Automatic drafting's potential to change calf management practices

By Victoria Nugent
Updated April 29 2019 - 1:43pm, first published 12:00pm
Kym Patison with a Brahman heifer fitted with a proximity sensing collar at CQUniversity, Rockhampton.
Kym Patison with a Brahman heifer fitted with a proximity sensing collar at CQUniversity, Rockhampton.

WALK over weighing systems could be used to help allow producers to carry out earlier castration, dehorning and tagging, with Central Queensland University researchers delving into how automatic drafting could potentially improve calf management practices.

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