Wednesday
Root Crop & Field Veg Production - field trip to watch Hammonds harvesting potatoes in nearby Kelham
Farm Habitat Management - an introduction to the corn laws - how they were passed to protect prices and how they were overturned to protect the people!
Farm related activity - in teams of two we had to design a poster based on our field trip this morning
Thursday
Business Management & Business Planning - a 'business field trip' to nearby Woodborough Farm (604 acre arable) where owners jackie and john discussed their farming business plan, budgeting and the gross margin of their operations
Estate Skills - changed to injecting some of the in-calf Lincoln red cows with a vaccination - Trivacton 6 which is used to prevent diarrhea in calves when born (it stimulates serological and colostridal antibodies against rotavirus and coronavirus antigens and against K99, y, 31A, F41 antigens of EColi). We then herded in the fat lambs for butcher selection separating for lamb packs and market.
Friday
Beef Husbandry - changed to sheep husbandry - raddle changing on the rams
Learner Support - head of course discussion on how the course is going!
Combinable Crops - an introduction to wheat and mycotoxins - toxic substances produced by fungus
Investigative Project - continued working on project
Friday, 24 October 2014
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
15,16,17 October 2014
Wednesday
Root Crop & Field Veg Production - a look at world wide vegetable production - china being the dominant produce; onions & garlic, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, tomato and cucumber!
Farm Habitat Management - our first look at historical legislative acts - the enclosures act
Farm related activity - Farm walk reviewing 3 fields giving an account of weed and pest occurrence
Thursday
Business Management - we were given an industry sector and researched the companies, groups and organisations that we would deal with in that scenario.
Business Planning - businesses fail if they fail to compete! Today we looked at how enterprises have to compete to stay at the top of their game!
Estate Skills - we continued with brick laying practice, from mixing the mortar to using a trowel to using half and full bricks to get the right structure.
Friday
Beef Husbandry - a little further discussion regarding the cereal beef production system
Learner Support - tutorial with dom
Combinable Crops - combinable crops and the zadocks growth stages!
Investigative Project - time to carry on with investigative project research
Root Crop & Field Veg Production - a look at world wide vegetable production - china being the dominant produce; onions & garlic, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, tomato and cucumber!
Farm Habitat Management - our first look at historical legislative acts - the enclosures act
Farm related activity - Farm walk reviewing 3 fields giving an account of weed and pest occurrence
Thursday
Business Management - we were given an industry sector and researched the companies, groups and organisations that we would deal with in that scenario.
Business Planning - businesses fail if they fail to compete! Today we looked at how enterprises have to compete to stay at the top of their game!
Estate Skills - we continued with brick laying practice, from mixing the mortar to using a trowel to using half and full bricks to get the right structure.
Friday
Beef Husbandry - a little further discussion regarding the cereal beef production system
Learner Support - tutorial with dom
Combinable Crops - combinable crops and the zadocks growth stages!
Investigative Project - time to carry on with investigative project research
Friday, 10 October 2014
8,9,10 October 2014
Wednesday
Root Crop & Field Veg Production - in the absence of our lecturer we did a hypothetical supermarket veg shop advising what we would buy and how we would buy it! We then watch one of the 2013 harvest videos, focusing on the potato harvest.
Farm Habitat Management - we carried on with the time line of agricultural development through the different ages from the romans to the present day - 20th century farming.
Farm related activity - herded the sheep in and prepped them for tupping (removed dags) put raddles on the rams and turned out. Herded in some of the Lincoln red cattle for weighing and turned back out again.
Thursday
Business Management - an introduction to UK agriculture, its role economically and where it fits in globally. rather surprisingly the UK is approx. 72% self sufficient! but agriculture only contributes to 0.7% of the total GDP (gross domestic product).
Business Planning - a look at a performance indicators within a business and how these are affected and what you can do to alter them.
Estate Skills - following an introduction to bricklaying, we had a go at laying an english garden wall bond wall today! first we mixed a lime and cement mortar mix, on a board adding splashes of water to ensure it didn't go 'too far' then had a go at laying (much harder than it looks).
Friday
Beef Husbandry - a more in-depth look at cereal beef production and a 4 day old calf scenario.
Learner Support - changed to tutorial with dom
Investigative Project - worked on assignment work
Root Crop & Field Veg Production - in the absence of our lecturer we did a hypothetical supermarket veg shop advising what we would buy and how we would buy it! We then watch one of the 2013 harvest videos, focusing on the potato harvest.
Farm Habitat Management - we carried on with the time line of agricultural development through the different ages from the romans to the present day - 20th century farming.
Farm related activity - herded the sheep in and prepped them for tupping (removed dags) put raddles on the rams and turned out. Herded in some of the Lincoln red cattle for weighing and turned back out again.
Thursday
Business Management - an introduction to UK agriculture, its role economically and where it fits in globally. rather surprisingly the UK is approx. 72% self sufficient! but agriculture only contributes to 0.7% of the total GDP (gross domestic product).
