Educational Video Recordings
Jennifer Ligon
Agriculture and Natural Resource Extension Agent
VA Cooperative Extension
Buckingham
1 Agriculture and Natural Resource Extension Agent, VA Cooperative Extension, Buckingham, VA, 23921
2 Powhatan County Extension, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Powhatan, VA, 23139
3 Goochland County Extension Agent, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Goochland, VA, 23063
Research has demonstrated that handling practices can have a significant positive or negative impact on cattle performance, health, and farm profitability. Low-stress handling techniques have been shown to positively impact immune response to vaccinations (thus, lowering sickness and death losses) and to increase carcass value by decreasing quality problems such as dark cutters and bruising. Based on low-stress handling research conducted by Virginia Cooperative Extension agents, direct benefits to cattle producers include a post-weaning gain improvement of 20 pounds per calf. These positive impacts can significantly improve profit. For producers to fully understand low stress handling techniques they must see them demonstrated with live animals. The agent filmed, edited and published video demonstrations on low-stress handling techniques. Filming was completed at the James River Agribusiness beef facility in Powhatan, VA in the fall of 2014. A need was subsequently identified among farm workers with limited English proficiency. Therefore, in late 2019 and early 2020 the agent collaborated with a colleague to record a Spanish version mp3 to overlay onto the original videos. The recording was made with Windows 10 Voice Recorder and videos have been made available to the public on YouTube, targeting underserved audiences in Virginia and nationwide.
- Videos available at: Low Stress Cattle Handling: Emptying a Pen of Cattle: Weaning Training Part 1 (Teaching cattle to walk passed a handler) http://youtu.be/VzYNf7FaJ6M
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- Low Stress Cattle Handling: Emptying a Pen of Cattle: Weaning Training Part 2 (Teaching cattle to walk passed a handler) http://youtu.be/OFvhwCVEw1I
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- Low Stress Cattle Handling: Sorting Cows and Calves: Weaning Training Part 3 http://youtu.be/YL78RplC32I
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- Low Stress Cattle Handling: Loading an Alleyway
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- Low Stress Cattle Handling: Moving cattle along an Alleyway http://youtu.be/ipAK3PQw7LA
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