NZQA Expiring unit standard
24628 version 2
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Title
Describe pasture supply and demand, feeds, and grazing systems
Level
3
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: pasture and supplement supply and demand,
and the use of supplements, for a chosen livestock farming
operation; the components, use, and digestibility of livestock
feeds; grazing systems; the conservation and use of pasture
surpluses; and perform calculations.
Classification
Agriculture > Farming Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Candidates will choose the type of livestock farming operation they wish to apply this
unit standard to.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of pasture and supplement supply and demand, and the use of
supplements, for a chosen livestock farming operation.
This unit standard is
Variation in pasture supply and type are described in relation to local conditions
expiring
and seasons.
Evidence requirements
1.1
1.2
The use of supplements is described in relation to total farm feed supply and
stock production.
1.3
Seasonal pasture is described in terms of classes of stock and their
requirements.
Range
pregnant, lactating, dry stock.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the components, use, and digestibility of livestock feeds.
Evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Components of livestock feeds are described in relation to their value to
livestock.
Range
water, dry matter, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins.
2.2
Livestock use of feed is described in relation to producing energy, growth,
reproduction, production, and maintenance of normal body processes.
2.3
Digestibility of feed is defined and described in terms of its energy value
available to the animal for production and maintenance.
2.4
Animal requirements for maintenance and production are differentiated in terms
of the contribution of energy value of feeds.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of grazing systems.
Range
grazing systems – rotation, set stock.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Grazing systems are described in terms of their characteristics.
Range
physical requirements, suitability for different situations,
contrasting advantages and disadvantages.
3.2
Grazing systems used by local producers are described in terms of seasonal
variations.
3.3
The differences in feed allocation between grazing systems are described in
terms of their effect on pasture and animal management.
This
unit standard
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labour commitment,
classes of stock, water supply,
size, time of year.
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Range
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the conservation and use of pasture surpluses.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The purpose of feed conservation is described in relation to farm pasture supply
and livestock requirements.
4.2
Pasture conservation is described in terms of ways of minimising the loss of
feed quality and quantity.
Range
4.3
closing the paddock, harvest/utilisation, storage.
The effects of feed conservation are described in terms of soil fertility and
pasture regrowth.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
24628 version 2
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Outcome 5
Perform calculations for feed budgeting.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Days of feed in a paddock are calculated.
5.2
Area of feed for a specified time is calculated.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28920
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 April 2008
31 December 2018
Review
2
16 July 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
This unit standard is
Industry Training Organisations must
be granted consent to assess against standards by
expiring
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016