SA shearing innovation aims to do away with 'catch and drag'

CM
October 11 2021 - 2:00pm
SA INNOVATION: Shearing Contractors Association of Australia shearer and wool handling training executive officer Glenn Haynes and trainer Paul Oster were testing the automated delivery race they have been working on at a shed near Naracoorte this week.
SA INNOVATION: Shearing Contractors Association of Australia shearer and wool handling training executive officer Glenn Haynes and trainer Paul Oster were testing the automated delivery race they have been working on at a shed near Naracoorte this week.

Shearing can be a back breaking job but a world-first prototype being designed and trialled in SA aims to eliminate one of the toughest physical elements - dragging the sheep from the catching pen.

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Catherine is Stock Journal's long time livestock editor and South East journalist.

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