303364 (v.6) Agricultural Production Systems 202

Area:	Department of Agribusiness and Wine Science
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	25.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 20 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s):	303220 (v.4) Food Chain Systems 101 or any previous version AND AND 309728 (v.3) Land Resources 101 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Animal and crop production as both integrated and separate systems, emphasising rotational principles. Application of scientific principles to cropping decisions (e.g. monitoring, precision management, pest management, yield assessment, harvest) and animal management (e.g. lambing, remote monitoring, green feed budgeting, preparing conserved feed). Information will be delivered in the context of the animal production and crop production year. Students need to demonstrate completion of four weeks work experience in an agriculture or equine industry of their choice. The unit will incorporate a class experiment and local Livestock Updates. Students will also undertake fieldwork in this unit.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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