2026 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship. Apply by 17 August 2025. Read More...
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Anna Nelson, 2016 Kellogger, is currently working as the Co-ordinator for King Country River Care Group.
Anna recently featured on Sarah’s Country where she talked about the work she has been doing for the King Country River Care Group who have been awarded an $844K grant to support clean waterways in the King Country.
Our partnership with LIC helps support NZ Rural Leaders mission to grow world class leaders capable of local, national and international impact.
LIC is a herd improvement and agri-technology co-operative that empowers farmers through the delivery of superior genetics and technology.
GlobalHQ is a data and information business supporting New Zealand Agripreneurs, including every farmer in the country. Their brands include Farmers Weekly, Dairy Farmer, Onfarm Story, Agri HQ, Farmer’s Voice, Sarah’s Country.
We thank GlobalHQ for their continued support in helping us deliver the Kellogg and Nuffield programmes.
Kellogg applicants now may be eligible to receive funding assistance up to 50% of their course fee.
The following criteria will be used by the Regional Business Partners to identify whether or not your business qualifies for funding:
For more information or to apply for the funding available through NZTE, please visit their website.
Or click here to find out more about the new Kellogg Regional Initiatives.
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Nuffield Scholar Hamish Murray’s work on the changing nature of farm work highlights how even that bastion of stalwart farming types needs to change to remain a relevant, exciting and desirable place to work for a new generation.
Read the full article sourced from Farmers Weekly (18 June 2020) here.
Click here to listen to Hamish’s interview on Sarah’s Country.
Are you an NZ Farmer/grower or Agribusiness Professional looking to broaden your horizons, grow your networks and gain some global experience in the agri sector?
Click here to find out how you can do that through the Nuffield Scholarship Programme.
Apply now for a 2021 Scholarship.
Nuffield Scholar Corrigan Sowman believes an All Black approach to thinking will build more resilience in farmers.
Farmers are under increasing pressure as changes in society, technology and climate leave them questioning their role as producers of food. The challenges are making the right decisions for their wellbeing and producing food modern consumers demand.
Corrigan Sowman has found some of the best lessons for thriving in this new environment can be found with the All Blacks.
Read the full article sourced from Farmers Weekly (3 June 2020) here.
Tune in to Corrigan’s live interview on Sarah’s Country (4 June 2020).
Are you an NZ Farmer/grower or Agribusiness Professional looking to broaden your horizons, grow your networks and gain some global experience in the agri sector?
Click here to find out how you can do that through the Nuffield Scholarship Programme.
Apply now for a 2021 Scholarship.
Nigel Woodhead completed the Kellogg Rural Leadership programme in 2019 and that same year, sat at the most sought-after strategy table in NZAg – the Primary Sector Council. The young Otago farmer reflects on his leadership journey so far.
This article appeared in the June 2020 edition of ‘The Farmlander.’ Click here to read the full article on page 20.
Rebecca Hyde, NZ Rural Leaders Trustee and 2017 Nuffield Scholar joined Hamish McKay and Richard Loe on Rural Exchange (Sunday 14 June) to talk about what’s next for the 2020 Nuffield Scholarship Programme post the COVID19 global travel restrictions.
Are you an NZ Farmer/grower or Agribusiness Professional looking to broaden your horizons, grow your networks and gain some global experience in the agri sector?
Click here to find out how you can do that through the Nuffield Scholarship Programme.
Apply now for a 2021 Scholarship.
Ben Hancock, 2019 Nuffield Scholar joined Sarah Perriam recently to talk about his scholar report ‘Rural Leadership taming the wicked problems‘ and how to grow the toolbox to foster society’s trust.
Click here to listen to the full podcast on Sarah’s Country – 20th May.
Ben also spoke with Richard Rennie from Farmers Weekly (28th May) and said ‘Bio-ethics can play a role beyond medical dilemmas in helping agriculture resolve its wicked problems.’
Mat Hocken, 2017 Nuffield NZ Scholar and Chairman of the Rural Innovation Lab recently featured on Sarah’s Country along with his wife Jana.
They talked to Sarah about the concept behind their venture the Rural Innovation Lab and how to work smarter, not harder.
