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A YOUNG MAN from a grazing background, Stuart Austin “learned more than I could ever imagine from my work in Alberta about farming, and from the Canadian agribusiness community about business.� Stuart worked as a guide on a guest ranch taking tourists up into the PRXQWDLQV RQ KRUVHEDFN RQ RLO oHOGV DQG RQ D JUDLQ IDUP +H MRLQHG two young farmer organisations and was elected as the chair of both of them. He learnt how to put himself out there and talk to anyone, and “most important of all, I built a professional network. Whilst there, I got a business idea and partnered with a Canadian to place Aussies in Canadian farms and Canadians in Aussie farms.� His business, 3RVLWLYH 3HUIHFWLRQ KDV JURZQ ZLWK SDUWQHUV LQ oYH FRXQWULHV 5HFHQWO\ p\LQJ EDFN WR &DQDGD k, KDG WR SLQFK P\VHOI DQG ZRQGHU how the skinny young cowboy who ventured from southern NSW to WKH 1RUWKHUQ 7HUULWRU\ VRPH \HDUV DJR LV QRZ EHLQJ pRZQ KDOI ZD\ round the world as an ambassador for the beef industry.� Stuart Austin turned his Canadian work experience into a successful business back home.
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