Our Team of Partners and Affiliates
Get Milking partners represent Agricademy around the country. They offer farmers, schools, industry reps and farm staff on-the-job, on-farm training in Dairy Assistant and Relief Milking roles, as well as delivering two hour training sessions that complement our bite size videos. Our partners might be the ones training you, or they may have a team of trainers they’ll engage to carry out the training. Read more below and contact the partner in your area to find out more.
If you are interested in becoming a Get Milking business partner or affiliate, contact the team today.
Angela (Ange) Strawbridge
Ange’s Agribusiness, MANAWATU
Angela has 26 years’ experience in dairy, including the past five years as the manager of a dairy farm in the Manawatu. Ange knows all too well how difficult it is to find good staff and to train and keep them in the sector – an issue facing dairy farmers across the country. She’s also a Dairy Women’s Network Hub Leader, managing five regional leaders across the Whanganui/Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa Regions and won the 2018 Manawatu Dairy Manager of the Year title. Contact Ange here
Here’s Ange with four young Dairy Assistants she recently trained. We love this quote from trainee Loughlan; ”for a guy like me that’s not academic, the videos are great…. and Ange is real nice and positive and her way of teaching is my way of learning”
Watch now to hear what the other trainees had to say.
Nestor and Jackie Eligado
Stream Enterprises Ltd, TARANAKI
Nestor and Jackie Eligado are dairy farmers in the Taranaki region.
By profession, Nestor is a vet and Jackie a nurse. Nestor arrived in New Zealand in 2007 and was employed in Hawkes Bay as a dairy farm assistant. He worked his way up to farm manager within 5 years. Nestor and Jackie started contract milking in 2013, and now manage 3 farms.
Through their years contract milking, they have looked after their staff, helping train them to improve their career in dairy farming. Experiencing first-hand how skills and knowledge gained from hands on training adds value to any career goal,. Nestor and Jackie see partnering with Agricademy as an opportunity to help new dairy farmers to deliver this vision.
Nestor and Jackie are focussed on training Philippine workers by introducing them to the online courses, then training them on-farm and helping them find work in the industry. Contact Jackie and Nestor here
Affiliates
Our affiliates refer people to purchase our online training and promote the value proposition of Agricademy online and in their networks. They’re our super fans!
AgAssist
Canterbury
Ag Assist is an community-driven platform for connecting farmers with local workers across the Dairy, Dairy Support, Sheep & Beef, and Arable industries. Made by farmers, for farming people, Ag Assist streamlines the process of finding pre-approved workers for urgent tasks, regular jobs, and long-term farm positions. AgAssist encourages workers to complete Agricademy courses to put badges on their profile and stand out in searches!