Liz Wales and Naomi Leahy have been awarded the 2017 Angus Australia Foundation LIVEXchange Scholarships and will travel to Perth in November to attend LIVEXchange 2017.
The Angus Australia Foundation was pleased to offer members of Angus Youth the opportunity to participate in the LIVEXchange 2017.
The scholarship was open to all 18-30 year olds, with a strong interest in the export industry and the Australian beef industry.
Growing up on her family’s farm at Meandarra in Queensland breeding both commercial and Angus and Angus cross cattle has inspired Miss Wales to follow a career path in agriculture, with a focus on the beef industry.
Miss Wales is currently studying a Bachelor of Agribusiness at the University of New England. Upon completion of this degree in October Miss Wales hopes to gain employment in the beef industry, in particular in herd management or live export.
“I’m looking forward to gaining extra knowledge about Australia’s current international trade relationships, any opportunities Australia could take advantage of and potential threats that could arise and how Australia plans to mitigate these,” she says.
Hailing from Bedfordale in Western Australia, Miss Leahy is currently studying honours in Animal Science at Murdoch University, with plans to complete her PhD in beef production in the coming years.
Miss Leahy has recently completed a project investigating the effects of magnesium on weight gain and dark cutting in cattle on Tasmania’s King Island.
Her experience with Angus cattle comes from the time spent from working at the Kylagh Feedlot, where upwards of 50% of the 6,000 head on feed are Angus.