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Dairy Farming

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Sun - land - rain - water - soil - air






2. Heavy winter rain - poor drainage - overstocking. Install underground drainage - use runoff - reduce stock nos - change land use






3. Drought - low rainfall - high evaporation rates. Supp feeds - split calving - build dam






4. Relief-100+ ha. Temp-Jan 16 - July 9. Rainfall-1300mm. Soil-fertile alluvial soil - well drained on flat - clay on hills. Grass-ryegrass/clover all year.






5. Erosion on slopes and stream banks from trampling and grazing - increased stock densities. Plant trees on steep slopes - fence off Riparian Zones - reduce stock densities.






6. +grass - milk - cows - bobby claves - silage - -animal diseases






7. Roads - water - drainage - land use






8. Resource Management Atc 1991 states streams must be fenced off. Is expensive - takes out productive land.






9. Commercial Interests. Councils/Overseas buyers are applying pressure to minimise impacts






10. Leaching of nutrients into soil - increased stock densities (eg. Taranaki 1975=1.43 cow/ha - 1996=1.7 cow/ha). reduce fertiliser applications and stock densities






11. People's labour - knowledge and skill; accountant - vet - transport - facilities - machinery - fertileser - hedges - cows






12. Summer-milking - drenching bloat - culling - mating. Autumn-topdressing - innoculation - undersowing - drenching worms. Winter-breakfeeding - calving - weaning - selling - fertilising. Spring-weaning - milking - drenching bloat - tagging.






13. Pugging - Foot Rot - Bloat - Low Soil Fertility - Short Grass Growing Season - Slow Grass Growth in Summer






14. Contaimination of ground water - contam of streams - soil compaction - sedimentation of streams - reduced river flows - damage to neighbouring farms/orchards






15. Commercial Interests. Councils/Overseas buyers are applying pressure to minimise impacts






16. Stan Wollands - Pahiatua - Wairarapa






17. Natural condition. Apply chemical fertiliser - change land use - recycle cowshed wastes onto paddocks






18. 91% pasture - 6% silage/hay - 3% fodder crops. Break feeding - rotational grazing






19. Too much fresh spring grass. Breakfeeding - medication






20. Profits - calves for replacement - animal manure - silage






21. Drifting hormone sprays damage fruit - fertiliser burns leaves of fruit trees. Spray/topdress in calm condits only - keep away from boundary - use minimum spray fertilisers - notify neighbours.






22. Waikato Basin - Taranaki - Manawatu - Marlborough - Canterbury - Southland






23. Vets - research - accountant - bank - agricultural firm






24. Muddy pastures - high humidity. Medication - reduce stock nos - change land use






25. Resource Management Atc 1991 states streams must be fenced off. Is expensive - takes out productive land.






26. Environmental Protection. 1 cow waste=14 humans. Stock with open access to streams=increased bacteria and excrement - contam of ground water - fish and waterlife threatened. Dairy is NZ's most polluting industry.






27. Summer-milking - drenching bloat - culling - mating. Autumn-topdressing - innoculation - undersowing - drenching worms. Winter-breakfeeding - calving - weaning - selling - fertilising. Spring-weaning - milking - drenching bloat - tagging.






28. Cold climate - long winter. Supplementary foods - fodder crops






29. Vets - research - accountant - bank - agricultural firm






30. People's labour - knowledge and skill; accountant - vet - transport - facilities - machinery - fertileser - hedges - cows






31. Heavy winter rain - poor drainage - overstocking. Install underground drainage - use runoff - reduce stock nos - change land use






32. Ministry of Agriculture - Financial Assistance






33. Affects profit - NZ Dairy Board promotes overseas to keep up demand for products






34. New dairy farm irrigation systems - esp. South Canterbury. Find alternative water source - find farminf activity more suitable to dry climate






35. Natural condition. Apply chemical fertiliser - change land use - recycle cowshed wastes onto paddocks






36. Contaimination of ground water - contam of streams - soil compaction - sedimentation of streams - reduced river flows - damage to neighbouring farms/orchards






37. Affects profit - NZ Dairy Board promotes overseas to keep up demand for products






38. Environmental Protection. 1 cow waste=14 humans. Stock with open access to streams=increased bacteria and excrement - contam of ground water - fish and waterlife threatened. Dairy is NZ's most polluting industry.






39. Surface runoff - effluent from cowsheds - increased stock densities. Reduce fertiliser applications and stock densities - fence off Riparian zones - two-pond system






40. Sustainable-use of the environment. RMA 1991 works towards sus. enviro. Economic development=export markets + niche markets - eg organic.






41. Cows milked 2x daily - AB used to improve quality of herd - computerised records kept of each cow






42. Pasture - breakfeeding - topdressing - spraying - stock management - maintenance






43. Too much fresh spring grass. Breakfeeding - medication






44. Pugging - Foot Rot - Bloat - Low Soil Fertility - Short Grass Growing Season - Slow Grass Growth in Summer






45. Sustainable-use of the environment. RMA 1991 works towards sus. enviro. Economic development=export markets + niche markets - eg organic.






46. Relief-100+ ha. Temp-Jan 16 - July 9. Rainfall-1300mm. Soil-fertile alluvial soil - well drained on flat - clay on hills. Grass-ryegrass/clover all year.






47. Waikato Basin - Taranaki - Manawatu - Marlborough - Canterbury - Southland






48. Erosion on slopes and stream banks from trampling and grazing - increased stock densities. Plant trees on steep slopes - fence off Riparian Zones - reduce stock densities.






49. Stan Wollands - Pahiatua - Wairarapa






50. Cold climate - long winter. Supplementary foods - fodder crops