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Volume 34 I November 23, 2020 I email: agined@globalhq.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz Rural health careers promotion tour hits the road
GROW YOUR KNOWLEDGE Grow your knowledge
An initiative to raise awareness and interest of health careers in rural areas is hitting the road with about 40 medical, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, midwifery and allied health students involved in the school tours visiting rural high schools in Whanganui, Manawatu, Taranaki, Tasman, Canterbury, Westland, West Waikato, and Northland over four weeks from 9 November-4 December 2020.
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N C A R B O N V T F T P G O M P L
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C E B O A T S F O L N N T L Y G W
J B R L F J C G H E C G S A A I H
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1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz During the school visits, the tertiary students will run 2 Find and watch the OnFarm Story of Mike Porter interactive workshops with year nine and ten pupils teaching “Getting the balance right” and read the article them how to perform CPR and take blood pressure, as well “Liberated, they sold the plough”. as discussing other areas of health including midwifery and dentistry. The tertiary students will have the chance 3 Where in NZ does Mike farm? How big is his farm? to share their own training experiences and journeys into Arable barley carbon cropping fertiliser irrigation kale linseed 4 What does Mike farm and produce on his land? health, ultimately inspiring rural young people to think about arable barley plough carbonregeneration croppingsequestration nitrogen oats peas phacelia the possibilities of training to become health professionals. spreader wheat white clover fertiliser irrigation kale linseed The tertiary students on the tour are members of SoRHA, a network to connect people studying medicine, nursing nitrogen oats peas phacelia and allied health and give them a voice plough regeneration sequestration in improving health outcomes for all rural spreader wheat white clover and remote New Zealanders. Take a look at www.sorha.org.nz for more information.
Did you know?
STRETCH YOURSELF:
How long do you think it takes for NZ lamb to arrive to China on a ship?
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1 Mike has a no till system, when did they first cease tilling? Why did they adopt this no cultivation system?
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2-4 weeks
2-4 days
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2-4 months
Which answer do you think is correct? Head to our website to check your answer.
STRETCH YOURSELF: This graph shows the total exports of New Zealand lamb. 1 Go the AgriHQ market snapshot page 2 What was the North Island mutton price last week? 3 How is this tracking compared to year-ago levels?
Total exports in October decreased from both the previous month and the previous year. This reflects a decrease in buying from China (traditionally one of the biggest importers of NZ lamb) and Europe. Last October, China was buying a lot of New Zealand lamb in preparation for Chinese New Year. 1 How many tonnes of New Zealand lamb was exported in October? How much lower is this than the previous year? 2 Do some research, when is Chinese New Year and why is it an important time of year for lamb demand? 3 Another driver of reduced export volumes in October was a decrease in product heading to Europe. What is happening there that is affecting the demand for NZ lamb?
2 The Porters talk about carbon sequestration and the current push to plant trees for this purpose. They argue that it is only the trees that sequester carbon, so therefore the only way you can maintain this is to leave them forever and basically retire the land? How does this fit with what you currently know about carbon sequestration? 3 Mike believes that more research needs to be carried out on soils ability to sequester carbon? What do you think about this idea and can you see advantages to researching our carbon sequestration possibilities further? 4 With relatively low rainfall their farm can get dry but installing irrigation is difficult and creates other issues. How does the Porters farming system work around this issue? (i.e. How do they keep soil moisture at optimum levels?) 5 Mike has cut nitrogen use by 20%. How has he achieved this? 6 As an arable farmer, why does Mike also choose to run ewes and cattle?
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