Four Powell scholarship winners announced
Four Timboon and Camperdown students who contribute to their local communities will be supported to further their studies with Powell Legacy Fund Scholarships.
Scholarship recipients return from NZ
Four young DemoDAIRY Foundation award winners have returned after learning about the challenges and strengths of New Zealand’s dairy industry during a five-day study tour.
Rowan Ferguson benefits from the Powell Legacy Fund
Timboon’s Rowan Ferguson is enjoying the benefits of a Powell Legacy Fund scholarship as he studies Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus.
Former nipper continues the Powell legacy
Former Port Campbell Surf Lifesaving nipper Tate Copeland is continuing the Powell family legacy even though he now lives three hours away.
Leading Culturally Diverse Farm Teams Agribusiness Workshop 14 November
A Leading Culturally Diverse Farm Teams Agribusiness Workshop in Cobden on Monday November 14 will give a taste of what you could achieve.
Dairy Innovation Challenge winner Nick Seymour collects national Good Design Gold Award.
The inaugural South-west Victorian Dairy Innovation Challenge winner, a Water Rat trough sensor that sends an alert when water levels get too low, has gone on to win a national award.
Farmo, an agtech company founded by former Victorian Western District farmer Nick Seymour five years ago, has won gold for its Water Rat at the 2022 Australian Good Design Awards. The portable floating sensor,...
Nullawarre farmer keen to learn in NZ
Young Nullawarre dairy farmer Sam Kermond has been hungry to learn all he can after returning to the industry earlier this year.
Now he’s going to get the opportunity to find out how New Zealand dairy farms operate after being supported by DemoDAIRY Foundation to participate in an upcoming study tour.
Along with Sam, Max Bond, Cooriemungle, Jack Hutt, Bostocks Creek, and William Rea,...
South-west farmers sponsored to join NZ tour
Four young south-west Victorian dairy farmers will learn about different farming systems and genetic improvement activities in New Zealand as part of an upcoming study tour.
Max Bond, Cooriemungle, Jack Hutt, Bostocks Creek, Sam Kermond, Nullawarre, and William Rea, Allansford, have received scholarships from the DemoDAIRY Foundation to join the five-day tour in late November.
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New Chair wants more people to access funds
DemoDAIRY Foundation’s new Chair Andrea Vallance wants more people to access the Foundation’s funds to help them advance in the industry.
After two years on the DemoDAIRY Foundation Board, Andrea has replaced Ralph Leutton as Chair and says the Foundation has an exciting role to play in the future of the local dairy industry.
“I love the focus on education, leadership and innovation and trying...
DemoDairy Foundation sponsors Maths & Science @ Work expo
Maths & Science @ Work has been a huge success with more than 100 Year 7 and 8 students from Cobden Technical School, Terang College and Timboon P12 School enjoying hands-on workshops that showed how a range of industries use maths and science.
The aim of the event was to demonstrate, with applied learning opportunities, that maths / science is used in a variety of industries with...