Category Archives: Schools

AWI and Orange Anglican Grammar School Host Agriculture Innovation Field day

Agriculture Students Flock To Orange Orange Anglican Grammar School (OAGS) in conjunction with Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) hosted an agriculture innovation day for students within the region yesterday. With over 100 students taking place from six schools, AWI school wether challenge coordinator Ben Watts said the day was focused on education, inspiring students and opening…
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2019 Dubbo Sheep Show

Dubbo Sheep Show – RRHC wins award RRHC win Australian Wood Industry award recognising teams for educational outcomes being achieved, fantastic effort by our students and Mrs Ford for providing these opportunities for our students. Richmond River's Agriculture classes prepared our seven wethers for the Rabobank School Wether Challenge in Dubbo again this year. All…
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2019 National Merino Challenge

https://youtu.be/5Wzwv3PeSqA The NMC is an Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) initiative designed to allow young people to engage with the Merino industry by developing their knowledge, skills and networks, and involves presentations and demonstrations from industry professionals. Students participate in seven ‘mini-challenges’ over two days, testing their knowledge of Merino fleece, production, breeding and selection. Techniques…
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