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by Temple Grandin
There is much controversy between cattle handling specialists on the use of solid fences on feedlot processing facilities and loading ramps. Some advocates of low stress handling dislike solid fences because they prevent the cattle from responding to the movements of a handler on the ground.
Cattle have a natural instinct to look and see where the handler is located. In places with unskilled people and lots of distractions around the facilities such as passing vehicles, pen riders, and people, solid sides will usually improve cattle movement. If a chute or crowd pen has open sides, handlers MUST stay outside the animal’s flight zone except when it is time to move the animals.
by Steve Suther
The first half of 2010 has been a wild ride in the cattle business, but the
trend toward higher quality beef continues, according to Paul Dykstra, beef
cattle specialist with the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand. He tracks
variations in USDA harvest and grading reports in Feed-Lot's weekly e-newsletter
column, Rearview Mirror on Quality.
“Relatively attractive prices for cull cows and bulls beefed up overall supplies since last winter, the number of all cattle harvested being up 1.8% over 2009,” Dykstra says. “That’s ironic, considering the U.S. cowherd is still shrinking at an annual rate of about 2%. It also means we are likely to see fewer of these culls on the market the rest of this year.”
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