YOUTH need to get a grip on cattle handling.
That's the view of Mitchell's Transport owner John Mitchell and key beef industry personnel who are sponsoring some of WA's agricultural students to attend a spring cattle handling school next week.
Mr Mitchell said students who attended receive 'game changing' skills.
"It will allow them to handle cattle in a way that can develop an understanding between the handler and the animal," he said.
Mitchell's has hosted previous schools and is passionate about the impact the two-day course has had on people.
"With the Low Stress Stock Handling School you get to be able to relate to that animal like never before and understand what it is thinking and what you need to do to make it move in a relaxed manner," he said.
"Our school has a range of diverse participants from first time cattle handlers to feedlot head stockmen, we have also had a surgeon with 40 breeders come along and engage in the school."
For more information on how to get involved contact John Mitchell on 0418 420 880 or Grahame Rees on 0428 853 925.