A gate in a stockyard which simultaneously closes one exit and opens another, used when sorting livestock.
a drafting gate at the end of the race directs sheep into the chosen pen
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With one drafting gate sheep can be sorted two or three ways.
A reader at the drafting gate detects the animal's tag, identifies the cow and directs it appropriately.
We use the tags, along with an electronic reader and automatic drafting gate, to select the best sheep to keep and mate.
The yard was shaped like a triangle with a narrow drafting gate at one end.
The race terminates in a drafting gate, hand-operated to divert the sheep in one of two ways.
Before, without a drafting gate, one of the farmers had to stand outside the milking shed waiting for the cow.
The system uses a computer in the dairy with software that communicates with an electronic drafting gate.
A drafting gate sends them to a holding paddock to await collection by the stock transporter.
Young farmers demonstrated their skills, strength and stamina in the practical challenges, including constructing drafting gates and carving wood sculptures using a chainsaw.
The tag is read by an electronic sensor as the animal approaches the drafting gate.