AgForce is calling for an urgent step change in ag education, following the controversial sale of Longreach Pastoral College.
As industry and rural communities wait to find out who has acquired the State Government facility, the organisation is pushing for greater emphasis on industry education.
Tenders for the Longreach Pastoral College were awarded on Friday. A consortium of 10 large pastoral companies, led by AAM, missed out and the facility has been divided between three separate bids – yet to be announced.
AgForce CEO Michael Guerin said he remained hopeful that the successful…