Business Planning - a look at a performance indicators within a business and how these are affected and what you can do to alter them.
Estate Skills - following an introduction to bricklaying, we had a go at laying an english garden wall bond wall today! first we mixed a lime and cement mortar mix, on a board adding splashes of water to ensure it didn't go 'too far' then had a go at laying (much harder than it looks).
Friday
Beef Husbandry - a more in-depth look at cereal beef production and a 4 day old calf scenario.
Learner Support - changed to tutorial with dom
Investigative Project - worked on assignment work
Friday, 3 October 2014
Brack Ags Back In Action
So, after a rather looooooooooong summer of farming - haymaking, chicken husbandry and orchard cultivation & maintenance, we are back at brack!!! Slightly different timetable structure, and some key farming topics removed including advanced workshop and dairy! Our college days remain as Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays and week one has gone as follows:-
Wed
Root Crops & Field Vegetable Production
An introduction to roots, legumes, brassicas, other... Legumes consist of peas and beans; Brassicas consist of brussel sprouts, cabbage and cauliflowers; Root Crops consist of carrots, parsnips, onions, beetroot and turnips and Other agriculture crops include asparagus, leek, celery, lettuce, rhubarb and watercress.
Farm Habitat Management
An introduction to the history of agriculture incorporating legal developments, mechanisation, crop variety, animal husbandry, wars, farming systems and social influences. We started to look at the early stages of agriculture from Neolithic (5000BC to 3000BC) to the Bronze Age (2500BC to 800BC) to Iron Age farming (800BC to 100AD). Very interesting lesson.
Farm Walk/Visit
This afternoon we visited a local crop and vegetable farm - Carr Banks Farm, Farnsfield. Primarily growers of carrots, potatoes and parsnips, we were given a tour of the different vegetable fields and had a look at some of the cultivation and harvesting equipment specific to root crops with lots of information from manager Lawrence about each veg, how it grows, when harvested and end product destination.
Thur
Business Management In Land Based Sector
An introduction to what it takes to hold a managerial position within the agricultural industry.
Business Planning In Land Based Sector
An introduction to the business planning and accounting requirements for managerial positions within the agricultural industry.
Estate Skills
An introduction to estate skills and how these practices are used within farming practices. Our first task will be to build a simple brick wall structure, so we practiced working out a right angle using the 3:4:5 principle (where the measure of 5 from corner to corner is the exact distance between the corners of 3 and 4).
Fri
Beef Husbandry
A recap on the different beef producing systems - Cereal, Silage, Maize, 18 months and 24 months and a look at the different animals used within the systems including native and continental bred animals.
Learner Support Session
A visit from Sue Sutton who will work with the class over the coming weeks to improve maths and English skills for better use within the agricultural industry.
Combinable Crops
No teacher - so free time to start one of the five assignments already handed out!!!
Investigative Project
An introduction to our investigative project that we will be required to work on during this year.
... its tiring being back!!!!!!
Wed
Root Crops & Field Vegetable Production
An introduction to roots, legumes, brassicas, other... Legumes consist of peas and beans; Brassicas consist of brussel sprouts, cabbage and cauliflowers; Root Crops consist of carrots, parsnips, onions, beetroot and turnips and Other agriculture crops include asparagus, leek, celery, lettuce, rhubarb and watercress.
Farm Habitat Management
An introduction to the history of agriculture incorporating legal developments, mechanisation, crop variety, animal husbandry, wars, farming systems and social influences. We started to look at the early stages of agriculture from Neolithic (5000BC to 3000BC) to the Bronze Age (2500BC to 800BC) to Iron Age farming (800BC to 100AD). Very interesting lesson.
Farm Walk/Visit
This afternoon we visited a local crop and vegetable farm - Carr Banks Farm, Farnsfield. Primarily growers of carrots, potatoes and parsnips, we were given a tour of the different vegetable fields and had a look at some of the cultivation and harvesting equipment specific to root crops with lots of information from manager Lawrence about each veg, how it grows, when harvested and end product destination.
Thur
Business Management In Land Based Sector
An introduction to what it takes to hold a managerial position within the agricultural industry.
Business Planning In Land Based Sector
An introduction to the business planning and accounting requirements for managerial positions within the agricultural industry.
Estate Skills
An introduction to estate skills and how these practices are used within farming practices. Our first task will be to build a simple brick wall structure, so we practiced working out a right angle using the 3:4:5 principle (where the measure of 5 from corner to corner is the exact distance between the corners of 3 and 4).
Fri
Beef Husbandry
A recap on the different beef producing systems - Cereal, Silage, Maize, 18 months and 24 months and a look at the different animals used within the systems including native and continental bred animals.
Learner Support Session
A visit from Sue Sutton who will work with the class over the coming weeks to improve maths and English skills for better use within the agricultural industry.
Combinable Crops
No teacher - so free time to start one of the five assignments already handed out!!!
Investigative Project
An introduction to our investigative project that we will be required to work on during this year.
... its tiring being back!!!!!!
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