Farmers should converse with a cow face-to-face if they want them to unwind in the run up to being slaughtered, according to a new study. Austrian researchers found cows were more relaxed when spoken to directly by a human, compared with when they were played voice recordings over a loudspeaker. The experts observed signs of relaxation … Read more
She is not a-moosed! Farmer Wants a Wife star Henrietta Moore has a MELTDOWN while helping Alex Taylor draft cattle at his ranch By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:34 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 11:34 BST, 17 August 2020 Henrietta Moore was left terrified on Monday’s episode of Farmer Wants a … Read more
Millions of people today adore their pet cats, and the feline obsession spans back more than a millennium, scientists now believe. Evidence from the ancient Silk Road reveals domestic cats were kept as pets by nomadic livestock herders more than 1,000 years ago. Animal bones found in Kazakhstan, along what used to be the vast transcontinental … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Pig and cattle breeder Genus hits an all time high as it targets Chinese farmers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 What is it? Genus breeds pigs and cattle with the best genes for providing high-quality meat and … Read more
Measles first spread to humans from cattle more than 2,500 years ago, likely during the rise of the first large cities, scientists claim. The measles virus, measles morbillivirus, diverged from a closely related cattle-infecting virus in approximately the sixth century BC – around 1,400 years earlier than current estimates. The highly-contagious virus emerged at roughly … Read more
The novel strain of coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic may have evolved to infect domestic cats and many species of farm animal — potentially creating a vast haven from which it may repeatedly invade humans, new research has found. A scientific report, submitted to a journal run by the world-renowned Pasteur Institute, in Paris, … Read more
The farmers also use technology to help reduce the carbon footprint of cows. Top 5 things to know about farm tech Tom Merritt explores five ways technology is changing farming. Cattle farmers have been incorporating new technologies into their management of cows for years now, using everything from facial recognition to milking robots. But the … Read more