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Grandin highlights stockmanship, facility design and measurement to improve cattle welfare
Summary
Dr. Temple Grandin reviewed decades of work on calmer cattle handling, facility design, measurement systems used by major buyers and how management — not just equipment — drives welfare improvements.
Dr. Temple Grandin told attendees in Missoula that measurable stockmanship and simple facility design changes have driven large welfare improvements in cattle handling and that management — not technology alone — is the key to durable change. "When you have a big customer inspecting a supplier, that's when you really get changes," she said, describing work with major food buyers.
Grandin described a scoring system she helped develop and teach to meat purchasers; she said…
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