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Leading agricultural woman address annual rural dinner

August 06, 2004

NSW Rural Woman of the Year Ms Rebecca Arnott will be guest speaker at the annual Rural Focus Dinner at the University of New England’s Robb College on September 7.
Ms Arnott, a Robb College and UNE alumnus will be talking about Branded beef: the Australian Agricultural Company’s 1824 Brand, its Growth and Development in the Domestic and International Market.
“The beef industry is consistently delivering really good steak and our exports are starting to grow,” Ms Arnott said.


“The industry is making every little link in a chain of events work well, right from the genetics, feed lotting, farm management, transport and grading.”
As a result of this, demand for Australian beef now exceeded supply, Ms Arnott said.
The Australian Agricultural Company is the nation’s oldest agricultural company, with 23 cattle stations in Queensland and the Northern Territory covering about 1 per cent of Australia’s land mass. Apart from domestic customers, it is responsible for 460,000 beef cattle and exports to Asia, the US and the Middle East.
Ms Arnott was named this year’s winner of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) NSW Rural Woman of the Year award.
A total of 60 women were n the running for the award and as winner, Ms Arnott won a $15,000 bursary to improve leadership, management and business skills.
After graduating from UNE, Ms Arnott went on to work overseas, for the Animal Breeders Company in Zimbabwe and most recently, as a Beef Cattle Officer for NSW Agriculture in Wagga Wagga.
Robb College Master Mr Michael Maas said it is a great pleasure for us to have Rebecca back at Robb College as our guest speaker. We are very proud of our Robb College Alumni and our current student members will certainly be inspired by Rebecca’s achievements as will our guests and the public.
The public are welcome to attend the lecture but must book through the college office on 02 6773 1700.
For more information, phone Michael Maas on 6773 1701 or
Lydia Roberts on 6773 2779.

Posted by Lydia Roberts at August 6, 2004 11:20 AM