Pen riders at JBS Beef City
WHILE Australia’s lotfeeding industry is growing rapidly, the age profile of its staff appears to be heading in a different direction – with more young people, particularly women, working in feedlots.
Most, if not all of the yards profiled in Beef Central’s Top 25 lotfeeders feature had a young staff age profile, and many reported 40-50pc of their workforce being women.
Many of the feedlots had young managers too – with Smithfield’s two managers, James Guest and Kailen Hodgson aged 31 and 27 respectively, Wainui manager Jeremy Sloss aged 32,…
