How do I handle my cattle safely and calmly?

Low stress, calm cattle handling is a practice well know to deliver improved results. But sometimes it is easier said than done.

Working cattle with unsuitable handling equipment can cause unnecessary stress to both operator and animal, something that Andrea Brosnan from Offsider Ag knows only too well. “The amount of times I have been yelled at for missing a beast because of a sticky slide gate, or been hurt when marking calves, it is ridiculous.”

“The reason Offsider Ag is so focussed on easy to use, quiet and accessible cattle handling equipment is our personal experience. I sound a bit evangelical about it, but I don’t reckon you should be at risk of being hurt or being yelled at in your everyday work.”

By taking experience and understanding in the yards, putting it together with animal handling best practice and using clever design and engineering, Offsider Ag Equipment is redefining how cattle work is done.

“We know that your cattle handling equipment needs to be helping you, not making it harder. Each element of our crushes, our ramps, yards designs and of course our stand up calf cradle, Spin-a-Calf has been thought through to make the job easier.”

Building low maintenance, high performance cattle crushes for Australian conditions has resulted in recognition from customers and judges alike. “We have won awards for our design and the NAB Agribusiness Innovation award for our M squeeze cattle crush.”

While competitors are moving manufacturing and head offices overseas, Offsider Ag Equipment is proudly Australian made. “We design, cut, weld, grind, build and paint at our workshop in Killarney in southern Queensland. Every input that can possibly be sourced Australian made, is.”

Using Australian steel gives Offsider an edge as well. “Australian rolled steel is a more consistent quality, and gives as more oversight of input inventory. Not to mention keeping jobs in Australia!”

Designed from experience, tested in Australian conditions and built in Australia, from Australian in puts, Offsider Ag Equipment is innovating to keep cattle handling calm.