Uruguay has much cause to thank its cows. The small South American country, which routinely makes headlines as the most progressive on the continent, is the sixth-largest exporter of meat in the world ...

I see you: Could technology that lets farmers track their cow's every movement safeguard livelihoods? When Asger Christensen started farming there were 40,000 dairy farmers in Denmark. Now there are ...

For the first stage of the research, high-tech 'proximity collar's' have been fitted to cows on a farm in Cullompton, Devon. The collars use radio signals to determine how close one cow is to another, ...

Lincoln University PHD candidate Cristian Moreno attaches a tracking collar to a Hereford cow that is part of his study. Photo / Supplied It's hoped new research looking at the different grazing ...

Did you know that Saint Louis based Somark Innovations successfully tested an "RFID tattoo" on cows and rats? Yes indeed, tattoo, not the ol' RFID chip found in passports, dogs, and Dutch VIP clubbers ...

EMMETT, Idaho — Federal policy is meeting Western reality on the rangelands of Idaho, where wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track ...

Tracking Miss Daisy: Data about the cows, and real time alerts, are all accessible from a smartphone When a tag is fitted it takes 6-10 days to build up a database of the animal's behaviour, and the ...

Now there are only 3000. This is a family farm, where they grow maize and wheat, as well as raising cattle. The Christensens bought it in 1982 from Mrs Christensen's parents, and it has been in the ...

Now there are only 3000. This is a family farm, where they grow maize and wheat, as well as raising cattle. The Christensens bought it in 1982 from Mrs Christensen's parents, and it has been in the ...