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Volume 99 I April 4th, 2022 I email: agined@globalHQ.co.nz I www.farmersweekly.co.nz/agined Are you a parent or teacher and want to receive AginED every week directly to your email inbox? Send us an email to sign up at agined@globalhq.co.nz
Converting food waste to energy Ecogas will open a facility in Reporoa later this year that will convert waste into methane for the national electricity grid, carbon dioxide for the food industry and liquid fertiliser for primary production. Follow this link https://farmersweekly. co.nz/s/fw-article/food-waste-toenergy-plant-opening-later-this-yearMCRLCUUUFYBBGDTC7YSDRW5C56KE or head to page 23 in your Farmers Weekly and then answer the following questions. 1
How much waste product will be processed at the plant? Is there an ability to increase this? If so, by how much?
Last week we looked at US imported 95CL values. This week we will look at the beef average export value (AEV). This is an average value across the different cuts of exported NZ beef.
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What was the AEV for February 2022?
2 Describe the trend of beef AEV’s this season. 3 How do current AEV’s compare to last season and the five-year average?
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1
What is the percentage difference between February 2022 AEV’s and the same month last season?
2 While AEV’s have been very high, this isn’t being reflected in farmers’ returns. Can you identify any factors domestically that are affecting farmers profit margins?
2 Where will the waste come from? How could this be of benefit to farmers? 3 How does the plant work? What are the steps in processing the waste? 4 How long does the product sit in digester tanks? Why would there be a need to pasteurise this product? 5 What are the types of gases generated by the process? 6 How is carbon dioxide (CO 2) used in food industries?
A company called Newlight Technology has, after ten years of research, found a way to use methane produced by power plants, farming and waste, to make a viable substitute for everyday plastics. Have a look at how a cow named Lucy and the ocean provided the impetus for this development. Head to https://www.newlight.com/technology?utm _ source=sfmc&utm _ term=technology&utm _ content=37237&utm _ id=c166f89f-8ad2-4475-b707-52f205863fcc&sfmc _ activityid=68eef77a-5c124c0c-a963-22025fe5b01e&utm _ medium=email
CUT THE CROP - THE THREE BIG ISSUES FOR IRRIGATION NEW ZEALAND
In this episode of Cut the Crop, Irrigation NZ Chief Executive Vanessa Winning talks to Alison Stewart about the organization's three big issues.
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1
Microorganisms in the ocean eat methane and carbon dioxide as food and turn it into PHB. What is the full name of PHB?
2 What exactly did Newlight Technology do over the 10 year period? 3 When did Eagle 3 start mainstream production? What is Eagle 3? How does it work? What is the end product?
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How is AirCarbon different from synthetic plastics?
2 Why is the fact that AirCarbon is meltable such an important thing? 3 What could AirCarbon be used for? Can you think of five products that it could improve/replace? 4 Their research has shown that each cow on a dairy farm could excrete around $20 worth of methane value into the air every year. What value then could a 1000cow dairy farm give to Newlight Technology annually?
To learn more about AirCarbon follow this link https://www.newlight.com/aircarbon
1 What is irrigation and why is it used? 2 What are some issues around using irrigation? 3 Can you identify three industries that use some sort of irrigation?
STRETCH YOURSELF: 1 What are the three issues Vanessa has identified for Irrigation New Zealand? 2 Why is the use of water for irrigation such a complex issue? 3 Why does the perception of how water is used need to change?