Week 7 Completing Land Preparation Operations
Week 7 Completing Land Preparation Operations
Week 7 Completing Land Preparation Operations
Agricultural Crops
Production (ACP) NC III
First Quarter – Week 7
Completing Land Preparation Operations
ACP – Grade 12
Curriculum Guide (CG) – Based Exemplar
Quarter 1 – Week 5: Completing Land Preparation Operations
First Edition, 2020
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Rationale
Introductory Message
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this
also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
As a teacher, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
exemplar in the most fit modality. You also need to keep track of the learners'
progress while allowing them to manage their own learning through portfolio
assessments.
This exemplar was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being
an active learner, either at home or in school. To help you with this, this exemplar
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comes with a Weekly Portfolio Assessment. Your teacher will provide you with a
template and you will be given a privilege to organize the portfolio in your own
creative way.
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What I Need to Know
Curriculum Guide:
LO 5. Completing land preparation operations (TLE_AFAACP9- 12PLA-IIIi-j -31)
Sub-competency:
Objectives
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What I Know
Multiple Choice.
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
5. _______is a hole that is dug from the surface of the soil to the underlying
bedrock.
A. Organisms
B. Soil pit
C. Soil profile
D. Time
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6. What agricultural organic fertilizer used in the United States that has been
extremely limited and rare to USDA prohibition of the practice due to toxic
metal accumulation?
A. Anima sources
B. Mineral
C. Plant
D. Sewage sludge
8. The complete elimination of all living weed plants, plant parts and seeds
from an area.
A. Avoidance
B. Control
C. Eradication
D. None of these
9. What types of pest’s attack the crop plants and eat grains?
A. Animals
B. Birds
C. Insects
D. Rodents
10. The Following are the methods for reduction adverse impacts associated
with soil disturbance and vegetation removal EXCEPT.
A. Use excavator-based machines rather than tractors or skidders.
B. Advise the public, neighbours and other workers of the application
operation.
C. Locate access tracks on terraces, ridges and away from waterways
and unstable areas where appropriate.
D. Carefully mark the proposed locations of access tracks to ensure
machine operations put them in the right place.
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What is It
Land preparation is important to ensure that field is ready for planting. A well-
prepared field controls weeds, recycles plant nutrients, and provides a soft soil mass
for transplanting and a suitable soil surface for direct seeding.
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Off-Season Storage Checklist
Check or drain, flush and refill the radiator with correct coolant.
Drain engine oil and analyze it to determine the presence of
contaminants.
Check hydraulic system fluid. Replace if needed.
Check the transmission fluid level. If needed, drain and refill.
Install new filters.
Check fuel tanks for condensation. Fill tanks with high-grade fuel.
Disconnect battery ground cables if the machine is idle for
several months.
Check fire pressure frequently during the winter.
1. Cleaning. The first step is to remove all organic material. This is best achieved using
a broom, shovel or scraper. Remove as much solids as possible to minimize the use of
water in the next step.
2. Washing. This step is the most time-consuming of the entire process, but it is also
the most important. When done correctly, washing will remove 99.99% of the
microorganisms in the environment.
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Hot water — Hot water can also speed up the washing process. The
one disadvantage of hot water is that it can produce steam and
hamper visibility, particularly in winter.
3. Disinfecting — This is a critical step in the cleaning process that requires some use
of science. Unless surfaces are completely cleaned (none-to-minimal organic
matter), disinfection will not be effective.
Acids (acetic acid, citric acid) — Acids are used to precipitate proteins. They
can be caustic and toxic if they reach high concentrations in the air. Their activity is
dependent on the pH of the substances they come in contact with. They have
limited use in most swine cleaning and disinfecting programs.
Alcohols (ethanol, isopropanol) — Alcohols break down proteins and are non-
corrosive. They are highly flammable and need to be in concentrations of 70-90% to
be effective.
Alkalis (lye, ammonium hydroxide) — Alkalis saponify (make into soap) fats in
enveloped organisms. Activity increases with temperature. They are very corrosive.
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Oxidizing agents (hydrogen peroxide, peracitic acid) — Oxidizing agents
denature proteins and lipids, are moderately corrosive and can be irritating at
higher concentrations.
4. Drying time. One of the challenges with most cleaning and disinfection
programs is allowing ample time for extended drying. The purpose of this
downtime/drying time is so that all moisture can evaporate from the building
and all its surfaces.
Water is critical for the survival of all living organisms, including viruses and
bacteria. Research in the poultry industry has shown that a 48-hour downtime
can dramatically reduce the clostridial environmental contamination
compared to 24 hours.
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quantities. Sites within 10m of a field drain, 50m of a watercourse or
250m of a drinking water supply source should be avoided.
Do not burn plastic, tires or poultry and other livestock litter.
If burning wastes, it is an offence to cause the emission of dark smoke.
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Types of Records
There are 2 main types of records that a farmer must keep. These are
financial and production records. Financial records concern the financial
dealings of the farm. These records show farm income and expenditures.
These are a record of produce sales, operating expenses, equipment
purchases, depreciation records, inventories and accounts payable or
receivable. All these fall into the financial records category.
