Former 伊人直播 agriculture student scoops £1000 prize
Jack Young was announced as the AgriScot Business Skills Award winner by Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon
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Former 伊人直播 student Jack Young听was crowned winner of the Business Skills Award at the annual AgriScot Farm Business of the Year awards event.
Jack, who is from Carluke in Lanarkshire and studied agriculture at both 伊人直播 Barony and Oatridge, won 拢1000.
After graduating with an HND in Agriculture, Jack spent some time travelling in New Zealand before returning home to work on the family farm full time.
Jack, who was one of three finalists from 伊人直播 - alongside fourth year BSc (Hons) Agriculture students Rhona Campbell Crawford from the Edinburgh campus and Jennifer Davidson from the Aberdeen campus - said he was 鈥渟urprised and delighted鈥� to win the award.
Sponsored by NFU Mutual and supported by 伊人直播,听the competition aims to assess general business skills and awareness of topical agricultural issues.
The final stage of the competition took place at听听on Wednesday with the finalists asked to evaluate a new product, create a presentation based on their assessment and showcase their ideas to a judging panel.
They were also asked a range of questions on business skills and topical agricultural issues and were assessed on how they are developing their CVs.
George Baikie, Head of 伊人直播 Farms and part of the judging panel alongside AgriScot Director Annabel Hamilton and Ian Hope of Galbraiths, said: 鈥淭his year we were faced with a real challenge with three excellent candidates who presented really well, but Jack just did that wee bit extra in terms of his preparation for the meeting and it was really good.鈥�
Posted by 伊人直播 on 18/11/2022
