We have pulled out five questions from the 2015 higher level paper for you to try. Email your answers to oevans@farmersjournal.ie by Wednesday 24 June along with your name and address. Our experts will mark a random selection of ten submissions and the best two will win an Irish Farmers Journal hoodie.

1. Explain how soil temperature is influenced by soil texture.

2. Discuss in detail the rearing of dairy calves, from age three days to first housing, under the following headings:

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  • a. Management
  • b. Feeding principles required for optimum growth
  • 3. Give a scientific explanation for the spreading of slurry at least seven weeks before cutting grass for silage.

    4. Outline four reasons for culling ewes.

    5. Other than fertilisers, list and explain four additional factors that would influence the yield of a crop at harvest.

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