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Australia's leading agricultural scholarship organisation. We offer those directly engaged in agriculture a unique chance to travel and study.
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“I want to make a FUSS.” 2024 Nuffield Scholar Ashley Wiese on why Australian grain needs to stop selling commodity and start selling food. New report out now. shorturl.at/Zrb7P #Nuffield2024 #AgricultureNews
“Ask the farmer first.” 2025 Nuffield Scholar Maggie Jarrett on why Australian agriculture keeps solving the wrong problems. New report out now. shorturl.at/OUx1d #Nuffield2025 #Agriculture
The future of Ag in Australia is looking bright. Thanks for joining us for the 2026 National Conference - we can't wait to see where these scholars take their research!
Some great chats about capacity and mental load today - "It's important to look at how to live well, to farm well. Looking after yourself isn't just another job - it makes all the other jobs easier" - Claire Catford, 2025 scholar
Nuffield Australia retweeted
Congratulations to Rebecca Fing from Boggabilla, NSW, who has been announced as a 2027 AgriFutures-sponsored @nuffieldaust Scholar. ✨🌱 Rebecca's study will explore how leadership and culture influence #ausag farm safety outcomes, drawing lessons from Japan, New Zealand and Scandinavia. More: ow.ly/71Ka50ZLJRw
ALT Rebecca Fing - 2027 Nuffield Scholar - smiling woman in a blue lace blouse leaning on a rustic wooden fence with trees in the background on a sunny day.
"Your next opportunity is already on your farm, you just have to find it." - Krystal Caton, 2025 Scholar
Benefits of a conference in the NT....
“I wanted to answer how we can make better decisions under constraint. Because better decisions - not more water - are how we make every drop count.” - Kate Lumber, 2025 scholar
Nuffield Australia retweeted
Farming in a changing climate
📸From Iain Field’s @nuffieldaust presentation
“The more you put in, the more you’ll get out” - Hamish Roberston on being a Nuffield scholar with support from the FDF
Some slides from National Conference Day 1
Nuffield National Conference day 2 has kicked off! Today we are talking resilience, resources and rethinking grazing systems.
Nuffield Australia retweeted
Today’s Country Hour broadcast from @nuffieldaust National Conference
abc.net.au/listen/programs/n… @hanshiong @thefruitnerd @NationalFarmers @RabobankAU @FRDCAustralia @Hort_Au @AdamCoffeyNT
“if a project affects farmers, treat them as co-designers ... not just recipients of it.” Maggie Jarrett, 2025 Nuffield Scholar about agricultural programs and policies that fail to create farm-level value through simply implementing someone else's solution
“If we don’t tell our story, someone else will” - Thuan Truong's call out to Agriculture after his Nuffield Scholarship research about reclaiming Farming’s story online
Connor Wass is talking us through strategies for applying Data analytics on farm, because “good decisions need great data”
We're into Scholar Presentations at the 2026 Nuffield Australia National Conference - can't wait to share some key insights! 💡
Announced tonight in Darwin: Dr Lynne Macdonald, 2027 Nuffield @CSIRO Fellow.
Researching trusted, interoperable sustainability reporting frameworks for Australian agriculture.
#Nuffield2027 #AusAg
Announced tonight in Darwin: Harry Tyson, 2027 Nuffield Scholar.
Researching how automation and sustainability can work together in turf farming, supported by Hort Innovation. @Hort_Au
#Nuffield2027 #AusAg
Announced tonight in Darwin: Angus Smith, 2027 Nuffield Scholar.
Researching how the best livestock businesses recover from drought, supported by the Future Drought Fund. @DAFFgov
#Nuffield2027 #AusAg
