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AFIA welcomes Caitlin Scholfield
Caitlin Scholfield is the newly appointed
Industry Development Manager at
AFIA, taking over from Nick McClelland
who resigned from most of his AFIA
commitments earlier this year. Nick will
be much missed by the AFIA community
and we wish him well as he takes over
operation of his family farm at Lismore.
Caitlin joins the AFIA team after a few
months travelling in South East Asia and
working on the family farm. Prior to
this Caitlin was working with AFIA Silver
sponsor Tapex in Sales and Marketing
Support.
Growing up on the farm in South
West Victoria, near Glenthompson,
Caitlin has always been passionate
about agriculture and never thought
of pursuing a career in any other field.
“Ever since I can remember I’ve been
helping Dad out on the farm, getting
in the way and learning the tricks of
the trade,” Caitlin said. The family farm
at Glenthompson is predominantly a
prime lamb enterprise with some crop
(mostly forage) and more recently
silage.
“I’ve worked on farms, feedlots,
in woolsheds and had a range of
agricultural experiences in Australia,
and they’ve mostly been good! I also
spent a year on a sheep property in
Scotland, a truly eye opening and
amazing experience,” Caitlin said of her
career in agriculture so far.
After finishing her Bachelor of Farm
Management (CSU, Orange) in 2007,
Caitlin did a graduate year with
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Landmark, and from there moved to
Tapex early in 2010.
A passionate advocate for agribusiness
and agricultural careers, with the help
of a good friend, Caitlin initiated AgNext
in 2011. AgNext is an agribusiness
networking group for young agribusiness
professionals, based in Melbourne. The
group has seen great success over the
last year and continues to run regular
social functions for Melbourne based
agribusiness professionals.
In her spare time Caitlin enjoys
knitting beanies, reading, live music
at Melbourne’s many local gigs and
cheering on the Geelong Cats! Caitlin
and partner Jerram Wurlod live in
Brunswick in Melbourne’s inner north
and spend a lot of time on the road
between Melbourne and south west
Victoria where they are both from.
Caitlin is excited to become part of the
AFIA community and is already enjoying
the role as Industry Development
Manager. “I am excited by the diversity
of this role and by the opportunity to
work with, and on behalf of, the AFIA
community,” Caitlin said.
Caitlin will be at the National Fodder
Conference in Hobart and looks forward
to meeting many of the AFIA members
and fodder industry community there.
AFIA election
An election will be held at this years
AGM for three vacancies on the AFIA
Board. There are six nominees for these
positions. For further details on the
page 4 AFIA Newsletter Winter 2012
Industry News
nominees and the election go to the
AFIA website www.afia.org.au
Japan and USA tour
Ten people, including tour leader
Philip Hanna, recently returned from
the AFIA international study tour for
this June/July. Stay tuned to the spring
edition of <strong>Focus</strong> on Fodder for further
insight to their trip!
Fodder Care
A workshop for non-accredited and
accredited contractors will be held at
the National Fodder Conference in
Hobart on Monday the 6th of August. A
reminder that renewal fees for Fodder
Care are due in August.
Upgrades to the website will
automatically display the Fodder Care
logo for all hay lots that have achieved
any of the five modules of Fodder Care
accreditation.
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Membership renewal
Renewal notices for AFIA membership
will be sent out in August along with the
Fodder Care renewal notices.
Visit us at Henty and Elmore
AFIA will be at both Henty Machinery
Field Days (18–20 September) and
Elmore Field Days (2–4 October).
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