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Day 14

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Editor's note: This post is missing a few of the intended pictures. Those missing pictures will be added when the class has better access to the Internet. 2nd Editor's note: The missing pictures have been added . 21May2019 8:40am Brookings time. A Friesian bull that is near the 18 month of age and will be sent to slaughter soon. The group listening to Peter talk about the bull beef operation. We started the day off by visiting Peter and Adrienne Borrie dairy farm where they have dairy cows and bull beef. Their operation consists of 1,711 hectares and they lease 60 hectares of grass that they use to winter livestock. The breakdown of the 1,711 hectares consists of 400 hectares all irrigated, 800 hectares that they are developing irrigation on, and the rest of the hectares are used for dairy buildings and pastures. Their main source of irrigation has been converted to spray irrigation, where they get water from the Wakiki River, so they do not have to pay for t...
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Day 13 Farm Stay pictures

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Alaina Abby Peyton Jonathan Adam and Kayla Brooke Dani Collin Daniel Connie and Olivia Corey and Andrew Denver and Matt Kelsey and Josie Maddie and Nicole Maggie E and Jonalyn Maggie S and Megan
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Day 13

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19May2019 The SDSU students started off their day eating breakfast at their farm host house. Breakfasts included omelets, bacon, coffee, tea, different jams, and of course some good ole’ Vegemite. I think most students would say the vegemite was not a fan favorite. The students then made their way back to the Millers Flat town hall to gather before we made our way up to Avenel station. The students got to hop in the back of 4x4 vehicles of their farm stay hosts and maneuvered through the hills to make their first stop of the day. Arriving at the station, the group was greeted with tea, coffee, and some pastries. At the station, we were introduced to Nick and Dave where Nick gave us a rundown of the operation. They started the operation in 1965 with around 11,000 acres and formed a partnership up until 1989, and have since then reduced to 5,000 acres which are now run by three cousins.  Nick explaining the operation to the group Herding sheep up the hill ...
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