Florance embraces agricultural career

By Stephen Burns
Updated February 26 2019 - 2:30pm, first published February 9 2019 - 6:30am
Florance McGufficke at her family's Merino ram sale near Cooma: “My interest in agriculture as a fulfilling career was formed from working alongside my parents Alan and Michelle and my sisters Miranda and Ivy in the sheep yards, shearing shed and paddocks,” she said.
Florance McGufficke at her family's Merino ram sale near Cooma: “My interest in agriculture as a fulfilling career was formed from working alongside my parents Alan and Michelle and my sisters Miranda and Ivy in the sheep yards, shearing shed and paddocks,” she said.

Agriculture is no longer seen as a twilight industry with limited prospects for a rewarding career; but one in which many young people embrace the exciting combination of technology and academic learning with a lifetime of practical knowledge gained from the older generation to pursue their own direction.

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