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00:00 There's not much out there for the youth really in the sheep industry and so I just wanted
00:07 the opportunity to be able to learn and learn more within the industry and meet other people
00:11 that are interested in sheep.
00:12 So what's been your biggest highlight?
00:15 Meeting people. I'm not normally the social butterfly that goes out and just talks to
00:20 people but I've made a fair few friends here which has been absolutely amazing because
00:24 that's not what I expected to do at all. But also, yeah, I guess getting to handle the
00:29 sheep and actually learn from industry people has been an amazing opportunity that not many
00:34 people get to have.
00:36 Would you like to continue on in the sheep industry?
00:38 Oh 100%. I'm lucky I'm 20 years old and I already know sheep's going to be my life so
00:44 it's going to be something I could probably be in forever. I don't know 100% where I'll
00:48 always be but I know it will involve sheep, yeah.
00:51 I have a White Suffolk stud that I run on my parents' property while also doing commercial
00:57 sheep.
00:58 Long, long term I want my stud to be my career. I want that to be something I want to be known.
01:03 I want people to go, my name be mentioned or my stud be mentioned and it be spoken of
01:09 positively and known as being someone who breeds the breed well. Yeah, I just want to
01:15 I guess improve the industry and also encourage youth as well to keep going through it because
01:21 it's a dying industry, the sheep, everyone's moving to cattle. So I want to improve I guess
01:26 the youth support and get everyone involved because I love it that much that I thought
01:30 everyone else should love it just as much as well.
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