The program that helped Ivy Considine and hundreds of other young people launch agricultural careers is facing closure, despite generating a $5.56 return for every dollar invested.

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In the past year, the 18-year-old has travelled to Western Australia for a grains conference, to Victoria for training, and is about to head to Queensland for a beef event.

These are all opportunities that were not on her radar, made possible by her participation in the AgCAREERSTART program, a nationwide initiative aimed at encouraging young people to get a toe in the door of agriculture, in the form of a gap year.

She is one of hundreds of young people who pa

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