Often cattle can be difficult to ‘yard up’ however if there is a laneway, it helps all involved as you have more control of the cattle as there is less space for them to run away – the easiest place to go is into the yards. Additionally, when walking cattle out of the yards back to their paddock, a laneway can help make it a ‘controlled’ walk home, keeping all the mob together – particularly younger calves. There are a few things that can be done to avoid this: Block up (stop the cattle and keep them in a mob) regularly so the mums can find their babies again, leave the cows with younger calves in the paddock, and not push the tail too hard that the cows can’t come back and find their babies.