Adelaide Show

This year we entered the Merino Wether competition at the RAHS for the first time. We were very pleased to receive the MerinoSA scholarship of $2000 which we used to purchase feed and the equipment needed for showing. A group of dedicated Sheep Club students have been working for two terms with expert help from Ian and Jake Michael. The Show Team of Jayana Dos Santos, Emily Newton and Abbey Bigg made all the work worth it as they took eighth position out of seventy teams for the "best pen of three wethers" component. We did not expect to bring home a ribbon - our focus in our first year was to build our skills and learn as much as we could ready for future competitions. We were very proud of the quality of our animals and I was very proud of the three outstanding students who presented them for judging.

Ready for judging at the Royal Adelaide Show

Emily, Abbey and Jayana

AgXtra Crop Competition

The Year 11 Agriculture class caught up with BHS graduate Jessica Heaslip at the AgXtra Crop Competition Field Walk last week. Jessica is working with AgXtra as part of their graduate program and it was great to have her with us as we inspected our crop trials. The Competition has seven schools participating this year and we are hoping to reclaim the trophy! The student teams have selected the wheat variety, seeding rate, fertiliser rate and most recently, urea application rates. Given how much a couple of our groups put on, we are now hoping for a very wet and mild spring to make use of it all!!

Sue Pratt

Ag Teacher