Category: Handler Attitude

200 to 600 Cow-Calf Pair Facility

This facility is ideal for 200 mama cows and calves or more. The owner of this ranch in Texas has 600 mama cows that pass through this facility every year. A set of six holding pens, every 2700 square feet, connected to the facility with a long alley that allows sorting cows and calves into […]

The first-ever large-scale modern cattle feed yard in China

The first-ever large-scale modern cattle feed yard in China. Unique as far as feed yards go, the 30,000 cattle are ALL Holstein Bulls bottle-fed at the feed yard and raised their entire lives until finishing. The sentence takes on more meaning when considering that Holstein Bulls are the most dangerous domestic animal. Adding to the […]

High Speed Meat Processing Plant

This slaughter plant in Mexico is in the top 5 of the world’s largest, with a daily line speed that exceeds 240+ cattle per hour. With those numbers in mind, there’s no room for mistakes. I started the plans in 2012, and construction finished in 2015. One of the company’s largest feed yards is less […]

Do your cattle stop when they reach the squeeze chute?

Do your cattle stop when they reach the squeeze chute? Is a tap on the rear end or a little tail-twisting necessary to get them in? Do you think they’re stubborn or fearful when they do this? I have an answer. Cattle have panoramic vision. They can see things in all directions without moving their […]

Cow-Calf Handling System

This ranch in Texas has 600 mama cows that pass through this facility every year. They sort cows and calves in the pens before going to the working chutes. The cows go first; then, a calf tilt table is moved in front of the squeeze chute and chained to the head gate to keep it […]