Year 11 Agriculture Excursion – Kulnura – Student Account Below

On Friday 3/3/18 we visited a small farm in Kulnura that consisted of two enterprises a stone fruit orchid that grew peaches, netrins and plums. The other enterprise he runs on the farm is broiler production (meat chickens) this is set up with 4 conventional broiler sheds which each shed can hold about 26 thousand chickens. When we arrived at the farm we met with the farm owner and manager tony and from here we were shown around the farm.  We were first shown the broiler sheds where we got to have a look inside the sheds and in there we were told how they manage the chickens, how they operate, what each chicken is worth, what they do daily for the chickens, how they are transported and much more. From there we went back to the shed where we had a bit of lunch and then we were shown the fruit grading system.  The fruit grading system is a machine that cleans the fruit and then sorts the fruit into different categories like weight and condition. After we finished talking about the grading system we followed tony down to the orchid where he showed us the different types of plants grown and how and what they need to grow effectively. While we were being shown around the orchid tony was saying how they manage trees and what they have to do to get the best out of their trees like pulling some flowers off each branch so other flowers can grow as big as they can and pruning to keep the trees manageable are just a few of the endless amount of things that have to be done to manage the orchid. As we finished a long talk about the trees and how the orchid is managed and shown around we wondered up to the shed and quickly talked about the climate of his region and how it is vital for his orchid production.  We finished talking about climate the day came to an end and it was time to jump on the bus after we shook Tony’s hand and said thanks we all got a lot out of it and we all know how much work is needed to run and manage a successful farm like his.

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