YAPS - Young Agribusiness Professionals

YAPS WEBPAGE ADDS SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

After several requests from YAPS members the YAPS committee are now thrilled to be able to provide a lisitng of scholarships, courses and grants available to young people in Agriculture or from rural areas that may benefit them.

They include industry training courses, tertiary study scholarship listings, possible awards to apply for and leadership programs.

We highly recommend that all members take a chance to read through the thorough listing under useful information as you may be surprised what is relevant to you and how you can get support to do the roles you love.

Also if you are aware of other courses, scholarships or awards alike that may be relevant to our members please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will add them to the database.

Industry Events of Interest

One of YAPs roles is to keep the young people in Agribusiness aware of what events are happening across Victoria that they may be interested in. Therefore we are going to continually update this newsflash with event links that may be of interest to our site viewers.

Please see below for a list of current events. Any questions regarding more details or someone to contact, or to get your event added to our list please dont hesitate to send our Chair Prue Addlem an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Events

1. Victorian Dairy Industry Conference 2009 - 30-31st March at the Warnambool Entertainment Centre

2. Greenhouse 2009 Conference, Perth 23-26th March

Country Corporate Ball 2008

Country Corporate Ball 2008 - HUGE SUCCESS

Held on Friday 19th September 2008

The VFF Young Agribusiness Professionals Country Corporate Ball held at the Melbourne Showgrounds last Friday night was a raving success, with the tickets for the event completely sold out.

The event was attended by over 100 young people, from both urban and rural communities. Sponsorship for the event and YAPs from Livestock Improvement (Australia) Pty Ltd ,Tolhurst, Elders Farm Gate and Dairy Australia ensured that the Country Corporate Ball was a success for all involved.

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