Harvest and Baling

The weather has warmed up and the last few weeks we have been busily cutting hay. We seeded 60 hectares of oats, cutting 20 hectares for hay and baling 100 large round bales and 400 small squares.

Year 11 students have been very busy carting and stacking all of the hay into the sheds, ready to begin harvest. Harvest should start next week with a couple of 38-degree days. This week we have been finishing off a few Barley paddocks. We will likely begin our harvest program with 400 hectares of Barley followed by harvesting 40 hectares of non-GM and 290 hectares of GM, all depending on the moisture percentage in the grain.

Year 11

Year 11 students have a very busy term ahead of them, with many training sessions underway. Year 11 students will be undertaking training next week to complete their First Aid Certificate and gain the unit of competence that goes towards their Certificate II in Agriculture (plus it is a great skill to learn). The course AE875 First Aid skillset will be delivered by Central Regional TAFE and facilitated here at the College. If you haven't already, please check your emails and fill in the form and return via email to madison.davey@education.wa.edu.au as soon as possible. Thanks in advance!

Year 11 students will be undergoing a Bushfire Safety Awareness Course which is one of the required courses to be an active member of a Bushfire Brigade. This is a foundation course that covers fire characteristics and fire behaviour and goes through bushfire safety and survival on foot and in a vehicle. It also provides participants basic fire suppression techniques and strategies. All Bushfire Brigade Members MUST

complete this course prior to attending an incident.

Another opportunity that is available to the Year 11 students is the Water Bomber Reloader Training which will be held Friday 3 November 2023 at the Cunderdin Airfield. If any students are interested, could they please get in contact with Mrs Corsini on madison.davey@education.wa.edu.au

2023 Perth Royal Show Results

A huge thank-you to Mr Laird and Miss Martini who worked all week down at the Royal Show to make sure our sheep were on display and to assist the students showcasing their outstanding skills.

Novice Shearing - Saturday 23/09/23

1st Caiden Cox
2nd Bevan Norwood
3rd Mitchel Baker
4th Cody Walker
5th Zarah Squiers

Novice Wool Handling

1st Jessie Read
2nd Zarah Squiers
3rd Leah Taylor

Young Breeders Challenge - Monday 25/09/2023

Each College had 4 wether lambs chosen and shorn in March. They deviated the homogeneity of the group, the fleece weight and the carcass weight.

The students that took part were Zarah Squiers, Leah Taylor, Bevan Norwood and Jake Faulkner and achieved 3rd place.

AWI Young Producer Challenge - Tuesday 26/09/2023

6 students per College, 2 Shearing, 2 Wool Handling, 2 judging Sheep.

1st place in Shearing - Zarah Squiers and Caiden Cox
1st place Wool Handling - Leah Taylor and Jessie Read
2nd place Sheep Judging - Bevan Norwood and Cody Walker.

WACoA-Cunderdin Team- 1st place overall for the AWI Young Producer Challenge.

Meat Breeds Judging - Friday 29/09/2023

Zarah Squiers placed 1st and is now eligible for Nationals!

WACoA-Cunderdin Wool & Sheep Results

Grand Champion: Ewe or Wether fleece
Grand Champion: Farmers fleece
Champion: Farmers Ewe or Wether fleece
Champion: Farmers Ram fleece
Reserve Grand Champion: Farmers fleece
Reserve Grand Champion: Ewe or Wether fleece
Reserve Champion Farmers Ewe or Wether fleece
1st Class 41: Fine Wool Ewe or Wether 2 fleeces
1st Class 35: Fine Wool Ram 1 fleece
1st Class 34: Super fine Wool Ram 1 fleece
1st Class 39: Fine Wool Ewe or Wether 1 fleece
1st Class 38: Super Fine Wool Ewe or Wether 1 fleece
2nd Class 37: Ultra Fine Wool Ewe or Wether 1 fleece
2nd Class 39: Fine Wool Ewe or Wether 1 fleece
3rd Class 39: Fine Wool Ewe or Wether 1 fleece
2nd Place: Poll Dorset Mature Ewe
3rd Place: Poll Dorset "Greyhome" Under 1 ½ years

Upcoming shows

21 October 2023 Kojonup Show

Good luck to the following students competing-

Elsie Cardew
Megan Langsford
Cooper McCuish
Bella Noble
Matilda Saunders
Cassie Turner

4 November 2023 Boddington Show

Madison Corsini and Daniel DeBeer

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