Overview
You will be introduced to emerging trends and practices in sustainable management and improvement of the major livestock industries in Australia. You will explore the major livestock industries, production cycles, roles of genetics, environment, nutrition, reproductive efficiency and health in sustainable management practices and profitability, new and emerging industries and issues affecting industry development.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite AGRI11003 Livestock Production Management
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Staff and students in person.
Resource availability and timetabling issues.
Timetabling needs to be carefully revised by all invested staff to ensure minimal clashes. The provision of appropriate resources is required, this includes an increase in available and appropriate teaching spaces (in particular labs), ISL and teaching staff on all campuses.
Feedback from Students through Have Your Say
Assessment feedback including the indication of where students scored against each criteria listed in the rubric was well received by students in addition to the grade number and written feedback.
Continue this practice. Students will be encouraged to provide specific constructive feedback about other aspects of assessment.
Feedback from Students through Have Your Say and in person and staff.
Field trips to various farming enterprises throughout the term was positive and beneficial to students understanding.
Continue this practice maintaining four field trips throughout the term. Emphasise and encourage relationships with property owners and stakeholders.
Feedback from Students through Have Your Say and email and staff.
At times information on Moodle was delayed.
Ensure materials are available further in advance.
Feedback from Students through Have Your Say and staff within the Course and external.
Understaffing is having a negative impact on staff ability and student learning. Serious concerns were raised about staffing resources by the students. While students acknowledged the overall efforts of the Agriculture teaching team, they perceived that the majority of teaching and engagement is being conducted by a fraction of the overall staff in CQU’s Agriculture discipline. This is a major concern for both staff and students in regards to the viability of the bachelor program.
Additional staff as planned are urgently required to meet the demands of the Bachelor of Agriculture (CV85). Increasing the teaching staff is essential for the sustainability of this course. The business case identified the need for at least two academics per campus, currently, at the cusp of our third year of development and delivery we have four academics across three Queensland campuses and other third party locations with no dedicated staff member.
- Analyse livestock production systems and identify strategies for improvement.
- Review global emerging trends in sustainable livestock production.
- Develop and evaluate an innovation implementation strategy.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 20% | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 60% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Beef Cattle: Production and Trade
(2014)
Authors: David Cottle and Lewis Kahn
CSIRO Publishing
Australia
ISBN: 9780643109889
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.j.roberts@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to sustainable livestock production.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Overview of global livestock
production.
Chapter
Cottle and Khan 2014, chapters 4-8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Field trip.
Module/Topic
Australian livestock industries - Extensive.
Chapter
Cottle and Khan, chapters 9,10.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Australian livestock industries - Intensive.
Chapter
Cottle and Khan, chapter 11.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Feeding management.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Grazing management.
Chapter
Cottle and Khan, chapters 15-16.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Climate change and animal production.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Niche products.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Innovations in animal production systems, part I.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Beef week - Rockhampton
Module/Topic
Innovations in animal production systems, part II.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Indigenous pastoralism.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Farmer resilience and wellbeing.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Beef Week 2018 will be held in Rockhampton from the 6th - 12th of May, Week 9
1 Presentation
You are required to work in groups of two to create a video with PowerPoint presentation reviewing global emerging trends in sustainable livestock production. In your video define and discuss emerging trends and comment on the pro's, con's and adoption globally.
The video should be 6 minutes (+/- 30 seconds).
The content covered should related to an economically important livestock production industry.
Week 4 Monday (26 Mar 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Grades will be returned within 10 working days after the due date.
You will be assessed on:
- Clear introduction
- The use of statistical and other information relevant to Australian and Global livestock production
- Discussion of the information in the context of sustainable livestock production
- Adherence to the time frame (5% deduction for outside the limit)
- Overall presentation
- References
Further details and a marking rubric will be available on the Moodle page.
- Review global emerging trends in sustainable livestock production.
- Communication
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
Based on a scenario relevant to sustainability issues of a livestock production system (provided by the unit coordinator) you will be required to prepare a report describing what decisions you will make for the future of your "enterprise".
Your decisions should be made from a sustainability perspective.You need to analyse the sustainability issues, explain what your decisions are and why you have made them. Decisions should be relevant and innovative.
Your report should be no more than 1,800 words. Further details on your scenarios will be available on the Moodle page.
Grades will be returned within 10 working days after the due date.
Your analysis will be marked according to the following:
- Content, including:
- Introduction and conclusions
- Critical analysis of the sustainability issues and decisions
- Innovative and relevant strategies for improving sustainability
- Addressing all aspects of the task
- Use of references
- Writing quality and structure
- Presentation
Further details and a marking rubric will be available on the Moodle site.
- Analyse livestock production systems and identify strategies for improvement.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
3 Written Assessment
You are required to develop a plan for implementation and subsequent use of a Precision Livestock Management (PLM) technology. Your strategy should outline how the technology will likely impact on either the livestock producer, enterprise as a whole or how it monitors an important aspect of a particular livestock species. Include risks or potential challenges to the implementation.
You must choose a different production system to the one considered in Assessment 1.
Your report should be no more than 2,500 words.
Week 12 Thursday (31 May 2018) 8:00 pm AEST
Grades will be returned within 10 working days after submission.
Your analysis will be marked according to the following:
- Content, including:
- Introduction and conclusions
- Critical thinking
- Innovation and relevant strategies for implementing a PLM technology
- Addressing all aspects of the task
- Use of references
- Writing quality and structure
- Presentation
- Develop and evaluate an innovation implementation strategy.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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