't see with the eye or

01:35somewhere that we can send a drone that we can't send a staff member either.

01:39One of the things that excites me most thinking about the future of agriculture is actually how

01:44the industry will respond to climate change. Agriculture is often the basis of our society of how we

01:49grow food, how we share food and it's often a great connector for people. In terms of climate change

01:54it is one of the biggest levers we can pull in terms of how we grow our food and how we consume it

01:59and how we actually respond to the changing climate.

02:01This is why I'm so passionate about getting more schools to recognise agriculture as a valuable career

02:07option for school kids because I just absolutely love it. It's so fulfilling. Cheers guys.

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