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Students experience a taste of farming

Kerang Technical High School students were thrown into the world of ag last week. Picture: Tracy Roberts
By Peter Bannan

THE smell of hay, the buzz of bees, and the clatter of shearing blades set the scene at Kerang Technical High School last Thursday, as the grounds transformed into a hub of possibility for hundreds of students eager to explore what life in the agriculture industry could offer. The school hosted its second agriculture industry […]

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