AB career takes flight

Emma Carne wanted to be an airline pilot, but a foray into dairy farming to fund her flying lessons instead launched her career in the dairy industry.

More than 20 years later, she has joined CRV as the company’s new AB services manager.

It was the year 2000 when the self-confessed former townie took a milking job on an Eltham dairy farm.

Today, she’s still as passionate about the industry.

“I always thought I wanted to be a pilot. But with no dairy farming background at all I took a job on an Eltham dairy farm milking to help pay for my flying lessons and I never looked back. I milked there for a few months and in that time I fell in love with cattle.”

Born and bred in Manawatū, Carne comes to CRV with a solid foundation in the New Zealand herd improvement