everything Flashcards
POI
Coolamon ; up to date store, 1908, mavis Furner - cochet
Wagga ; flaura and fauna
Improvements to show
- infatrsuture ; painting
- career ; involvement
- community engagement ; interactive, memories as a child, demonstration on horses, cattle etc
what to see at the show
acknowledge music
dog high jump + rodeo
Ag in Wagga ; facts and divisions
- Riverina is largest contributor to Ag production in NSW
- Most important employment sector in NSW
- Several climate classes + biophysical features
Two separate physiograph divisions
1. west - riverina, murry darling dep + cobar peneplain
2. east - kosciuzaz uplands
Three main rivers in wagga
- lachlan
- murrimbidgee
- murry
East (3)
Alps (Koziosco): Used for conservation, forestry and a small element of grazing beef cattle
Highlands (Batlow, talbingo and tumba): pome fruit. beef grazing cattle, some valley cropping for feed.
Slopes (tumut, adelong, coota and gundagi) : wheat, canola, gains - barley, oats, lupins. also dairy, sleep and poultry.
West (5 things)
West wyalong, temora, wagga, lockheart and albury
Cereals (wheat, oats, barley, tritcale)
Canola e.g. junee, coolamon and temora
Pulses (lupins, faba beans and chickpeas).
FRUIT: stone + citrus
PIGS + Poultry - Hilston, griffithm leeton, tocumwal
West part 2 - Riverina about cropping
Cleared land focuses on irrigated cropping e.g rice, lucerne, maize, millet, and sourgum
This is grown in rotation with irrigated summer crops to utilize the sub-soil moisture stored from irrigation
why get more young people in the show
- sustainability
- generations to come
- economy
we offer a community and sense of home
what does the show movement offer + purpose of Ag shows?
- Ag society begain in 1822
- european settlement ; ag and food provsion for new colony
- struggling to adapt to crops and farming
- made this group - Core objevctives ; support sustainable ag. development and rural communities in NSW. & million dollars invested every year.
- 10 years later (1832) 1st show came about, included livestock and produce. encouraged people to come together and transact business. “Compertition” was to excite people.
CORE OBJECTIVES OF AG SOCIETY (2) + VISON
Support sustainable ag. development and rural communities in NSW
VISION : Community that values Australian agriculture
What is the purpose of RAS (2)
Acts as a gardian for state Ag herritage.
- ensues aus ag remains a thriving industry.
Why more young groups in the show, why we should encourage
- professional development
- preserve herritage ; link in with purpose of RAS
- opportunities
Bush Summit - housing, jobs, travel
Housing - proposed medium to high density housing hubs.
Jobs - job summit in ACT ; international workers?
Travel - COVID enoucraged. now focusing on advertisement campaigns
AUS BIO- SECUITY
- foot and mouth disease (outbreak could cost $80 billion + MH)
- Lumpy skin
Best way to stop is to stop the spread through Indonesia. Aus has helped with vaccines and vet assistance. Boarder security.
PUBlIC FIGURES PARLIMENT
PM - Anthony Albanese
Deputy PM - Richard Marles
Opposition leader - peter dutton
NSW Premier - Dominic perrott
NSW Dep Premier - Paul Toole
Why is the premier important? (3)
- leaders and coordinate the work of the ministers
- has greater authority over all actions of the cabinet and government than any other minister
Decides what portfolios the ministers have.
National Ministers - Ag, Edu, Health
“My Wittle, JC, Makes Butter”.
Ag - Murry Watt
Ed - Jason Clare
Health - Mark Butler
NSW Ministers - Ag, Edu, Health
“Dig sandcastles in SM with Brad Hazard”
DS
Ag - dougland sanders
Ed - sara mitchell
Health - Brad Hazard
Wagga
Mayor (american trout)
Dept Mayor
Member for wagga
- major : counciller dallas tout
- Deputy : counciller jenny mckinnon
- Member - indepenent joe mcgirr
AUS Climate change
farmers face this challenge everyday - fires, flood, drought
govment gave $75 million post disaster resilance in NSW
AUS bio diversity
carbon offsetting - e.g tree planting
need to ; protect waterways, provide habit, decrease erosin, protect top soil, improve drought resiliance, create shelter for livestock
AUS Water
west wylong water project. Government gave 4.5 million
- increase flow and pressure
- support expansion of agribussines and mining in griffith and open up new opportunities for investments across the region
AUS communication
productivity and safety of our farmers
