International Rural Exchange Canada

Arrive March, July, or September stay for 3 months to 1 year

Crop, Dairy, Sheep, Pigs, Beef, Cattle-stations, Horticulture, Apiary(Bees), Mechanics & Agri-Mix

Wage $16/hour, 38 hour/week, Net $300/week after deductions and taxes

Australia

Stay 3 months – 1 yearArrive: dairy July – Augustother August - Octobercrop November

Dairy, Pigs, Crops, Machinery, Sheep, Mixed, Agri-home Horticulture, Landscaping

Wage: $12/hourUsually room and board are deductedEligible for partial tax refund

Trainees should look on their time in NZ as an adventure with the opportunity to earn money during their experience to pay for travel & sightseeing – Vicky at Renz

New Zealand

SwedenAgriculture,

Horticulture, Agri-home

Arrive April-May, Stay 3 months to 1 year

Wage $8-10/hr, 40 hr work week, Net after deductions $640/month

Germany

Pigs, dairy, crop, mixed, organic,

agri-tourism, cheese-making, bee-keeping and

poultry

Wage: $335/month room & board included

Stay Max 3 months or

Required work experience co-op

HORTICULTURE – fruit, vegetable, flowers, garden

centres & landscaping

• Mixed farms, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats• Horticulture: fruit, veggies, greenhouse

• Some wine and agri-home• Wage $3270 - $3475/month

• Deductions for room and board: $1275/month

Switzerland

Estimate 8 – 12 weeks work will earn back fees and insurance

Require 12 months practical experience or related education or combination of the twoPlacements from 3 – 12 months 18 – 30 years. **some 30+ may be accepted

Crop & livestock, dairy, equine (not racing), horticulture (fruit, veggies & flowers), aquaculture, turf management, forestry & associated science, agribusiness, agro-technology, biotechnology.Possible environmental science

United Kingdom

RENT: Pay approx. 540/month for rural placement (Urban is 600)

.Wages: approx. $1930/month)

Norway

Working guest: $125/wk pocket money, 35 hrs/wkTrainee: $11.50/hr, $5/day room & board, 37.5 hrs/wkYour Options:Guest ProgramAge: 18-30No training, work experience is desirable

Internship programDriving licenseAge: 18-30Completed training in agriculture or horticulture, or 2 years of practical experience

The Netherlands

Dairy- (robot equipment or cheese making), livestock: pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, or goats), mixed, arable farming, horticultural: field vegetable production, shrub & tree nursery, plants, flower bulbs, greenhouse: potted plants, cut flowers, vegetables, garden centers, or flower shops. WAGES - $1103 net per month. $516.20 is deducted for room and board. Mandatory health insurance must be paid while in the Netherlands & returned to you after you leave.

All trainees should: Be interested in the Dutch culture Be between 18 and 26 years old Be able to ride a bicycle Available for a training period of 90 days Be a student at a Secondary Vocational School, College or University, preferably in the last year or the year before last. Student must train in the sector that he/she is educated in.

Mainly pig & dairy farms or mixed dairy/crops or pig/crops. A few within horticulture.

Hours: 37 hours/week.

Duration of stay 8-12 months. Short stays (minimum 4 months) are possible in summer.

Salary: approx. $1075/month Must purchase insurance covering transportation & accidents during his/her free time. Price is approx. $15 /month.

Denmark

United States

Horticulture: Orchard, Veggies, applied Tree-Fruit researchDiversified: Some organic, family farms: small-scale animals/orchards and/or veggie/fruitSwine: breeding and production – year roundBeef: year roundDairy: year roundCrop: potato, wheat, corn, bluegrass seed. House and wage provided. Large family farms. Washington state and Midwest (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma (Minnesota)Forestry: March-May through to August-OctoberVineyard: cellar and crush – Late August-October

JapanMust speak some Japanese

Austria Oenology – vineyard – experience required