Thanks to Paul for sending in this ripper clip of his son Cooper hard at work and learning some maths at the same time: "I'm a stock agent for PPHS and I needed a hand today, so pulled the 6-year-old boss on to the job weighing lambs." Love it, mate! 💚

When lambs are sent to an abattoir for slaughter, they generally have to hit a certain weight grid, between for example 18-26kg carcass weight. If they weigh under this or over this, the farmer will be penalised and lose money. Weighing the lambs before they are loaded on to a truck and sent to the abattoir ensures the farmer makes the most amount of money that they can from their stock. The farmer can also estimate what they think they will earn from the abattoir by taking an average weight of all of the lambs that are weighed.

Why is the farmer penalised if the lambs don't hit the grid? A lamb which is too lean doesn't have enough meat and a lamb which is too heavy puts strain on the automated butchering systems used in abattoirs (an over average cut of meat can cause conveyer belt blockages and break downs and hold up efficiencies in the chain).

In Australia, farm kids often help out their parents on the farm — and they love it! Future farmers in the making!

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