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Modern cattle yards

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Modern cattle yards

A drench is being administered in a cattle-yard raceway. Most cattle yards have a platform alongside the raceway for farm staff to stand on while attending to stock. They can walk on the flat boards to get around the yards while keeping out of the way of cattle.

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Robert Peden, Farm fencing – Yards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17482/modern-cattle-yards (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.