Wednesday
Vegetable & Root Crops - Using the RB209 guide, we had to fill in the Brack Estate N,P,K requirements.
Farm Habitat Management - Hedgerow survey preparation session.
Farm Related Activity - visit to a local potato grower, J&J Burnett, to see the cold stores and field planting
Thursday
Lambing shift 6am-6pm
Finished for Easter Half Term!!!!
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
18,19,20 March 2015
Wednesday
Vegetable & Root Crops - NVZ's - nitrogen vulnerable zones (an introduction to)
Farm Habitat Management - bird surveying (out in the field)
Farm Related Activity - planting potatoes (for the Newark agriculture show)
Thursday
Business Management and Planning - Farming resources followed by project work.
Estate skills - knocking in fence posts with a trailed post driver!
Friday
Following a 12 hour lambing shift last night, there was no college for me today!
Vegetable & Root Crops - NVZ's - nitrogen vulnerable zones (an introduction to)
Farm Habitat Management - bird surveying (out in the field)
Farm Related Activity - planting potatoes (for the Newark agriculture show)
Thursday
Business Management and Planning - Farming resources followed by project work.
Estate skills - knocking in fence posts with a trailed post driver!
Friday
Following a 12 hour lambing shift last night, there was no college for me today!
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
11,12,13 March 2015
Wednesday
Vegetable & Root Crops - seedbed preparation, the various methods and the different machinery.
Farm Habitat Management - an introduction to bird surveying in preparation for a practical.
Farm Related Activity - a visit to a local farmer who is utilising various farm diversification schemes.
Thursday
Lambing live - 12hour lambing shift for the college flock!
Friday
Beef Husbandry - work on assignment.
Learner Support - tutorial.
Combinable Crops - field walk and soil sampling.
Investigative Project - work on assignment.
Vegetable & Root Crops - seedbed preparation, the various methods and the different machinery.
Farm Habitat Management - an introduction to bird surveying in preparation for a practical.
Farm Related Activity - a visit to a local farmer who is utilising various farm diversification schemes.
Thursday
Lambing live - 12hour lambing shift for the college flock!
Friday
Beef Husbandry - work on assignment.
Learner Support - tutorial.
Combinable Crops - field walk and soil sampling.
Investigative Project - work on assignment.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
4,5,6 March 2015
Wednesday
Farm Related Activity - a trip to cote hill farm - a dairy with onsite award winning cheese making facility.
Farm Habitat Management - we interpreted our phase 1 field survey into a top copy map.
Thursday
Business Management & Planning & Improvement - marketing and working out a profit for the purposes of a business plan.
Estate Skills - an afternoon repairing and maintaining a broken paddock fence.
Friday
Beef Husbandry - handling beef for better returns, more in-depth ebv's, confirmation and fat classification.
Learner Support - maths!
Combinable Crops - an oil seed rape farm walk with the farm bailiff.
Investigative Project - continued working on project.
Farm Related Activity - a trip to cote hill farm - a dairy with onsite award winning cheese making facility.
Farm Habitat Management - we interpreted our phase 1 field survey into a top copy map.
Thursday
Business Management & Planning & Improvement - marketing and working out a profit for the purposes of a business plan.
Estate Skills - an afternoon repairing and maintaining a broken paddock fence.
Friday
Beef Husbandry - handling beef for better returns, more in-depth ebv's, confirmation and fat classification.
Learner Support - maths!
Combinable Crops - an oil seed rape farm walk with the farm bailiff.
Investigative Project - continued working on project.
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