It was almost 100 years ago that the first New Zealand Young Farmers club was created.
Two were formed in Auckland and in Feilding in 1927 and that number has grown to 140, according to the Young Farmers website.
In 1936, the New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers became a national organisation with a new constitution and a new headquarters in Wellington.
The first Young Farmer of the Year contest was run as a radio quiz show in 1969, under the banner of Skellerup, with the first winner coming from Tasman.
The website states that the members aren’t just based on-farm.