Agricultural system - fair oak Flashcards
1
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Location
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Indiana, USA
2
Q
Land area
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32,000 acres
3
Q
Type of farm
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Mixed
Commercial
Large scale
4
Q
Tourism
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- Farm tours
- Cafes
- Inn
5
Q
Natural inputs
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- Land
- Climate
- Relief: Flat land
- Soil: suitable for agriculture
- Precipitation: Evenly spread throughout the year
- Cow manure
6
Q
Human inputs
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- Robotic milking facility
- Sand beds - cows
- Open air stalls - cows
- Anaerobic digesters
- Monitors
- Fertilisers
- Pesticides
- Capital
- Cows
- Seeds
- Labour: Farm hands, staff for cafe, staff for tours
7
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Processes
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- Milking
- Ploughing
- Cleaning out pens
- Harvesting
- Planting
- Feeding
- Watering
- Anaerobic digestion
- Tour services
8
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Outputs
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- Money
- Crops
- Cheese - Award winning
- Meat
- Crackers
- Energy to fuel trailer/tankers for transport
- Manure
- Chocolate
- Ice cream
- Milk
9
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Scale of production
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- Increased scale and efficiency with robotic milking facility –> reduce human labour
- Changed engines in trucks from 2013 to ISX 12G, which can carry larger amounts of material
- Deliver cheese and dairy products all over the USA viz online
- Huge size protects them from issues like crop disease
- Partner with Coca Cola company to produce Fairlife ultra filtered milk
10
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Animal abuse case
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- Video leakage of animal abuse by 5 employees on the farm
- Products pulled from shelves of stores like pete’s fresh market, Tony’s fresh market
- Fair oaks apologised
- Live feed of cow handling on dairy adventure tour to prevent
- Plans to hire dedicated employee to educate other ones
- Three of the five were fired before video released for misconduct. Other two not allowed on premises
- Unannounced audits every two - four weeks by animal welfare group arranged to ensure animal safety.
11
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LOC Physical
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- Flat plains
- Good rainfall and temperature ideal for plant growth
- Grass grows esp long in summer and can be cut and given to cows as silage at the end of summer
- Winter temperature freezing –> breaks soil
12
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LOC Econ
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- Accessible near 1 - 65
- Near Chicago –> Market
- Ideal place to stop for people travelling on a road trip/ long distances by road
13
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LOC Edu
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- Schools nearby –> ideal for field trips
- Morocco elementary school, North Newton jr/sr high
14
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LOC Developmental
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- Room for expansion
