Caroline Mouton felt at home when she stepped inside a seed testing laboratory for the first time in New Zealand just over three years ago.
The need for precision and consistency in seed testing appealed to her after her previous work experiences while living in South Africa.

Charlotte Tumilson works at the commercial edge of plant breeding.
The intellectual property (IP) and commercial manager at Grasslanz Technology Limited (GTL) emigrated to New Zealand six years ago after completing a PhD in molecular biology in the United Kingdom and starting a career as a patent attorney in London.

Seeing farmers learn more about growing forages is a massive motivation for young agronomist Shannon Morton.
She interacts with farmers and field staff from forage seed retailers most workdays in her role covering Otago and Southland for global seed company Barenbrug, and finds it very rewarding seeing them have a ‘light-bulb moment’ as they grasp a new concept or realise the benefit of the advice she is offering.

Fiona Foley jokes about liking straight lines. But they do help when you are the New Zealand plant breeding trials manager for multi-national seed company Germinal and you’re looking at a patchwork of plot trials most days.

Melanoma New Zealand will once again be at Fieldays, providing education and free skin cancer spot checks at the Waikato event from 12-15 June.
The charity will be joining a wide range of health providers and rural support networks located at the Fieldays Hauora Taiwhenua Health & Wellbeing Hub.

Applications for the 2025 intake of the Rabobank New Zealand Graduate Programme are now open. 

Patience and predictive ability are helpful traits for any plant breeder says Justine Ferguson.

To navigate the 10-plus year timeframe to breed a new cultivar and get it to the point of release to the market takes patience, she says. Predicting the traits needed by a new cultivar in 10 or more years also means good plant breeders always have one eye on the future.

A scholarship set up by a Lincoln Uni student gives young farmers the opportunity to have the life-changing experience that is Outward Bound.

The search is on for the next generation of game-changers who are making a difference in agriculture, with applications now open for the 2024 Zanda McDonald Award.

Te Ara Pōtiki has just announced an internship opportunity for 15 promising Māori leaders.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is backing New Zealand sheep farmers by choosing Wools of New Zealand commercial wool tiles to carpet its Wellington office.

We are looking for recent graduates who are ambitious and motivated to activate their dairy farming career.