RURAL NEWS // FEBRUARY 23, 2021
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Massey student wins scholarship MASSEY UNIVERSITY student Sophie Ridd is this year’s recipient of Ravensdown’s Hugh Williams Memorial Scholarship. The 19 year-old is about to start her second year of study towards a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Massey University’s Palmerston North campus. She says the scholarship will reduce her financial burden and open up new opportunities for her to pursue tertiary study at higher levels. “I am absolutely stoked to receive this support as it will enable me to pursue my passion even further.” The Hugh Williams Memorial Scholarship provides the recipient with $5,000 per year for each year of a student’s undergraduate study in agriculture or horticulture disciplines at Lincoln or Massey University. The recipient will also be offered the opportunity for paid holiday work at Ravensdown if available. The scholarship was founded to commemorate the late Hugh Williams, who was a Ravensdown Director from 1987 to 2000. Ridd was encouraged to apply for the scholarship by her parents, John and Jenni. The Ridd family are long-time Ravensdown shareholders and run an arable farm, along with sheep and beef
finishing and winter dairy grazing, just north of Feilding. “Growing up on the family farm taught me the virtue of hard work and kindled my interest in the science behind modern farm management.” Ridd says agriculture touches on all aspects of her life. Aside from being raised on a farm and studying agricultural science at university, she is also a keen competitor in cattle shows. Last year, she was a reserve for the NZ Future Beef Team at the World Hereford Conference, and this year Ridd will be heading down to Oxford to take part in the National Royal A&P Society competition. “I’ve really enjoyed getting into cattle showing. I like the discipline as it teaches you how to interact, groom and control an animal, while also working on your own personal presentation. It’s a very grounding experience.” Ridd says that while she is in the early stages of tertiary study, she has already found an area of particular interest. “Coming from a crop farming background, I am really interested in learning more about how the nutritional profiles of crops affect stock development and growth.” Whatever she special-
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Second-year Massey student Sophie Ridd says the scholarship will enable her to pursue her passion for agriculture even further.
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