7 Oct 2022

A farmer's son and budding scientist

From Country Life, 7:10 pm on 7 October 2022
Finlay Ludbrook has won awards for his science experiment to see if copper improves the condition of bull calves

Finlay Ludbrook has won awards for his science experiment to see if copper improves the condition of bull calves Photo: Supplied

Thirteen-year-old budding scientist Finlay Ludbrook has had success with an experiment to see whether giving copper to cattle calves improves their condition.

The Northland farmer's son won gold with his trial with two month old bull calves and his father has been using the results on farm.