Yesterday, I spent the day walking around Beef Week that is currently in Rockhampton. To find out more click on this link to the Beef week website. This is a large ag show that happens each year to look at beef beef and more beef. But while walking around the stalls I was amazed at how much the beef industry has changed over my lifetime because of technology.
Yards are now safer and some can be controlled through a tiny little push button panel. (I don’t know whether many of you have gotten between a cow and its only calf but it is not fun and you literately see your life pass between you eyes.) So technology has benefited greatly to make this industry safer.
I also saw how the feeding of cattle has improved through fodder solutions found here.
From my wanderings yesterday I saw a lot of technology within an industry that a lot of my students are going to be passionate about, and I feel as a teacher I need to have some knowledge of these things to communicate and connect with them and I also feel that because of my context there is a great deal of learning to be had at such an event.
Liz
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