Farm 

Piggery

The new piggery domes are set to be filled this week, so students have been busy making finishing touches to the laneways, that the pigs will move along to get to the domes and also filling the silo with the correct feed ration. 

The neighbours seemed to be oblivious to the noise and activity though. 

General

Year 11s are in the process of completing written and practical assessments to achieve their 'Yellow' farm licence.  There's been some great displays of driving ability with the tractor and hay feeder this week!

Butcher

The smell of bacon was making everyone drool last week, with the smoker packed full.  It looked (and smelled!) delicious hanging in the cool room.

Two of our cows went off to Avon Valley Abattoir for slaughter last week, with the carcasses returning a few days later.  The photos below show them hanging in the Avon Valley facility awaiting pick up, the long line of carcasses being processed there, and the students processing our meat back at the College.

Grains

Seeding is slowly ticking along, with students cycling through the tractor and sprayer, learning the ropes and putting in some hours behind the wheel. 

Meanwhile, paddock 73 is being mouldboard ploughed to aid the water repellent soils out there. Some Year 12 students visited the contractors along with Mrs Arthur and learned a bit more about the process. 

Respect for College property

Unfortunately, every now and then we have to bring attention to the lack of respect for College property.  

We have noticed an increase in the amount of damage to our utes with a number of vehicles showing new dents, scratches, internal damage and graffiti in the past few weeks.  

It is disappointing that we need to mention that this is happening in our school, especially considering how lucky we are to have access to all of these vehicles and the fact that our students are young adults. Seats have been damaged through students cutting them with Stanley knives (or something similar), bonnets have been dented from students sitting on them during idle moments, gouges have been cut out of steering wheels and dash panels, and graffiti drawn on many surfaces inside the cab.  

The photos on the right, are of graffiti on the sun visors in one of our utes, which happens to be due for trade in very soon.  This wilful damage needs to stop.  If students are caught damaging College vehicles, costs of cleaning or repair will be passed on to their parents.

Needless to say, all farm staff are extremely disappointed with the students that have had a hand in this damage.  

Mrs Iles

Assistant Farm Manager