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Rebecca Patterson | NZ Youth Event

NZ Hereford Youth Development Forum 2021

The first NZ Hereford Youth Development Forum was by the Burrows and Stokes families. Most of the group had
held in North Canterbury from the 16 – 18 April. The not judged cattle before and Over Judge Will Gibson was
success of this event far exceeded our expectations. The impressed with how each of the group went about judging
18 young Hereford enthusiasts who attended were a the bulls.
fantastic group and a real pleasure to get know. The ‘older’ youth, Sam Tipping, Mark Murphy, Lisa
A big thank you must be made to the Burrows, Stokes, Bonenkamp and Will Gibson were great leaders during the
Molloy and Jeffries families for hosting the development event and really showed a great path for younger youth to
forum, the event was largely such a success because of the follow, it was great to see this.
wonderful hospitality provided by these families.
The Forum started with a very informative visit to Xcell Award Winners
Breeding Services, we then held a series of workshops Herdsperson Winner Georgia Moody
including, Structural Assessment, EBV’s and using Internet Champion Judge Ella McWilliam
Solutions, Public Speaking, NZ Herefords, DNA, Careers, Reserve Champion Judge Hillary Cooper
Animal Health, Using Technology on Farm, Photography, Highly Commended Judging Meadow Brighouse–
Marketing and Social Media. Participants also got the Ward
opportunity to visit and tour around Grassmere Herefords
and Woodburn Herefords. A huge thanks to all the event Next year we are heading to the Lower North Island for
facilitator’s for giving your time and expertise, so much the 2022 Development Forum – Watch this space.
was learnt by everyone who attended. If you have any questions please call (027 227 8056) or
On Saturday after the farm tours a judging competition email Becs: youth@herefords.co.nz.
was held; each participant judged 4 bulls kindly provided

Forum Group with helping crew.

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