I have a conundrum which I would like
solved. You can help by commenting on this post.
While it has been proven that low
stress cattle handling techniques increases profitability in several
ways:
- Results in heavier shipping weights through less shrinkage during handling.
- Saves money in labor as fewer people can handle more cattle.
- Saves money in antibiotics as there are fewer calves.
- Lower morbidity rates result in lower mortality rates increasing the number of animals shipped.
In spite of these (proven) benefits
ranchers and feedlot managers do not seem to be interested investing
a minimal amount of time and money for their crews to learn them. I
would like comments on why you (or cattlemen you know) are reluctant
to give low stress cattle handling a try, and what it would take to
get you (or them) to give it a try.
I am also going to extend my low risk
offer through the month of July. Pay my round trip gas to your ranch
and I'll spend a week teaching you and your crew. If you think you
have not learned anything at the end of the week, or that your cattle
are not handling better I go home empty handed. If you decide your
crew did learn and that your cattle are handling better, you owe me an
additional $1,800.
If you would like to take me up on this offer, give me a call at
I'm looking forward to your comments and suggestions. For more information my website
For some personalities there is the attitude of "Let's just get it done" and there is also a pre-conceived notion that these techniques are slow, touchy-feely, and can't work in their operation. Change is hard, but getting people to look at a new/different way is even harder.
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I think the main reason people incorrectly assume that these techniques are slower is due to some of the videos out there. The one I posted of two of the industry's best known clinician/educators does nothing more than prove to those who doubt, that the methods are indeed slower. Hopefully I will be able to do a few videos of my own in the coming months showing that they are actually faster and take fewer people to get the job done/
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