Feedlotting Cattle
requiring a great deal of time monitoring feed quality and costs of ingredients. 3. The daily running of a feedlot is the major task of the feedlot manager. This includes care that feed bins are full all the time, that fresh water is available to the livestock continuously, that animals are processed and adapted on arrival and that animals are
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www.mla.com.au• supply fresh, cool, clean palatable and high quality drinking water to the cattle. Mandatory requirements Compliance with • Australian Animal Standards and Guidelines for Cattle (DAFF, 2013). • National Guidelines for Beef Cattle Feedlots in Australia (MLA, 2012a). These state that a feedlot requires a secure water supply,