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Volume 61 I June 21, 2021 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I w w w.farmersweekly.co.nz Weather Watch with Phil
How to find the back of the front! STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 How did Tangaroa start out in farming? 2 Tangaroa brings a new element to being on farm in that he shares his working life with others through social media. Do you think this is useful for the farming community? Why or why not?
Have a go: 1 Go to www.farmersweekly.co.nz 2 Find and watch the OnFarm Story of Tangaroa Walker “I was just winging it” and read the article “Chasing the rainbow “ 3 Where in NZ does Tangaroa live and contract milk? 4 How many cows do they milk?
3 Tangaroa contract milks for an equity partnership. What does this mean? 4 What do they do with their heifers before calving that makes it an easier transition after they have calved down? 5 Tangaroa believed that to succeed he needed to get noticed, how did he do this initially? He then started his social media videos and has continued along this path. What types of things does he want to change and create through these platforms?
Fronts are important boundaries on the weather maps (and in our skies!) that indicate a transition between two different air masses. For example, a cold front means colder air is coming in and a warm front means warmer air is coming in. Fronts have three main parts to them, the beginning, the middle and the end. As a front approaches, cloud starts to increase and thicken. When the front is above us it's usually cloudy and often raining. When the front clears through (in what we love calling 'the back of the front'!) you finally get that temperature change. Three are four main weather fronts: Cold (colder air behind it), Warm (warmer air behind it). Occluded (when a warm front has become stuck between two cold air masses - this can produce a lot of rain too) and Stationary front (stalled, often weak and falling apart). On a map, a Cold Front is drawn blue with triangles, Warm Front red with semicircles and Occluded has both triangles and semicircles on the same side and is coloured purple. Stationery fronts have red semicircles on one side, blue triangles on the other. Example of Cold, Warm and Stationary fronts attached to the low near northern NZ a couple of weeks ago:
BE IN TO WIN WITH Head to www.honestwolf.co.nz and answer these questions to be in the draw to win an Honest Wolf wool cap! 1 What is the name of the farm where the wool for Honest Wolf products comes from? 2 What four colours do the wool caps come in? Simply send your answers to agined@globalhq.co.nz with your name, age, and school and we will randomly pick a winner. This competition is open for students 18 years and younger.
WOOL IN SCHOOLS
Cold fronts often stand out most on satellite maps, stretching hundreds of kilometers and usually attached to a low.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Can you find the cold front on this map?
Below are some examples of the qualities of wool. Can you give a definition or example for each of what these characteristics mean to you?
100% NATURAL RENEWABLE BIODEGRADABLE BREATHABLE Looking at these attributes, what are some examples of products that could be manufactured using wool?
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