Location
Pongaroa, Tararua region.
What is your day job?
I currently work for AsureQuality as a Field Technician. I do Tuburculosis and Blood testing on cattle and also disbud calves during the winter and spring. My partner, Finley and I run a sheep and beef breeding farm in the hills of the Tararua, which keeps me busy enough too.
Sue has a long history with Future Beef NZ and has stepped back onto the committee in 2021. Sue brings with her a wealth of knowledge on all things cattle, farming and showing.
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Mark joined the Future Beef NZ committee last years after a number of years helping out as a volunteer. He’s made many valuable connections with people through Future Beef.
” For me, farming isn’t just a job, it’s a lifestyle that I would trade for the world. I would encourage anyone that wants to chase a career in agriculture to do it. It won’t always be easy, it will be hard work but it is so worth it. “
Commencing the week’s competition in Queenstown and Wanaka for the World Hereford Conference Youth competition, Lucy Collin, Georgia Rhodes, Callum Woodhouse, and Cara Doggett travelled from Christchurch to Queenstown as a team.
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2019 Senior Ambassador Cara Doggett traveled to Canada as part of winning the Ambassador award. Starting in Manitoba with the Dekeyser Family and co was an incredible start to her four and ½ week journey.
First time competitor Liam Quirke tells us about his ambassador trip to the deep south where he says he learnt new, innovative things about the Beef Industry in NZ.
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