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Agribusiness news – 76 stories

New agribusiness subject to attract top students into farming 21 October 2016 A new agribusiness secondary school subject is to be trialled at schools next year in a bid to attract "the brightest and best" to careers in the primary industries. Read more
Agribusiness students take out top spots at Youth Enterprise Scheme Regional Awards 21 October 2016 St Paul’s Agribusiness students won big at the Waikato/King Country Youth Enterprise Scheme Regional Awards on Thursday 20 October with two teams taking out first and second placings in the Young Enterprise Scheme category. Read more
Students win Waikato secondary schools ag-challenge 20 October 2016 Skills learnt on the family farm gave Hugh Jackson and Angus Kelly the competitive edge needed to win the Waikato secondary schools ag-challenge over the weekend. Read more
National competition for AgriBiz students 2 August 2016 St Paul’s Collegiate School students Quinn Bowie (Year 12) and Brad Edwards (Year 12) competed in the national TeenAg competition in Timaru in July. Read more
Boring device impresses judges in Fieldays competition 18 July 2016 A boring device has risen above its competitors in an innovation-focused competition. Read more
App to keep workers safe 8 July 2016 Young innovators Aneil Khatkar, Connor Steer and Carter Brydon from St Paul’s Collegiate School created interest with their concept for Fell Safe – a new app and software that would be installed into either a watch or FitBit to minimise injury and death on forestry worksites. Read more
Students make boring easy 23 June 2016 A group of St Paul’s Collegiate School’s Agribusiness students won the Young Innovator of the Year title at Fieldays. Read more
Students win Fieldays innovation award 18 June 2016 They might only be teenagers but four high school students have already come up with their first invention – and it has won an award at the Fieldays Innovation Awards. Read more
Innovations winners revolutionising agribusiness 16 June 2016 St Paul’s Collegiate School’s Agribusiness students have been awarded Young Innovator of the Year at Fieldays 2016. Read more
Donny Trust gives boost to agri-education 31 May 2016 Four agribusiness scholarships, to the secondary school at the forefront of New Zealand’s first academic-based agribusiness programme, will be on offer at Fieldays this year. Read more
Agribusiness students meet with Governor-General 4 May 2016 St Paul’s Agribusiness students met with the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Jerry Mateparae, on Glen Emmreth Farm in Taupo owned by former St Paul’s parents Mike and Sharon Barton. Read more
New Hamilton learning centre for agri-business students 13 April 2016 A learning centre has just been opened at St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton which will be used to teach the new agri-business achievement standards. Read more
Key opens new agribusiness hub 13 April 2016 A new agribusiness hub at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton is going to encourage more youngsters to get involved with the sector, says Prime Minister John Key. Read more
Agribusiness to set standards 12 April 2016 The Ministry of Education has committed to developing Agribusiness achievement standards for senior students in New Zealand secondary schools. Read more
NZ first launched at St Paul’s school 12 April 2016 The Ministry of Education is to develop agribusiness achievement standards for senior students in New Zealand secondary schools. Read more
Ministry of Education gives green light to Agribusiness in schools 7 April 2016 The Ministry of Education have committed to developing Agribusiness achievement standards for senior students in New Zealand secondary schools. Read more
Agri Investment Week kicks off 16 March 2016 The official launch of Agri Investment Week is kicking off in style with youth speakers taking the helm. Read more
Student takes centre stage at NZ Agri Investment Week 16 March 2016 The official launch of the inaugural New Zealand Agri Investment Week yesterday provided three talented young speakers with the chance to present how they see the future of agri in New Zealand. Read more
Up and coming agri 8 March 2016 The children are the future, but how well do they know the in’s and out’s of agri? 17-year-old Greer Baldwin, an Agribusiness student at St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton, sat down with us to give the inside scoop. Read more
Musterers secure spot at TeenAg nationals 29 February 2016 St Paul’s Collegiate School took two teams to the Waikato/Bay of Plenty regional TeenAg competition in Huntly on Saturday, which is the secondary school equivalent of the Young Farmer of the Year competition. Read more

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