Australians buy cows and sheep with a mouse
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SYDNEY — Buying sheep and cattle in Australia used to be a tough business — drovers would herd livestock thousands of kilometers across the hot and remote Outback for auction. Now ranchers can buy a herd with just a few clicks of a mouse from the comfort of a tractor cab.
Some farmers faced a three to five day trip to buy sheep — “now they do it in the hour,” said Gary Dick, general manager of livestock sale site AuctionsPlus.
With just a few clicks, buyers around Australia, even farmers working in their fields, can bid on animals and have them transported across the vast country thanks to online trading.
“You can buy stock from your office desk over your computer, which gives you another dimension in your supply,” long-time user Steve Sinclair, head of Sinclair Meats, told AFP..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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