Terrific turnout for #RJSA Queensland Rural Jobs & Skills Alliance ‘Vocational Training in Agriculture’ Forum 2019. Thanks to @QueenslandGov @DAFmediaQld Bernadette Ditchfield for formally opening and @QldFarmers Dr Diana Saunders for an update on achievements
SCHOOL-TO-WORK PATHWAYS: This analysis identifies factors influencing young people in choosing which pathways they follow in transitioning from high school to VET, university and the world of work: https://t.co/NsfrFEMNMF #auspol
A Nuffield Scholar, Sonya Comiskey has travelled the globe to uncover the power of blockchain technology for rural producers. She is nominated in The Weekly Times @HarveyNormanAU 2019 Shine Awards. Nominate here: https://t.co/ImMxVXFIjZ
#shine19
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Now at the afternoon QCA session on future irrigation water pricing in Clare with 40 growers. Growers just as concerned here as in Giru. The impact of compounding price increases to water, electricity etc is too much. For all concerns “just put them in your submission” due 4 Nov
Did you know our AgLibrary has over 3,000 handy agricultural and farm business resources in it?
Browse today and save your favourites for later in your own personal dashboard.
https://t.co/NcwsiTP9gs
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SME Export Hubs expressions of interest now open!
The SME Export Hubs Initiative is now open for expressions of interest. The Initiative provides grants up to $1.5M to help establish and/or operate export hubs.
Register for the webinar on how to apply: https://t.co/rX7j5UzQ9z
Swan Ridge Farms, a fruit and vegetable farm near Bundaberg, will increase their produce supply by an estimated 400% and boost local employment with a new post-harvest facility thanks to a Rural Economic Development Grant. EOI applications for Round 2 close 6 September 2019.
NEW PRODUCT: our new dashboard displays the latest VET statistics across all of NCVER’s collections and surveys in one handy location
Click on a box to be taken to the latest report
Check it out now: https://t.co/A76uHZ9g6o
#auspol#data#vocationaleducation
Did you know...? In 2016, Census data showed that women make up 32 per cent of Australia’s agricultural workforce.
The Invisible Farmer is a beaut’ project which aims to highlight the work of women in Ag and contribute towards changing these statistics!
https://t.co/IF4oApbuwM
It's competition time! Join FIAL at Food and Hotel China 2019. Win a spot at the expo valued at over $3,000. Click below to enter and tell us in 30 words or less why your product is right for the Chinese market.
Good luck - entries close 15 August!
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The @AgriEducate essay comp is underway. This comp encourages all university students to argue how their different disciplines could be used to enhance productivity & sustainability in #AusAg & help global food security @CCH_USQ @ILSE_USQ @ResearchRural@USQNews @Resilience_USQ
I’m looking for Cotton Growers who are early adopters of technology to chat to for a current @CottonResearch project. I’m investigating probable impacts (not just possible) impacts on jobs & workers and how to better support transition to digital ag. All leads welcome #agchatoz
FUTURE YOUNG LEADERS: Applications for our evokeAG 2020 Future Young Leaders Program are open.
Change mindsets and make your mark in the agricultural or food-tech industries. Present your ideas to an international audience at #evokeAG https://t.co/Ab049lLsN8
#FutureYoungLeaders
We're bursting with excitement! You can now catch us on ABCTV or watch us on demand on ABC iView! You beauty! Help spread the word, mate, so that kiddies right across the country can learn where their food and fibre comes from! #agchatoz#ausag https://t.co/s1U8TBCDtd
A new Employer Incentive Scheme will offer up to $8,500 to WA businesses taking on an apprentice or new entrant trainee, with more funds for regional areas, employees with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees, & apprentices aged 21-30.
https://t.co/OiBKKI0cPw