how to handle your beef cattle
How to handle your beef cattle – Part 9: Commercial cattle farming – planning and design
Costs are rising, profit margins are shrinking and the farmer is compelled to expand his operations to make a living. More cattle mean more handling, demanding better facilities to cope with the workload. In this ninth part in our beef cattle handling series we start with a new section on[...]
How to handle your beef cattle – Part 6: Loading ramps and dipping
This is the sixth part in our beef cattle handling series and this month we look at loading, offloading ramps and hoof lifting equipment. We thank the ARC-Institute for Agricultural Engineering in South Africa who made their manual on handling facilities available to the readers of ProAgri Zambia. Loading[...]
How to handle your beef cattle – Part 5: Scales
To measure is to know and therefore you will not be a successful farmer if you don’t weigh your cattle on a regular basis. This is the fifth part in our beef cattle handling series and this month we look at scales and the importance of weight record keeping.[...]