When urban Mancunian Sarah Moore and her wife Emily decided to give dairy farming a go in South Australia they found a reason to get up in the morning and doing a good day's work was a fine reason to stay.
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"My background was working with young people, working in schools, summer camps. Never on farms," Ms Moore said. They eventually did get out to go travelling, but before long they found their way back to the dairy.She is now a manager at the dairy and said that the challenges and opportunity to learn every day, and the support she received from others in the industry, meant it looked like the Clare Valley had become her home.
"It's still an issue, but it isn't the absolute number one issue that it was perhaps 24 months ago," he said." locals are obviously really important across the industry as well. They're the backbone of the industry," he said. "What attracted me you're working outside, you're working with animals, you get a variety of jobs. It's a pretty rewarding career."
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