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Definition of drafting gate in English: drafting gatenoun Australian, NZ 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 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
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