Four finalists shape up for training grant

摘要

A set of siblings striding ahead in turkey production, a promising broiler farmer and a budding technical manager form the hotly contestedshortlist for this year's Zoetis/ British Poultry Council Trainee of the Year. Roger Ranson profiles all four.A year ago Aaron McKenna graduated with a BSc in zoology at Queen's University, Belfast, and had planned to transfer to veterinary medicine. Instead, he decided to opt for "on the job" training and his careers adviser made him aware of the Moy Park graduate management programme.Poultry farming wasn't, however, completely new to Aaron, who grew up on a dairy farm in livestock-dense Northern Ireland.