Stock problems what should farmers do ?

This slideshow is to represent some problems that farmers can have with their animals.  Farmers are struggling right now with M bovis ( mycoplasma bovis ). Farmers are always struggling with people thinking it’s always them destroying waterways. Maybe right now we all should focus on how we can improve our meat and dairy reputation for new zealand by looking after the four legged friends that help us.

Apple cider vinegar

This is a presentation about solutions to ways to help cattle and why they can use apple cider vinegar to fix it.  This slideshow shows you ways to help your cattle during some problems listed in the slideshow.   How does apple cider vinegar help your cattle?

What should Seeds 'r' us fertiliser/soil bags be looking like to beat competition

This is an explanation and photos of a bag of ammonium sulphate fertilizer.

It shows what it looks like and what change they have made over the last couple of years.

Clover

This is a slide about clover and what happens when it is cut into hay.
Clover is a great plant for farming as it was brought into new zealand for farming to be successful.

This photo is of clover and plantain seeds.

Hannah's - Do you know how to have a super quality blog comment?

This is a google slide showing you how to make a quality blog comment.  We have had a cybersmart tutor come in on a thursday morning we are still learning more every thursday morning.  I hope this slide can show you how to make a quality blog comment.

Whangara farms 11.6.2018

Whangara farms

We have been learning and looking at what farms do and today we learned more about Whangara farms our guides were Renee and Andrew. We have seen trials and new types of plants that people may not have heard of.  We have learnt some things of what farms do and how they control climate change and gravity.  We also have taken soil samples and our hoping to do some tests with the soil tomorrow.  

We did it because we are learning and looking at what agronomists do and also what farmers can do to help their farm thrive.  We did it to learn more about farming as we are looking to make farms great.  We have already learnt about what one farm does now we have learnt about two.   We are getting better at taking samples and naming plants that we have seen.  We are also getting better at learning what it takes to make a farm great.

Something that stood out for me was how they were thinking of ways to stop erosion and keeping track of grass growth and what grows better in conditions.  Another thing was how they used special gadgets to get info for the farm to increase value in growth.  A key idea was that troughs were a better way of hydrating animals in the summer and that dams weren't doing a great job of hydrating animals.  We learnt that there are different ways to help your farm successful.

I liked learning about innovative ways to help a farm grows and produce healthy animals so they can get the most out of the profit of the animal.  I enjoyed learning how some grasses are better in different conditions. I liked how every farm has different ways to help them grow.

I am still wondering how long do they keep their animals before selling them. 

Green Houses

This are photos of my group making our green house.  We made green houses because we wanted to grow some grass.  Over the weeks we are going to be checking on them everyday we will be measuring and testing the grass at the end we will see who grows the best grass and will win a PGG Wrightson beanie.

Starting the house.

Taking shape.

Getting there.

Nearly there.

Finished !

Learning more about vets with Lisa Hulme-Moir 1/6/18

This is a photo of us aka the year 6's from room Tawhirimatea.  Lisa Hulme-Moir came in today to speak about what she does at her job she is a a type of vet that studies animal and tests the blood samples that vets send to her and her team.   We learnt a lot about the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak and other diseases.  We same some photos of tests and a photo of the inside of a elephant.   

Thank's Lisa!!