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Crop Production and Management (AGRI20037)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
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Overview
Availability | Semester 2 |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Field crop production is a major component of Australia’s economy, and landholders manage their resources to balance environmental, economic and social demands. This subject discusses how these resources are managed to produce high quality crop products.
Topics include:
- An appraisal of the cropping enterprises in southern Australia - the location, scale and nature of cropping enterprises and their contribution to the national economy
- Growth, development and yield in crop production - definitions and relations between growth and development attributes, yield and yield components, measurement of crop yields, biological and economical yield and harvest index (complemented by field exercises)
- Environmental constraints limiting productivity - climate and growing season, water and nutrient availability
- Agronomic management to optimise production and product quality, including water and nutrient management, soil management and rotations
- Problems and prospects of both dryland and irrigated crop production within farm systems, comparative cost-return analysis, marketing strategies
Intended learning outcomes
The objectives of this subject are to extend the student's ability to:
- Identify the ecological principles underpinning crop production systems
- Understand how the processes of growth and development of plants interact with management operations in a crop production system
- Identify the role and place of selected crops in production systems
- Develop skills in predicting outcomes from particular management practices on economic and environmental benchmarks
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, the student should have developed the following generic skills:
- An ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of fundamental scientific concepts across crop production systems
- An understanding of the structures of agriculture and related industries and the principal factors that determine location, environmental impact, sustainability, profitability and international trade competitiveness
- The capacity to apply scientific knowledge to the definition, analysis, and solution of agricultural and environmental problems
- A capacity for the exchange, acquisition and dissemination of scientific and industry information and for technology transfer
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
One of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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AGRI10048 | Plant Production Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10004 | Biology of Cells and Organisms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10010 | Introductory Biology: Life's Complexity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10011 | Biology: Life's Complexity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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AGRI30031 | Crop Production and Management | No longer available | |
AGRI20035 | Applied Crop Production and Horticulture | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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AGRI20038 | Principles of Soil Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Practical report based on the field trips due approximately week 7
| Week 7 | 20% |
Practical report based on the field trips due approximately week 10
| Week 10 | 20% |
A small plant collection; collection, presentation and short description of approximately ten plants due towards the end of semester | Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
Examination
| End of semester | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Jenny Downing Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 60 hours. 2 hours of lectures per week and 36 hours of field work Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Production Animal Science Major Plant and Soil Science Major Agricultural Economics - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022