A team of young New Zealand livestock judges and paraders, including Dannevirke's Lucy Collin, will head to Australia to compete against their Australian state counterparts at the Royal Melbourne Show at the end of the month.
"These young stock men and women have been competing at A&P shows throughout the country during the 2016-17 season, with the finals held at the Royal Show in Hastings in October last year," said Royal Agricultural & Pastoral Society of New Zealand president Geoff Smith.
Lucy, 19, has grown up around the agricultural scene and is in her second year at Massey University in Palmerston North, studying for her BA in security, majoring in biosecurity.
Her parents, Simon and Wendy, are well known in A&P circles, particularly the Dannevirke and Districts A&P Show and Hawke's Bay A&P Society, and have recently moved to a new 666-hectare sheep and beef farm in Dannevirke, as well as leasing 240ha.
"We have 73 Charolais at our stud, Rauriki Charolais, and I have been involved with showing cattle for five years now and love getting involved," Lucy said.