AURORA, Colo. — The Colorado Livestock Association produced training videos capturing the key messages from recent live beef and dairy livestock handling training to aid CLA members in stockmanship and transportation training for their employees.
The videos are now available in English and Spanish!
The training videos feature industry experts Dr. Dean Fish, Stockmanship Clinician, Ranch Manager, Santa Fe Ranch, and Libby Bigler, Colorado Beef Quality Assurance Coordinator, who provided low-stress cattle handling and loading demonstrations, scoring systems for body condition and mobility, fitness for transport assessments, and many other resources.
A Handling and Transportation Safety Guidelines reference document will be available very soon! Stay tuned!
Click here to watch the videos.
— Colorado Livestock Association
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