The Angus Foundation Providing Industry Relevant Experience

Jake Phillips, Breed Development Officer

The Angus Foundation has supported a range of programs during 2021 that have been able to provide Angus members with unique and priceless opportunities to gain extra skills, build their network and develop themselves as leaders in the Beef industry. In 2021 The Angus Foundation has supported:

EVENT APPLICANTS AWARDED RECIPIENT

Beef Australia Scholarship 19 3 Jock Mcgregor, Damien Thomson, Georgia Laurie

Tocal Beef Cattle Assessment School 18 5 Candina Crowden, Charlotte Nugent, Hamish Smith, Kristen Fredericksen and Liam Mowbray

SmartBeef Conference 9 LiveEX Forum 9 2 2

Achmea GenAngus Future Leaders Program 22 10

CSU Internship

9 Angus Foundation Research Grant Awards 7 2

2 Georgia Laurie, Phoebe Christie Lochlan Mclauchlan, Lori Fogarty Amber Clark, Tim Finger, Rebecca George, Dayna Gray, Jasmine Green, Edwina Hall, Chris Metcalf, Liam Mowbray, Jamie Pepper, Angus Pilmore Charlotte Nugent, Bonnie Mitchell

Brianna Maslen, Hanlie Lubbe

The Trans-Tasman Travel Bursary (Applications Close December) - recipients TBC

TOTAL 93 26

Angus Australia would like to thank members for their support of the Angus Foundation which has been able to attract applicants for the various scholarships, awards and bursaries from every State and Territory of Australia. The 26 successful applicants represent a cross section of industry and will represent Angus Australia as very capable ambassadors of the Angus Foundation. The Angus Foundation provides a mechanism for Angus Australia members and other beef industry stakeholders to support youth development, education and research programs. The activities supported by the Angus Foundation are designed to encourage and assist the involvement of young people in the Australian beef industry, to provide professional development opportunities for young beef breeders, and to assist in conducting research, development and educational programs for the benefit of Angus breeders and the wider Australian beef industry. To date, the Angus Foundation has provided funds to support Angus Australia’s Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries program and was pleased to expand the program with the awarding of the inaugural Angus Foundation Research Grant program.

Looking Forward to 2022

The Angus Foundation is excited to announce a number of new initiatives for younger members in 2022. These include: · A breeding and genetics production tour of a particular region focused on commercial adoption of breeding and genetics and the tools available to support producers with decision making. · Industry cadetships designed to place an eligible Angus member within a company in the Angus Australia network and be exposed to their work, career opportunities, the technical knowledge of the work the business carries out and where the type of work fits

into the beef industry. The placements will conclude with a nationally recognised leadership program. These new opportunities are designed to continue to encourage and assist the involvement of young people in the Australian beef industry, to provide professional development opportunities for young beef breeders, and to assist in conducting research, development and educational programs for the benefit of Angus breeders and the wider Australian beef industry.

How can you get involved?

The Angus Foundation is proud to offer a range of partnerships to non-members and industry partners or Angus Australia members that would like to provide a higher level of partnership than the voluntary Angus Foundation Levy that is invoiced in association with the annual Angus Australia memberships. If a partnership with the Angus Foundation is of interest to you, please contact Breed Development Officer, Jake Phillips, to discuss how the Angus Foundation can be of assistance. All donors and sponsors of the Angus Foundation will be acknowledged in the Angus Australia Bulletin publication, under one of the following partner categories based on the value of their contribution over the previous 2-year period: · Sponsor Partner ($1 – $249) · Bronze Partner ($250 – $999) · Silver Partner ($1,000 – $4,999) · Gold Partner ($5,000 – $9,999) · Platinum Partner ($10,000 – $19,999) · Emerald Partner ($20,000 – $49,999) · Diamond Partner ($50,000 +) The Angus Foundation can only operate and facilitate financial support to initiatives through the generous sponsorship from Angus Australia members who elect to pay the voluntary levy with their annual membership. These funds are crucial to the ongoing support the Angus Foundation gives many parts of the Angus Youth program including scholarships, awards and bursaries as well as important research and development overseen by Angus Australia.

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