YOUNG duo Jai Thomas, 14, and Byron Blevin, 15, see long-lasting friendship and a world of possibilities in agriculture.
The pair have been attending the IGA Perth Royal Show since they were babies and have formed a strong friendship from their passion for livestock.
Since meeting at cattle camp as eight and nine-year-olds, the pair have been spending each school holiday helping at each other's farms.
"My grandparents encouraged me to learn about agriculture from an early age," Byron said.
"I have always been around it and I love it.
"Since we met, every school holidays we go to my grandparents in Serpentine or to Jai's grandparents near Mundijong."
Jai said they enjoyed helping each other's grandparents, sometimes for six days straight, with drenching or moving cattle
"There is always more to learn with agriculture," Jai said.
"I want to become a vet or have my own farm.
"I already have a small Shorthorn stud, with about 20 cattle, but I want to reach about 100 head - that is my real passion."
Jai and Byron both enjoy cattle work, but Byron also has a small herd of Suffolks.
In the future, Jai would like to stay within the cattle sector but Byron wants his own sheep and cropping farm, even if it was over east.
"I have been trading sheep and have a nice little herd," Byron said.
"I will breed them and sell their offspring, and I might buy a stud ram this year and go from there."
The pair are studying agriculture outside their general school studies.
Byron has started his certificate II in Agriculture and Jai is about to commence a certificate II.
Both plan to do certificates III and IV and study agriculture at university.
"I always knew I'd be in the industry," Byron said.
"We would much rather go help out at each other's farms than hangout with our mates from school.
"It's where we would rather be."
Jai said not many other kids at school knew about agriculture or understood the industry.
"We talk to them about it," Jai said.
"A lot of kids think it's cool you get a day off school each week to do your Cert II.
"I think agriculture should be taught at schools - they are missing out."
Byron said it was important to know what is put on your plate and to get kids into nature and understanding the process.
As young people who are passionate about the industry, the pair said there should be more opportunities for scholarships for agricultural courses or more hands-on experiences on farm, within schools and universities to get young people knowing what real agriculture was about.
"There are about five jobs for every student graduating for agribusiness and you find your place in it," Byron said. "There is something for everyone in agriculture, it's not just the on farm work.
"We don't know all the opportunities yet and our families are involved in it, so it must be hard for city kids.
"At school there are lots of different pathways into high academic jobs and lots of people keep picking those options, but if you are smart and know about agriculture you can do agriculture but it's not as open to everyone in Perth - it's not advertised.
"At school we have never had a talk about agriculture, even in our careers class."
Jai said the best part about agriculture was that everyone got along and was happy to help out.
If agriculture wasn't their passion, the pair wouldn't have met and both agreed the best thing about agriculture was the friendships that can be made - despite the distance between farms.
"Everyone is so friendly because we are all in the same game," Byron said.
"In agriculture, we help each other out."
In between helping his grandparents get their cattle ready for the Royal Show, Byron also helped Jai get ready for his big event.
Jai started showing his Shorthorn cattle for the first time at the IGA Perth Royal Show last year.
The cattle were bred by Phillip Burnett, Crathes Park, who is the WA president of the Shorthorn Society of Australia.
"I wanted to start my own breeding and have a bit more responsibility," Jai said.
"We had a group of three heifers that placed first in the interbreed group of three heifers.
"We had another heifer from Phil who placed second in the interbreed heifer."
The friends have been to the show every year and don't plan to miss one any time soon.
This school holidays they will be at each other's grandparents' farms helping out where possible.
"There is always something to do," Jai said.
"And we will definitely be at the Royal Show again this year.
"We have started to halter train our 10 cattle and Byron has been helping his grandparents with the seven cattle they are taking to the show.
"That is something we will be working on these holidays."