TASC Agricultural Systems case studies
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TASC Agricultural Systems is listed as a Tasmanian senior secondary course area, and candidates often look for a single page describing its exam. At the time of this review, the official TASC course page for Agricultural Systems returned a "Page not found" error, so no official exam details could be confirmed. The TASC Agricultural Systems case studies are 5 cases and about 2,045 words.
1Irrigation Scheduling Under a Reduced Water Allocation
A 60-hectare block of processing tomatoes is furrow-irrigated from a district canal. The grower's seasonal allocation has been cut from 6,000 to 4,200 cubic metres per hectare.
447 words, about 2 min2Nitrogen Decision After a Wet Spring
A 40-hectare field of feed corn follows a soybean crop and received 60 cubic metres per hectare of liquid dairy manure in October. The grower planned 150 kg nitrogen per hectare as sidedress but could not enter the field for three weeks because of 140 mm of rain.
378 words, about 2 min3Cover Crop Termination Before No-Till Soybean
A grower is in the third year of no-till and planted a cereal rye cover crop in late September after corn harvest. The rye has grown well and now stands about 60 cm tall in mid-May.
382 words, about 2 min4Feed Ration Reformulation After a Forage Test
A 120-head dairy herd is fed a total mixed ration built on corn silage and alfalfa haylage. A new silage test comes back at 32 percent dry matter, 8.5 percent crude protein, and 38 percent neutral detergent fibre, with a very high lactic acid reading and a low pH of 3.8.
421 words, about 2 min5Choosing a Lambing System Against Labor and Market Constraints
A 400-ewe flock on 90 hectares of improved pasture currently lambs in March, with a conception rate of 1.6 lambs per ewe and a weaning rate of 1.3. The owner works off-farm four days a week and relies on one part-time helper.
417 words, about 2 min