Woodchip bedding worth cost for feedlots, UNE study finds

By Victoria Nugent
Updated June 20 2019 - 6:42am, first published 6:41am
Cattle housed on woodchip bedding applied at a depth of 15cm at UNE's Tullimba Research Feedlot.
Cattle housed on woodchip bedding applied at a depth of 15cm at UNE's Tullimba Research Feedlot.

A newly released study has found that providing woodchip bedding, in feedlot pens exposed to wet muddy conditions, has substantial performance and animal welfare benefits that offset the cost of application.

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