On the 23th February the students of the Superior Degree in Livestock and Assistance in Animal Health visited the farm Mas Serí, which is a farrow-to-finish pig farm. Judit Roca, the person in charge at the farm, explained to the students how the farm is organized and the premises for each production phase, paying especial attention to the ventilation’s systems. Judit Roca is also the manager of AEROSYSTEM ROTI which is a company in ventilation and engineering of pig farms. Students could see different products and services that the company offers in order to reach an optimal control of the farm’s climate, such as: The “Rotisuit”, one system of efficient weaning, that does not need heating to create a conformable environment, el “piglets’saver Rotivent”, ventilations systems that operate by overpressure, cooling’s systems, and modular construction Roti systems, etc. We, the School, thank the Mas Serí, for giving us the opportunity to make this interesting visit.
+ info: http://www.aerosystemroti.com
The First Middle-Grade Forestry students went to visit the Company FONT at Navàs. Mr. Jesus Font showed them a large group of winches, forestry staples, chippers, shredders and chain saws. They had very different features and brands. They could see ‘in situ’ the new remote control for winches and all security elements that they have been incorporated in this machine and its advantages. Nowadays the work is easier and safer.
On the 1st Tuesday December, the group of students who study the second year of the Superior Degree of Management in Agricultural and Livestock Production, visited the company “Cal Bernadàs”. The main activities of this company are extensive crops, pig fattening, veal fattening, and Agrotourism. This later activity started after the forest fires that occurred in the county in 1994. Then three houses, that had been abandoned, were rehabilitated, and nowadays the Agrotourist activity has become the more important income source of the company. This is why they have been impelled to buy a new piece of Land: one property in Castellterçol (El Munt), which is one Agrotourism house nearer to Barcelona, and to do several continuous improvements in the surroundings areas of the boarding agrotouristic houses, such one paddle ground and playgrounds in every single rural house. In this visit the persons who spoke to us were: Anna (daughter of the owner), their mother (Ramona Casals), and Josep Llorens (who is one worker in the company, and who was a former student in Quintanes School). They all explainer how the company operates, how it started, and the growing process of the touristic activities. A very good visit which is part of the study program framework of the so called “alternative chances in farms”.
+ info: http://fundaciomap.org/
On the 28th October a group of 18 students who study the second year of the Medium Degree in Agricultural and Livestock Production visited the farm Granja Molist-Can Toi, in Sant Martí Sescorts. Ramon Molist, the person in charge of the company, explained us the reproductive cycle and the different stages of the production system. The Granja Molist-Can Toi farm has a capacity of 700 breeding sows, and thanks to their accurate management and genetic improvements reaches a high production level. They have been recognised several times for their continuous improvement, the efficacy, and quality of their production, for instance in latest edition of the awards ceremony of the prestigious so-called “Porc d’Or”, which means “Golden Pig”, when the Molist-Can Toi Farm won the “Bronze Golden Pig” in “Numeric Productivity”. We, the School, thank the Can Toi farm, for giving us the opportunity to make this interesting visit.
On the 28th October a group of 18 students who study the second year of the Medium Degree in Agricultural and Livestock Production visited the farm Granja Molist-Can Toi, in Sant Martí Sescorts. Ramon Molist, the person in charge of the company, explained us the reproductive cycle and the different stages of the production system. The Granja Molist-Can Toi farm has a capacity of 700 breeding sows, and thanks to their accurate management and genetic improvements reaches a high production level. They have been recognised several times for their continuous improvement, the efficacy, and quality of their production, for instance in latest edition of the awards ceremony of the prestigious so-called “Porc d’Or”, which means “Golden Pig”, when the Molist-Can Toi Farm won the “Bronze Golden Pig” in “Numeric Productivity”. We, the School, thank the Can Toi farm, for giving us the opportunity to make this interesting visit.
In the school is has been done one 8 hours’ course of First Aid Techniques for all first year students of all formatives branches. During the session, several themes are dealt which teach students to immediately carry out response actions after different situations that require First Aid to help the victims until more specialized and trained medical help arrives. Students are told to act in front in accidents resulting in hemorrhages, trauma cases, wounds, injuries, burns, freezing, fractures, suffocation, and insect and other animals’ bites, How to act in cases of cardiac arrest… They are basic principles so that the students learn the relevant procedures and can act quickly and in an appropriate way in cases of medical emergencies.
They went to Mataró where they grow vegetables, nearby the sea. They were taught how important collaboration in agricultural business is. Students had seen different intensive ways of growing vegetables, watering systems, fertilizing, horticultural soils and management of pests. They also learned how this enterprise copes with employees and could taste fresh tomatoes! On the way back to school, conclusions were debated by the students. These were really interesting how a big enterprise from Catalonia runned by ex-students succeeds the more and more every day.
On the 20th October the students of the Superior Degree in Livestock and Assistance in Animal Health visited the farm Mas Bes, in Salitja. Mas Bes is a dairy farm that produces milk which is sold under the brand name ATO Natura. Joan Viñolas, Carles Comas and Maria Viñolas explained to the students the evolution and how the farm operates nowadays, the biogas plant where they produce electricity, and the farm’s visits available to all kind of groups of people interested. The visitors can supplement the experience visiting the historical Farm Museum, seeing the evolution of farmers’ lifestyle, in the shop where you can buy several farm’s products, and finally eating in the restaurant farm. We, the School, thank the Mas Bes farm, for giving us the opportunity to make this interesting visit.
+ info: http://masbesdesalitja.blogspot.com.es/