THE calm scene of a rider and horse slowly threading through a pen of feedlot cattle masks the complexity of interactions and diagnostic calls taking place.
From their vantage point in the saddle, Elders Killara Feedlot’s Billie-Jean Svenson and Jorjia Edwards provided a masterclass in pen riding techniques to an attentive audience of feedlot owners and staff from all over the country at ALFA’s recent SmartBeef 2023 event earlier this month.
In partnership the two riders moved silently in zigzag patterns through a mob of about 20 steers, working the cattle into smaller groups,…
