Husbandry

The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) animal scientist Dean M. Anderson has taken tracking several steps further with a Walkman-like headset that enables him to “whisper” wireless commands to cows to control their movements across a landscape —- and even [...]

A “dusting” of borax powder — the same substance used in laundry detergents — will neutralize the malodorous microbes in hog manure that contribute to its infamous stink.
Agricultural Research Service scientists Terry Whitehead and Mike Cotta presented a results of their study of the neutralizing effect of borax treatments on manure pits at a recent [...]