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 792-166 Farm Production Systems

Credit Points

5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr R Binns

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

2.5 hours per week

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend the participant's ability to use a systems approach in agriculture.

The content includes: Concepts and terms in a systems approach, science and systems thinking, agroecology - natural and managed systems, determinants of a farming system, simple models of farm systems. Farm production cycles - cropping systems, livestock systems, mixed system, other farming systems. Australian farming systems classification, land systems classifications, Wimmera farming systems. Integration of crop and livestock sub-systems - resource assessment, climatic factors, socioeconomic factors, management factors. Diagnosis and improvement of farming systems - production efficiency measures, measures of biological sustainability, sources of information, and screening ideas for improvement, testing of ideas for improvement.

Assessment

Three assignments of 500, 1000 and 1500 words (10%, 20% and 30%); two hour examination (40%).

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