Young Farmers' Clubs has a proud history of promoting safety issues and was at the forefront of the drive for safety frames on tractors in the early 1970's. The secret to having successful young farmers clubs is allowing them to participate and host events and activities that their members want. Local activities include such things as clay target shooting, horse trekking, club trips to visit other parts of New Zealand or even overseas, wine tasting lessons and entering club teams in the local Touch Rugby and Indoor Netball competitions. Like many organisations, YFC are active in their communities with many participating or instigating fund raising for activities for the local community. Club meetings are generally held once per month and involve a meeting run along correct meeting procedure with an activity or speaker to follow.
Many districts have interclub competitions as well.
Leadership YFC plays an important role training tomorrows leaders. Many local committees, school boards of trustees, district and regional councils and even central government have many ex young farmers as committee members or elected representatives. At this course they learn about teamwork and other life skills that they take back to their regions and impart to the rest of the YFC membership. Another important part of the YFC experience is hearing about how things are done in other countries. YFC with sponsorship from the New Zealand Dairy Board, Meat New Zealand and Wool's of New Zealand offers three places each year for members to travel on exchange.