8 Mar 2024

"Fresh ideas, younger muscles" - taking on the family farm

From Country Life, 7:22 pm on 8 March 2024
Sarah manages the stock on the family farm near Bunnythorpe

Sarah manages the stock on the family farm near Bunnythorpe Photo: RNZ/Sally Round

Sarah Maxwell switches from inseminating cows in the morning to shifting cows and sheep in the afternoon, working at the local sale yards, and then in the evening sometimes connecting with her young farming mates as part of Young Farmers.

The 28-year-old is busy as an AI technician, sheep and beef stock manager on the family farm near Bunnythorpe and Young Farmers rep.