Whangara

We went down to some trials and then each group ndug out the grass they were learning about and we put them into a container so when we got to school we could look with a magnifying glass and see if it was healthy or it the clover had bacteria that would meen it has lots of nitrogen because the bacteria gets nitrogen from the air and brings it down to the grass.

We have been learning about farms and different types of grasses. Today we went to a whangara farm and learnt about trials and weather stations. We have learnt some things about the farms and climate
 change. We went out because we have been learning about what agronomists do and what farms do to be successful.

Something interesting that I learnt was that they had cages to trap a bit of grass so the cows wouldn't eat it and then after two weeks they would take off the cage and test how long the grass was and then write it down and then move the cage to a different place.

I enjoyed looking at all the different trials and finding four leaf clovers because it means that your farm has good luck and I found about four of them. and how different grasses are better in different conditions .

I'm still wondering if each grass works better with a different type of sheep for example Clover might be best for Marino or plantain might be best  for Romni.