VideoBeef skills @ Tocal
Classification: Rural & Farming
Beef skills @ Tocal
Mal Bourke is the Farm Manager at CB Alexander Agriculture College in Tocal. He looks after cattle, sheep, horses and the farm generally.
The College - which is both an educational as well as commercial enterprise - has 600 breeding cows, 100 sheep and 130 horses on 5,000 acres.
Under Mal's guidance, students learn a variety of farm skills including vaccinating, drenching, drafting and counting.
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