Growing up in a legendary farming family in South Westland gave Lisa Nolan a passion for livestock which has never dimmed. Ms Nolan, 30, recently joined the PGG Wrightson livestock genetics team in a role which covers Otago and South Westland. She succeeds Callum McDonald who was promoted to national genetics manager. When she saw the role advertised late last year, it immediately appealed as she had a longtime interest in farming and livestock. Plus she was keen to continue to progress in the agricultural sector. Her passion for farming stemmed from growing up on an extensive beef breeding property at Haast which has been in the Nolan family for five generations. The property is farmed by her parents, John (JJ) and Kathy, and her brother Matt, The family’s cattle musters, on horseback, in the Arawhata Valley were legendary and had been documented by the likes of Country Calendar .…