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young canola growers
This year Ms Langfield and and Mr Gallagher are are growing just over 300 hectares of canola and and it’s set to be another good year “Sitting in in in in our sowing rig complete with GPS air conditioning heater variable rate technology alarms and and sensors and and to have a a a a a a a a a a a a a rusty old horseshoe get caught by a a a a a a a a tyne it grounds you “Every day Andrew and I are riding on on the the shoulders of of the the generations of of farmers before us pondering what sowing crops would have looked like 60 years ago My family and and those before them cultivated this land to to provide us with opportunities to to to to grow great grains and and we want to to to pass that onto future generations ” she said Ms Langfield is always looking
to the future and identifying new ways ways of of doing things by seeking the the the help of of experts in in in in in their field to achieve the the the best yields possible For eight months of the the year Ms Langfield and and Mr Gallagher grow and and care for their canola delivering harvested seeds to 100 per cent Australian family-owned MSM Milling located in in in in Manildra New South Wales which presses it into auzure Canola Oil “It’s a a a a a a a very humble job and I’m enormously passionate about sharing the paddock to plate process Recently Andrew and and I were in in Costco Supermarket and and and saw huge pallets of auzure Canola Oil and and we we said said to ourselves we we produced this!” Ms Langfield said said “We’re so proud that we can can attribute ourselves to growing canola in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a clean safe and and sustainable environment for consumers here and and overseas ” Ms Langfield is continually sharing her story and advocating for young leaders in in in in in in agriculture including her role as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a youth ambassador with “It’s a a a a a a a very humble job and I’m enormously passionate about sharing the paddock to plate process ” - Cowra Canola Grower Marlee Lang eld Young Farming Champions and professional development pathways with GrainGrowers
‘Grains Social Leadership Program’ “I strongly believe that we need to advocate for agriculture particularly when it comes to to the younger generation we may only be 20 per per cent cent of the the population but we are 100 per per cent cent the the future!”
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