Agricultural Economics - Animal sciences 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study the main issues related to the Agricultural Economics and the importance in agriculture and farm management.
Syllabus:
- Course of Excel.
- Introduction to Economy.
The basic problem: Scarcity of resources.
Capital Budgeting and Financial & Aspect of Project Evaluation
The value of money or the interest rate is the price of using money
Present value - PV
Future value – FV
Capital recovery, Loan payment
Project evaluation according to :present value ,future value ,benefit
cost ratio. - Cost of Production Analysis.
Fixed cost, variable cost, direct and indirect cost.
Short-run and long-run considerations. - The budget.
Breakeven point.
Sensitivity analysis Enterprises.
Partial budget.
The whole farm budgeting. - Business Plan
Preparing a Business Plan
Parameters of profitability: NPV, IRR, How many years are required to recover the investment.
Dairy Production Farming 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of dairy farming in modern farms. To learn how to maximize milk production and basic principles of balanced and efficient nutrition. To study basic principles of keeping a healthy herd.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to Dairy Farming.
- Dairy Farming in Israel.
- High Production Dairy Farm.
- The NZ Dairy Industry.
- Milking in NZ.
- Dairy Production in Israel - Presentation.
- Nutrition for high yielding dairy cows.
- Feeding milking cows.
- Dry cows management.
- Dairy Cow Health and Welfare.
- Fertility.
- Breeding Dairy Cows.
- Reproductive Management of Dairy Cattle.
- Baby calves management.
- Calves management.
- Tour in a dairy farm and a feed center.
Cattle farming 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of cattle farming in modern farms. To learn how to maximize production and basic principles of health and nutrition.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to Beef Cattle farming.
- Beef cattle breeds.
- Beef cattle breeding.
- Beef cattle nutrition.
- Tour in breeding and commercial herds and beef cattle research center.
- Beef cattle reproduction.
- Beef cattle fattening.
Preparation for Research project - Animal sciences 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study the main issues related to research in Agriculture.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to experimental research in Agriculture.
- Design of research study at the host farm.
- Scientific writing.
- Writing a research proposal.
- Data collection.
- Data analysis: basic statistical tools, correlation plots, trend lines.
- Using Excel to generate graphs and for data analysis.
- Writing a final report.
- Principles of presentation: performing in front of audience, the correct structure of the slides, generating clear slides and the use of PowerPoint.
Sheep Farming 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of sheep farming in modern farms. To learn how to maximize milk production and basic principles of balanced and efficient nutrition. To study basic principles of keeping a healthy herd.
Syllabus:
- Small Ruminants general information.
- Sheep & Goats Breeding.
- Small Ruminants farming, technology and management in Israel.
- Small Ruminants Nutrition under Intensive Management.
- Kids Rearing.
- Buildings and Equipment for Small Ruminants.
Poultry Farming 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of poultry farming in modern farms. To learn how to maximize production and basic principles of nutrition and biosecurity.
Syllabus:
- Managing the Replacement Pullet: Body weight target, Preparing for the chicks, Temperature requirements for chicks, Light management for pullets, Cannibalism / Feather Pecking, Beak Trimming.
- Managing the Maturing and Mature Laying Hen: Breeds, Systems for keeping layers, Moving pullet to laying cages, Preparing for the pullets. Uniformity, Crowding layers in cages, Light management for layers, Egg shell quality, Egg Size, Dirty eggs, External parasites, Culling hens, Induced molting, Calculations of production index
- Biosecurity: Definition and Objectives, How Poultry Disease Spreads, Survival time of pathogens outside the host, SANITATION, ISOLATION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, Rodent biology & control, Wild birds, Barrier to Invaders, Beetles, Flies, Biosecurity procedures: Cost & Benefit
- Hot Climate Management: Thermoregulation in poultry, Behavioral adjustment, Thermoneutral Zone, The Thermal environment, Effect of exposure time to heat, Evaporative heat lose & Non Evaporative heat lose, passive thermoregulation & Active thermoregulation, Wind Chill effect, Reducing the sun Radiation, Insulation, Moisture buildup in poultry house, Ventilation, evaporative cooling pad
International standards and sustainability - Animal sciences 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study the main issues related to the international standards and their importance in agriculture.
Syllabus:
- The need for standards: What standard is, Consumption chain and involved parties, what the customers want, why it changed (World Trends), Development of standards.
- Types of standards: Universal vs. local/specific buyer (who defines), Generic vs. checklist (how defined), Division by main issue of interest (what required), Accordance to stage in production (where required).
- Main instruments for standard implementation: Risk analyses, documented procedures instructions, Traceability, Competence and training, Infrastructures control, Records, Complaint management and corrective actions, Internal audits self-assessment, Data analyses.
- Short review of standard’s requirements: Global GAP, ISO 9001, BRC.
Apiculture 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study the main issues related to the Apiculture and the importance in agriculture.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to Israel, its land, people and settlements.
- Genetics, anatomy, physiology and biology of the honey bee.
- Hive management and production.
- Crop pollination.
- Queen rearing.
- Economics of production.
- Mechanization and technology.
- Sanitation and health.
Aquaculture / Ori Palevich 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of modern aquaculture farming. To learn how to maximize production and basic principles of nutrition and biosecurity.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to aquaculture.
- Fish farm management.
- Water quality and fish health.
- Aquaculture in Israel.
- Aquaculture view from Gilboa escarpment to the Bet-Shean valley or Mishmar- hashsaron fish farm (for K. Silver).
- Visiting a fish farm emphasizing growing methods and equipment.
- Pond construction.
- Introduction to fish diseases.
- Diagnosis and treatments.
Aquaculture / Isaac Bejerano 2016-2017
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of modern aquaculture farming. To learn how to maximize production and basic principles of nutrition and biosecurity.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to aquaculture.
- Fish farm management.
- Water quality and fish health.
- Aquaculture in Israel.
- Aquaculture view from Gilboa escarpment to the Bet-Shean valley or Mishmar- hashsaron fish farm (for K. Silver).
- Visiting a fish farm emphasizing growing methods and equipment.
- Pond construction.
- Introduction to fish diseases.
- Diagnosis and treatments.