Interest and passion get them into the field

Smart investment: Tee (left) is using a drone to fertilise his crops at his fruit farm in Pagoh, Muar.

JOHOR BARU: Farming is more than just grit and grime, as two youths in Johor have proven that the younger generation can also excel in the agriculture sector.

At 26, Tee Xin Zhe is no stranger to the agriculture sector as he first dipped his fingers in farming while accompanying his grandmother to work in an oil palm plantation.