Farm Manager Report
What's in store going forward...
Farm Manager Report
What's in store going forward...
The following is a snapshot of what is planned for our farm enterprises. Many of these activities contribute to the learning and development of our students, as they continue to develop their skills in the agricultural arena.
Students from Year 11 and Year12 attended the Harvey Beef 2021 Gate to Plate Beef Field Day and Schools Challenge. This provided students with the opportunity to mingle with business owners and farmers and listen to several guest speakers talking on a wide range of topics. The Schools Challenge, which is held on the Wednesday, is a contest of general cattle knowledge and livestock handling tasks, where the teams were split up randomly and assigned challenges.
Denmark students from both teams won several individual events and represented themselves and the College in an excellent manner. Zoe Skinner and Libby Miell were placed second and third overall out of all the events. Other students who achieved placing results included Josh Coole, Jorja Waters, Jacana Vincent, Hamish Bowie and Michael Cottle.
Denmark Team 1 was placed overall runner up Champions to Cunderdin Ag College. The two day events were a great opportunity for students to network with local graziers and businesses and to test their skills and knowledge against students from other schools.
A team of students from the College attended the Wagin Woolorama to show 12 Corriedale Rams and Ewes and also participate in Wool and Sheep junior judging competitions. We performed exceptionally well in both Junior Judging and the Merino Wool Competition. Five fleeces were entered into the Merino wool competition and WACoA-Denmark was awarded Supreme Champion fine wool fleece, 2nd and 3rd place in the medium category and 3rd in the super fine category. The major award however was the Schools Competition where Denmark was awarded Champion School, combining all the points from the sheep events.
Year 12 student Hamish Bowie was awarded Champion Junior Judge over all events, Merino, Beef Cattle and Wool. With 98 other students from different schools and colleges competing, this was an exceptional outcome. Tom Regan placed second in Merino Ram Judging, a great effort at his first attempt.
Inlet Views "Reality R9 Junior Bull” placed first in his class and won the Euro Breed Junior Champion Bull; then also placed first in the Multi-Breed Junior Champion Bull.
Our students also did exceptionally well in the Cattle Parading Events with Zoe Skinner coming 1st in the first division, followed by Tomas O’Farrell (2nd) and Ella Smith (3rd). In the second heat Rori Skinner placed 2nd and Libby Miell 4th. In the Final-All Age Groups, these students and Ella Smith all placed. Lachlan Johnson won 1st place in the Student Parader’s event. These students now qualify to compete in the Perth Royal Show later in the year.
As there was no other competition in the Corriedale sheep division, the College won champion Ram and Ewe under twelve month categories.
The student’s presentation and professionalism was outstanding and they all appeared to enjoy the event and the experience.