Agriculture & Horticulture News

Shepparton Show 2023

This years students from various Art, Photography, Food and Agriculture classes entered competitions in the Shepparton Show.

Our Year 11 Agriculture and Horticulture students were very successful with both their vegetables and their eggs, all of which were grown here at school under their care. 

Results as follows:

Rachael Cann: 1st Silver beet 5 stalks in water; 2nd Carrots

Chloe Galt: 1st Carrots, 1st Lettuce, 2nd White eggs ½ dozen (thanks to Belinda the chook)

Rory Sorraghan: 2nd Brown eggs ½ dozen (thanks to Rita the chook)

Dylan Brown: 2nd Lettuce

GPS Cows and Ag Tech

The Year 11 VCE Ag/Hort students had a visit from Kate at CQU who shared with them the GPS Cows learning activities. This program has been written for secondary students and involves using an online GIS platform to analyse the movements of a cow wearing a GPS Collar in NSW. Students learnt to add various layers onto the map in order to view where the cow had been and then make inferences from that information as to why she had made those movements. This technology assist farmers in monitoring animal behaviour which can be an indicator of their health status, breeding cycle, staying in their given paddock, and livestock theft.

Next week Mrs Drinnan will attend a professional development workshop with CQU learning about 3 Ag Tech programs which will become part of the Year 10 Agriculture curriculum from 2024. The programs include GPS Cows, Agriwebb (farm management) and Escavox (logistics and food traceability to reduce food waste). She will receive a GPS collar for a sheep as part of the experience.

Charlotte Drinnan

Agriculture & Horticulture Teacher