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ISF World Seed Congress 2021 – Registrations Open
February 4th, 2021Quality Seed – 4 February 2021
February 4th, 2021NZGSTA 2020 Scholarship Recipient – Hamish Dunbar Update
January 21st, 2021An update from Hamish –
2020 went well all considering, the period of study during lockdown provided its challenges but it was also great to be able to work on farm while studying! The balance was great! My studies went well.
Over my holidays I have been working on a sheep, beef and mixed cropping operation! I have been busy harvesting and baling grass seed and barley.
I am doing honours this year, in Plant Science. My exact project is yet to be decided, but I am working with a couple of academics including Derrick Moot to organise a suitable project. I am looking at a few, one on cereals, another on grass tillering, a couple on forage brassicas/annual grasses and am quite interested in red clover so there are plenty of options!
I head back to university on the 20th of February and will enjoy my summer work before heading back.
Kind Regards,
Hamish
2021 Scholarship Recipient – Ben Chambers
January 21st, 2021Congratulations to Ben Chambers of Geraldine on being awarded the NZGSTA Scholarship for 2021.
FROM BEN
My name is Ben Chambers and I hail from the small South Canterbury township of Geraldine.
I am about to start my second year of study at Lincoln University where I am doing a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science.
I will be taking papers such as farm management, plant and animal science, soil management in my first semester and will be able to specialise which papers I would like to take into the second semester.
Over the past two summers as well as the 2020/21 summer, I have been working for local agricultural contractors servicing the Mid/South Canterbury area and the Mackenzie Country too. This gave me the real drive to pursue a career within the grain and seed industry as I have been a part of the production cycle from direct drilling through to the baling and cartage of the straw by-product.
The NZGSTA Scholarship has enabled me to further pursue my drive to work in the grain and seed industry, as well as opening doors that I didn’t know even existed. I will be able to take a lot from being a 2021 recipient of the scholarship as the ability to network with industry professionals will be priceless.
I cannot wait to see what 2021 has in store for the NZGSTA and myself.
I am very fortunate to be the 2021 recipient of the scholarship and this will be utilised to help me achieve my goal of getting into the grain and seed field after university.
Thank you, Ben
NZGSTA – Grains & Pulses Forum – June 2021
January 20th, 2021NZGSTA Grains & Pulses Forum will be held Tuesday, 15 June 2021 at the Lincoln Events Centre.
Save the date now, registration details will be available in due course.
Women in Seed – Forum 19 May 2021
January 20th, 2021NZGSTA presents “Women in Seed” Forum.
To be held at Russley Golf Club
Wednesday 19th May 2021
Starting 9.30 with registration and morning tea.
Registration details for the forum will be available soon.
Any queries please contact Sharon at the Seed Industry Office – 021 884 744; or sharon.dawe@seedindustrynz.co.nz
Container Loading Protocol
January 15th, 2021Executive Council 2020-2021 – January 2021
January 14th, 20212021 Annual Conference
January 5th, 20212021 Annual Conference is to be held in Wellington – at the InterContinental
20 – 21 October
The theme is “People, Planet & Prosperity”
Further details will follow.
