The search is on for this year's Farmers Apprentice, which will net the lucky winner F10,000. Whether you're in farming already or fancy dipping your toe in the water and finding out what a career in farming is all about, this experience could be foryou.Farming isn't just about working the land, it's so much more than that. Farmers need to be marketers, accountants, mechanics, technologists, negotiators and above all else, have a good business brain.And it's exposing the finalists of 2012 to all the key attributes of farming that changed their way of thinking and essentially changed theirlife. It opened the door to new opportunities, whether securing jobs, setting up businesses or simply boosting their confidence.It's fundamental the industry works together to help market agriculture as a career that is dynamic, exciting and forward-thinking, and above all else to equip young people with the skills and attributes required in farming to help drive a thriving industry in the future.
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