Lesson 1
The Dairy Industry- where is it at?
Ahumahi miraka kau Task: Look through the document NZ dairy Statistics Now I want you to produce your own PPT that summaries the statistics that you see as important. It should have at least 5 slides. copy and paste is fine and add some pics. Share it to your TEAMS notebook |
Lesson 2
Collect the Dairy Game from front deck and play a game of snakes and ladders to get a better understanding of what happens on dairy farm.
Lesson 3 A new beginning
For this lesson(s) your going to convert a finishing farm ( pāmu hipi) into a dairy farm(pāmu miraka kau). You have budget $15 million dollars to do this conversion. You will need to draw up a new farm plan, plan a dairy shed, new fence lines, water troughs, worker housing, purchase of stock. Draw up a budget, and a report explaining your choices.
You can collect a map of the farm from the front desk |
Your farm can be viewed at:
https://www.realestate.co.nz/42095826/rural/sale/692-papatotara-road-papatotara
https://www.realestate.co.nz/42095826/rural/sale/692-papatotara-road-papatotara
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
From grass to milk (karaehe ko miraka)
- how does grass get turned into milk watch this video first https://www.rosiesworld.co.nz/all-about-dairy/all-about-cows/how-a-cow-works/ |
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Lesson 5
Using the above data, create a graph (using excel) .to show the available pasture in both Canterbury and Southland.
This represents Available Pasture Now to the same graph add the animal demand curve. Get this data from above
Putting the two together gives you a Feed Profile (kōtaha whāngai) Now Answer these questions
Qu 1. Where is the difference between Irrigated (whakamakuku) Canterbury pasture growth and Southland ? Qu 2. Why does the pasture grow at different rates ?. Describe one reason. Qu3. Are there times in the year where there is a shortage ? when Qu 4 Are there times in the year that there is a surplus? When Qu 5 What can the farmer do to cope with these Shortages/Surpluses? |
Animal Nutrition ( kai kararehe) - Key terms
Maintenance: .The amount of energy needed by an animal to just maintain its body weight .Used to keep warm, move, and replace old tissues .changes due to weather Production Energy: .Used to produce production .weight gain, wool, milk Digestibility: What percentage of the food that can actually be digested Intake: How food can an animal physically eat Kg DM Depends on size of the animal type of feed speed of digestion feed budgeting
Feed budgets are planning tools that provide you with a level of control, not just to achieve required production targets, but to recognise when things are going wrong and allow you to take action before a situation becomes critical. The main objectives of feed budgets are:
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