A five-day tour of the North-East, aimed at encouraging students from grades 9 to 12 to consider agricultural employment, will be held from Sunday, April 13, to Thursday, April 16.

Mr Tyshing said the program had seen about 13 tours completed since its 2007 inception.

"We've got about 50 or 60 per cent of participants that go into agriculture, a small percentage of those will go away and do something else before returning to it," he said.

"I want to talk about inspiring kids to look at agriculture, it's not a plug for the program but about inspiring young people.

"I want to challenge their thinking to explore outside their comfort zone and to explore opportunities they never knew before existed."

Although areas such as Campbell Town boast an impressive farming history, Mr Tyshing said there was equal uptake from students in urban and peri-urban areas.

"It's pretty well spread," he said.

"An important thing to remember is that people need no background in agriculture to come on this program."

Discover Agriculture includes activities such as pasture assessment and measurement, identification of weeds, fat scoring and weighing livestock.

Students are expected to submit a report within a fortnight of completing the course, outlining what they learnt and how they planned to progress.

For more details about Discover Agriculture, go to www.ruralskills.com.au.