Crop monitoring is an important management factor when growing and managing crops. Therefore a knowledge and understanding of this topic is critical in being able to manage crops successfully.
In order to demonstrate understanding a number of tasks need to be completed:
1) Discuss why crop monitoring is important and how this would be carried out on farm. Also discuss the procedures that would be completed.
2) Describe how weeds, pests and diseases can be evaluated and what tools can be used to help determine when to control.
3) Discuss how the latest science and management practices are helping to improve efficiencies in crop management.
4) For a crop of your choice, discuss the growing and management of this crop, on a soil of your choice. This will need to include
• Cultivations
• Seed Rate
• Drilling timing
• Key growth stages (and how these are managed)
• Crop nutrition techniques
• Crop Protection techniques
• Anticipated yield
• Gross Margin
Crop monitoring is an important management factor when growing and managing crops. Therefore a knowledge and understanding of this topic is critical in being able to manage crops successfully.
In order to demonstrate understanding a number of tasks need to be completed:
1) Discuss why crop monitoring is important and how this would be carried out on farm. Also discuss the procedures that would be completed.
2) Describe how weeds, pests and diseases can be evaluated and what tools can be used to help determine when to control.
3) Discuss how the latest science and management practices are helping to improve efficiencies in crop management.
4) For a crop of your choice, discuss the growing and management of this crop, on a soil of your choice. This will need to include
• Cultivations
• Seed Rate
• Drilling timing
• Key growth stages (and how these are managed)
• Crop nutrition techniques
• Crop Protection techniques
• Anticipated yield
• Gross Margin