Craig Mackenzie, 2008 Nuffield Scholar, recently featured in the Irrigation NZ News, Autumn 2020 edition (see page 16).
With knowledge about climate change and the environment, farming for the future is a passion for Craige.
Read the full article here ‘Climate change: A Farmer’s perspective.’
Nadine is a 2017 Nuffield NZ Scholar and in recent years has been living in Wales.
Earlier this year, she was appointed to the Welsh Red Meat Promotion Board (Hybu Cig Cymru) for a period of three years.
“This position allows me to advance my views on the need for global messaging around red meat with the main players, in the face of a complex and rapidly changing environment”
2020 scholars were just starting Day 1 of their Contemporary Scholars Conference (CSC) and their 15-month programme with 70 other international scholars in Australia when the government announced new border and arrival measures.
The scholars decided to return home the next day and the CSC programme was eventually cancelled three days later as all countries advised their citizens to return home immediately.
We are now looking at how we engage these scholars in one of the greatest learning experiences as we face disruption of the global economy and food production challenges.
At this point their programme will include some international webinars and preparation in New Zealand and potentially Australia. Hopefully international borders will be open again by early-mid 2021.
We intend to select 2021 scholars.
However, the scope and timing of the scholarships will depend on the ability to travel for the programme, the Contemporary Scholars Conference and the six-week Global Focus Programme going ahead as scheduled. Potentially we could have two groups of scholars travelling in 2021.
Suffice to say, the team and Trustees are focused on finding safe ways for 2021 scholars to travel and learn. Assuming that is possible, it will be important for New Zealand to have scholars assessing the changes to the international agri-sector and bring those lessons home for the benefit of all.
Cameron Henderson (2019 Nuffield Scholar) used his Nuffield Scholarship to explore links between agriculture and energy and how technology can work to harness farmed energy sources including waste matter to supply national energy needs.
Read the full Farmers Weekly article.
Listen to the interview on Sarah’s Country (12th May 2020).
Click here to read Cameron’s Report ‘Farming Energy: Opportunities to help NZ reach net zero carbon 2050’.
For more than 40 years glyphosate has been an invaluable chemical weapon in farmers’ arsenal as a low-residue, safe and simple weed control enabling greater flexibility and less soil disturbance.
Canterbury arable farmer Hamish Marr devoted his Nuffield Scholarship to examining how glyphosate fell from grace in the public eye and what farmers can to do to preserve it as an invaluable crop treatment.
Read the full article in the Farmers Weekly.
Click here to listen to Hamish’s interview on Sarah’s Country (30th April).
Click here to read Hamish Marr’s research report ‘Can we farm without glyphosate?’
Trish Rankin, Taranaki farmer and 2019 Dairy Woman of the Year recently attended the annual agribusiness seminar at Harvard Business School in the United States.
What she heard was astonishing.
What she said shocked them.
Wayne Langford and Siobhan O’Malley have just launched their new charity that allows farmers to donate fresh meat to help feed New Zealand’s most vulnerable.
Wayne joined Sarah Perriam on Sarah’s Country recently to talk about their latest venture ‘Meat The Need NZ.’
Wayne and Siobhan are both Kelloggers, Wayne completing the Kellogg Programme in 2014 and Siobhan in 2018.
Congratulations to Shepherdess editor Kristy McGregor on the first issue of Shepherdess Magazine.
There has never been a better time for this magazine which aims to connect, empower and inspire rural women.
Meet our new Programme Partner - Rabobank
We welcomed Rabobank on board as a Programme Partner in January this year and look forward to working with them and tapping into their extensive international and national networks and expertise. As the only Co-op bank focused on the Rural Sector, we could not have signed up a better partner. Relationships are two-way so we urge you to consider Rabobank for your banking requirements and to tap into their extensive resources below.
Rabobank’s global team of 90 food and agribusiness analysts regularly record podcasts where they discuss the latest developments in food & agri sectors & provide insights on what these developments mean for kiwi farmers.
The podcasts are a fast and easy way to gain a better understanding of how Covid-19 and other key industry developments are likely to impact your business.
