training cows where to do their business.

[Campani]

Not even entirely sure what to comment on this, but thought it would be of interest to the forum.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58552651

I guess I can see some benefits. Has anyone trained their own livestock?

 

[betweenthelines]

Please describe how this could ever have a practical application

 

[Mr Mackay]

I always thought it would be great if cows went and shat in one area (like well kept pigs )
Think of all the trouble it would save !!
Never work mind

 

[Campani]

Please describe how this could ever have a practical application

Save money on bedding? That was the only idea I could think of. Be nice if they didn't sh!t in the feed through aswell.

 

[Dry Rot]

Could we train them to sh!t in a regular pattern across the field? Save on manure spreading costs. Maybe.

Well, you've got to admit it's the sort of thing scientists do! (Train the cows, that is).

 

[How much]

There was an article in Profi the other month of a Dutch farmer who was using cow urinals to reduce the amount pee in the slurry , it reduced significantly the emissions , increased the quality of the muck and its value as fertilizer as there was some protein i think in the pee that broke it down and made it gass off and he could i think also sell the pee for some sort of industrial process.

 

[Castle Farm]

If you crossed them with Alpacas job done.

 

[Blaithin]

Please describe how this could ever have a practical application

If they're trained to not sh!t and pee when they come into the barn then it could be very helpful for things like milking parlours.

Also if they only use one area of the pen, then they shouldn't be doing it on the bunk line which would make the ground last a lot longer if it isn't cement (and the bunk line much easier to clean up.) Could even eliminate the need for bunk lines to be cement.

If you can't think of ways it could help you obviously haven't cleaned up enough sh!t. The one frozen poo that always gets in the way of the gate opening could eff right off to the poop spot.

 

[betweenthelines]

Whoever got a grant to do this research was really taking the p iss!

 

[7610 super q]

Can they be trained to dump on footpaths ?

 

[Treg]

Can they be trained to dump on footpaths ?

Dogs seem to be well trained at that. Some even poo in a bad and tie it in a tree, can't imagine how much time it must take to train them.