The first intake for the new farm training course was introduced to Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor in the Waikato. A $3.5m course to prepare Kiwis to fill the 1000 vacant dairy farm jobs has attracted just 93 registrations. Tom Lee/Stuff Dairy NZ Chief Executive Tim Mackle with Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor. She is among first intake of people to sign up for the new, free dairy training course in the Waikato. I grew up on a dairy farm with my family and already have a lot of experience with animals.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2020 03:44 UTC