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Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast

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Unit name Dairy Pasture Management
Unit code ZAB230
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School University College
Discipline Agribusiness
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Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and describe the key elements of pasture systems and grazing regimes for ruminant production systems

2. Describe and evaluate techniques used to measure pasture quantity and quality

3. Evaluate the impact of ruminant production systems on feed budgets

4. Apply discipline-based skills and knowledge in dynamic practice situations

5. Analyse and communicate core concepts related to discipline knowledge and practice

6. Analyse and evaluate applications of innovative and/or entrepreneurial practice

7. Develop and communicate understandings related to graduate attributes and transferable skills as adaptive practitioners

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Teaching

Assessment

AT1: Online activity - Fertiliser Calculation (15%)

AT2: Fact sheet on optimal grazing time of pasture species (30%)

AT3: Pasture collection (25%)

AT4: Feed budget development (30%)

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