6. Farm records enable the farmer to obtain loans from banks and other
financial institutions. Banks normally give loans if a farmer can produce
adequate physical records with the corresponding accounting records as
well as the overall farm plan. This is necessary and beneficial to both the
bank and the farmer for the good use of the loan which must be repaid
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with interest. It is the lack of accurate records in small scale farm
production that makes it difficult for banks to extend credit facilities to
small-scale farmers.
Crop Information
Table 1
Crop Year Variety Yield Actual Planting Pop Actual Planter Tillage Crop Harvest
Goal Yield Date Planted pop setting practices Residue Date
and
Dates
Soil Test Summary. Provides a brief history of a field’s soil fertility. This table
helps evaluate how your crop and nutrient management program is
influencing the nutrient status of each field.
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Nutrient Planning This table is used to determine the amount of fertilizer
nutrients needed to produce a crop after appropriate nutrient credits are
subtracted from fertilizer recommendations. This will help maximize profit and
prevent the over-application of fertilizer nutrients.
Nutrient Planning
Table 3
Nutrient Application
Table 4
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Pesticides-use records
Table 5
Applicat Date Cro Pest Numb Chemical Name of EPA Rate/ac Total
or Name M/D/ p Controll er of Brand Manufactu Registrati re Amou
& P.A. Y ed ha. Name and rer on nt
Permit Formulatio Applie
No n** d
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What I Can Do 1
Direction:
One of the processes of completing land preparation is the Managing
of agricultural wastes. Write the first steps in managing the agricultural waste.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.
Direction:
The following statements for true or false are the Self-Propelled
Equipment checklist. Write TRUE if the statement belongs to Self-Propelled
Equipment checklist and FALSE if it is not.
2. Coat all parts that rust easily, such as plow shares or chrome
hydraulic cylinder rods.
3. Check or drain, flush and refill the radiator with correct coolant.
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What I Can Do 2
Activity I : Discussion
Direction:
Discuss the importance of proper waste disposal on completing land
preparation in agricultural crop production. Give brief and concise answer.
Write it on your activity notebook.
What I Can Do 3
Direction:
Giving importance on the processes of completing land preparation
operation for agricultural crops production, cite the reasons why do we need
to keep farm records? Give brief and concise answer. Write it on your activity
notebook.
Direction:
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
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2. This step is the most time-consuming of the entire process, but it is also the
most important.
A. Washing
B. Disinfecting
C. Drying
D. Cleaning
3. This is a critical step in the cleaning process that requires some use of
science.
A. Washing
B. Disinfecting
C. Drying
D. Cleaning
A. Washing
B. Disinfecting
C. Drying
D. Cleaning
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C. Nutrient planning
D. Nutrient application
9. This records can also capture aspects such as how many animals you
have, their health history
A. Data encoding
B. Production record
C. Financial records
D. Record keeping
10. Financial records that concern the financial dealings of the farm.
A. Data encoding
B. Production record
C. Financial records
D. Record keeping
Activity 2 – Enumeration
Direction: Give what is being asked. Choose your answer inside the box.
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Proper waste disposal is
critical due to the fact
that certain types of
wastes can be hazardous
and can contaminate the
environment if not
handled properly. These
types of waste also have
the potential to cause
disease or get into water
What I Can Do 3 supplies. There are rules
and regulations in place
1. Farm records are used to for how specific types of
evaluate the performance of waste should be disposed
any farm or farm enterprise within of. Following them allows
a given period of time. Farm for toxic waste to be
safely discarded without
records will enable the farmer to
the risk of environmental
know what each enterprise
contamination.
contributes to the overall
progress of the farm.
2. Records are an aid to
managerial control. With the What I Can Do 1
What I Have Learned help of records, a farmer can
keep a close check on whether I – Cloze Test
Activity 1 work on his/her farm is going
1. Priority must be given
according to his/her plans. For
1. D to reducing the
instance, checks can be made
2. A volumes of waste
3. B on whether too much animal
generated on-farm.
4. C feed or too much seed is being
As well as being
5. A used or whether crop and
more
6. B livestock yields are falling. It is
environmentally
7. C important to detect where farm
acceptable, farmers
8. D activities are going wrong quickly
will save money on
9. B so that they can be put right
waste disposal.
10. C before losses occur.
Activity 2 3. Farm records provide figures for
farm planning and budgeting. A
A. Crop Information farmer making plans to modify II – True or False
Soil Test Summary any farming activities needs to
Nutrient planning 1. true
know what yields can be
Nutrient application 2. true
expected from crops and
3. false
B. Alcohols livestock and what costs and
Acids receipts are likely to be received.
Aldehydes What I Know
4. Farm records tell a farmer how
Alkalis
much is being earned.
Biguanides 1. C
Halogens 5. Farm records tell a farmer where 2. D
Oxidizing Agents 3. A
they are gaining progressively or
Phenols 4. C
loosing.
Quartery ammonium 5. C
compounds 6. B
7. A
C. Washing or disinfecting 8. A
Drying or cleaning 9. D
10. A
Answer Key
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that follow your Goal Setting. Remember that your portfolio is a deliberate
collection of your works with the help of the exemplar. Highlighting your
efforts here enables you to see and reflect on your growth and achievement
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References
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www.thespruce.com›small farm
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