With semester one drawing to a close, the college is looking forward to welcoming back its second-year students who are part-way through their compulsory industry placement.
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The students’ choice of industry placements certainly vary, from students working on farms to some learning the role of an agronomist.
A group of students has been fortunate to secure funding from the federal government to assist with the cost of travelling overseas to complete their placement.
This is exciting for both the students and the college and we look forward to some great reports upon their return.
The autumn break arrived in a very timely manner with the college receiving above average rainfall for the month.
This has allowed pastures to establish before the cold of winter sets in.
Sowing of the other crops, including canola, wheat, beans, and barley will now start in earnest to take advantage of good topsoil moisture.
The merino ewes have almost finished lambing and this year they have been split into single and multiple birthing mobs following the pregnancy testing by our students and animal production teachers Allan Penhall and Cathy Bunter. The results showed almost 100 per cent scanned were in lamb.
The cattle feedlot is now up and running and all of calves have been weaned. The show steer team is also coming together with students getting prepared to start working with the animals.
The autumn break arrived in a very timely manner.
- Donna Winfield
The students finished four weeks of shearing school, with great skills and knowledge being taught. Coordinator Stephen Drum said he was pleased with the results, and was pleased to see the female students’ team consisting of students Stevie Bibby, Rachel Hicks, Katie McPherson and Grace Veenstra take out the honours of winning the shearing competition, while Dan Heageny won best male shearer and Stevie Bibby named the best female shearer.
With current school leavers looking at their career options there is no doubt that agriculture should be on their list, after all the world has to eat!
In saying that, in the coming weeks I will be heading to the North East region of Victoria promoting Longerenong College and the agricultural industry to thousands of Year 12 students. The interest is certainly increasing and if this keeps going Longy is in for another huge open day on August 13.
