Grade 12

Agricultural Sciences

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Animals

01Animal nutritionAnimal nutrition at this grade is the ruminant gut in detail, and a ration that matches maintenance and production.
02Animal productionAnimal production systems sit on a line from extensive, where the animal harvests the veld, to intensive, where the farmer brings the feed.
04Animal reproductionAnimal reproduction at Grade 12 is breeding: choosing parents so the next generation is more of what the farm sells.

Plants

03Plant reproduction and protectionPlant reproduction and protection at this grade is how new cultivars reach a field, and how the crop is kept alive until harvest.

Genetics

05Agricultural geneticsAgricultural genetics is the same allele logic as Life Sciences, used to predict a calf, a lamb or a seed.

Management

06Agricultural management and marketingAgricultural management and marketing is how a product moves from the farm to a buyer, and how the farmer keeps enough of the price.