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Words: Stacy Holzapfel Producer: Grace McKinnon

 More visibility needed for agriculture jobs

Charles Sturt University graduate Stacey Holzapfel believes more needs to be done to promote exciting agriculture jobs to young people.

Despite growing up on a small hobby farm near Bairnsdale in East Gippsland with a few beef cattle, I wouldn’t say I had a lot of exposure to farming.I had no idea what career options were available in agriculture.

STACEY HOLZAPFEL

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Ms Holzapfel got her first taste of the industry while completing two gap years on cattle stations in the Pilbara, WA. 

But she said during high school it was hard to find out the full extent of what an agriculture degree could offer in the industry. 

Now, a popular video-sharing platform is changing how farmers share their life and industry. 

TikTok has given Australian farmers the ability to reach millions of people who otherwise would have nothing to do with agriculture.

Some farmers share insights into everyday farm life.

While others make comical content Australians of all ages can appreciate.  

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