Advocates: UniSchools coordinator Stephen Blunden, from the School of Science and Health, and third-year Animal Science student Alana Wade, who is advocating for young women in agriculture. Picture: Supplied
By Hawkesbury Gazette
The annual UniSchools Steer Challenge for Sydney high school students commenced on Friday, May 3 as more than 90 students from years 7 to 12 were herded onto the farm at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury campus.
Now in its 19th year, the UniSchools Steer Challenge program offers students in-depth insights into the journey of taking a Simmental cross Poll Hereford steer back to their schools and raising it to maturity for more than three months.