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 793-235 Dairy Management II

Credit Points

10

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr J Nunn

Prerequisites

Dairy Management I.

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

Lectures 39 hours; tutorials 26 hours

Subject Description

To enable students to develop their knowledge of the factors affecting the management of a modern dairy farm.

The content includes: Analysis of the logistics of expanding/intensifying a dairying enterprise. New technology as related to nutrition, health and reproduction. Labour and lifestyle issues related to dairy farming. Major legal and contractual arrangements of dairy farming. Dairy farm design for improved production. Pricing mechanisms and the impact of government policy. Industry structures in Australia and the marketing of dairy products.

Assessment

Internal students - Assignment; three hour examination. External students - Two assignments.



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