Agriculture+Subject+Info

Click here to download Agriculture Course Information The Agricultural Facilities An area of approximately 5 hectares has been put aside for agricultural education. The area has been subdivided into 5 small paddock areas for stock grazing and cropping, a 1 ha vineyard and a small gardening area. The buildings include: general purpose agriculture shed with shearing facilities, a machinery storage area, an aquaculture shed, wine education centre, poultry shed, goat enclosure, five plant propagation spaces, cattle and sheep shed and yards and two small wine storage areas. Agricultural Enterprises Barramundi 400—500 fingerlings are purchased and grown in 4 above ground tanks in a semi-controlled environment. They are sold after about 8 months at a target weight of 400 grams to a local community hotel.
 * Aquaculture**

Depending on water restrictions, all students in year 8 and 9 cultivate a small garden area and practice their skills at growing a selection of vegetables, pasture and cereal crops.
 * Gardening**

Meat birds Approximately two lots of 30 meat birds are raised each year. These are processed at a commercial processing plant and sold to staff or parents of the school. Layer Chicks These are raised and sold at various ages to members of the community as replacement layers. About a dozen are kept to give students the experience of working with laying birds and collecting and grading eggs. Turkeys 30 turkey poults are raised to about 5 kg dressed weight and sold in time for the Christmas market.
 * Poultry**