Molly Donald, currently studying first-year Agricultural Science at Lincoln University, was one of five young people to be awarded a Silver Fern Farms Plate to Pasture youth scholarship in late July.
Open to students wanting to develop their career in the food or farming industry with interests in; red meat, farming, agriculture, marketing and sales, research and development, food processing, cooking and food technology this was exactly in line with Molly's interests and current studies. In addition to Agricultural Science she is taking marketing papers
Red meat production and promoting red meat consumption has been part of Molly's life having been raised in Ngakouka Hereford Stud on Weber Rd east of Dannevirke. The stud started 21 years ago and has been selling Hereford bulls very successfully for the past five onsite.
She found out about the scholarship opportunity in a farming magazine and applied featuring some of Ngakouka's livestock. She was thrilled when the phone rang saying she had gained a Plate to Pasture Scholarship.