To check out the podcasts, search for ‘Rabobank’ on your favourite podcast app & subscribe or you can access the podcasts on their website or follow this link to the Rabobank website.
We are delighted that our our relationship with Agmardt will continue for the next three years, following the re-signing of their Strategic Partner agreement with Rural Leaders.
We cannot acknowledge enough the incredible support provided by Agmardt to our programmes and events.
The DairyNZ levy vote is open.
Please make sure you vote and get others to vote also. Now more than ever we need a dairy organisation representing the industry at government policy level, doing scientific research, and supporting many programmes including leadership and people capability for the sector.
Click here to VOTE NOW!
We are pleased to announce that Chris Parsons joined us on Monday, 4th May as our new CEO. Chris was recently interviewed by Rural News and would like to convey the following message:
“To all of you on the journey to develop your leadership, well done! It is a transformative journey. The learnings you absorb over the Kellogg course will have life long impact, not only improving the quality of your connections with others but also in multiplying your ability for positive impact. Leadership is a life-long journey and I look forward to journeying with you. “
At the end of April we farewelled Anne Hindson who has led Rural Leaders from its inception. Her early pioneering work with Patrick Aldwell and Richard Green and Tony Zwart has been critical to the coordination of the iconic Nuffield and Kellogg Leaders programmes and their continual modernisation to ensure that modern scholars get world class leadership development.
We were sad to see Anne go, but grateful for her vision and commitment to the primary sector and Rural Leaders over the last six years.
At our recent AGM the Rural Leaders Board welcomed Kate Scott (2018 Nuffield Scholar) as a new Trustee, who replaced James Parsons. The Board will also be seeking to elect a new Independent appointed Trustee, following the recent resignation of Louise Webster.
In this podcast interview on ‘Unpopular Farmer’, 2019 Nuffield Scholar, Corrigan Sowman talks about his Nuffield experience and how ‘Social License’ prompted his research topic – ‘Farming in a Pressure Cooker: How pressure impacts farmer decision making.’
Corrigan’s research started off as a technical problem and ended as a social one that farmers have perhaps been predisposed to over generations of high stakes, small margins, uncertainty and fast change, all leading to what he sees as ‘social judgement’.
Nuffield farming scholarships focus on the international perspective – where New Zealand fits in the global agri-food sector and what’s driving things. Through my scholarship travels and research, I’ve learned New Zealand is very well placed to produce food to meet consumer awareness and demands. Our milk is a fantastic product with great nutritional value and many diverse applications.
However, ensuring an ongoing demand for our milk means getting things right both inside and beyond the farm gate – and that takes quality leadership. Our sector needs to foster leaders and give them the tools to succeed, and grassroots farmers are the best people to navigate through the issues ahead.
That’s why money invested by sector organisations like DairyNZ to build that capability is well spent. Through Rural Leaders, the Nuffield and Kellogg programmes are providing a pipeline of potential leaders armed with knowledge and skills in the rural community. DairyNZ’s support is a big part of that.
On a more personal note, my Nuffield scholarship also gave me the confidence to get in front of audiences and share what I saw, and who I talked to helped me with my critical thinking and prompted me to go for some governance roles.
This article appeared in the April 2020 edition of Inside Dairy magazine
Nicky Barton’s research that she carried out on the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme revealed ‘some interesting interactions between age and health and safety behaviours on-farm.’ Read more in this ODT article : https://www.odt.co.nz/…/rural-l…/farmer-deaths-correlate-age
Nicky is the marketing and communications media manager for Worksafe and graduated from the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme in 2019.
Click here to read Nicky’s Kellogg research report ‘Old dogs, new tricks : An exploration of age and its influence on health and safety in New Zealand’s primary sector.’
Lisa Portas who is an Expansion Manager at Palliser Ridge, a Sheep & Beef Farm in South Wairarapa graduated from the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme in 2019.
Her research report ‘Farmer Storytelling : Navigating our Narrative‘ focuses on helping farmers to tell their stories to help explain to urban New Zealanders the realities of life on the land and the contribution the primary sector makes to the country.
Lisa featured on Global HQ’s OnFarm Story this week in her video “Showing People What We’re About.” Click here to watch the video.
