Cara Park Lilly being handled by a student in the Ring Craft session
Salers cattle were involved in an education program on the 5th and 6th of May. When nearly 60 secondary school students from approximately a 200 km radius around Mt Gambier participated in a two day education program run by the S.E. Cattle Handlers at the Mount Gambier Show grounds. The aim of this dedicated group of beef cattle breeders is to allow students who have never handled cattle in a show environment the opportunity for hands on experience which they then can apply to their school animals in the school led steer competitions.
The study of cow poo tells us a lot about the animals feed intake – Nutrition Lecture
Over the 2 days session topics included Careers in Agriculture, Female selection, Ring craft, Breeding Technologies, Washing and Drying, Structure, Nutrition, Pregnancy Scanning, MSA Grading, Meat cuts, Clipping Demonstration and a Judging competition.
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Cara Park Salers were one of several studs that had animals on display and animals actively involved in the many hands on lectures and demonstrations.
Cara Park Salers being used in the Washing and Drying lecture.
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