Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Future of Farming: GPS Sensors via Fast.Co: FARMERS CAN CONTROL WHERE THEIR CATTLE AND SHEEP GRAZE FROM A COMPUTER WITH THIS EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY. A recent interview published by Nicola Twilley and Geoff Manaugh profiles a USDA scientist named Dean M. Anderson, whose research focuses on virtual fencing, a concept by which farmers could control their livestock using GPS-controlled electronic sensors (a bit like an electronic dog collar). The technology has the potential to make farms more environmentally sustainable, by allowing farmers to manage where their cattle graze, and to cut down on the manual labor involved with rebuilding fences. [read more] [interview] [photo by mac schwager]

The Future of Farming: GPS Sensors

via Fast.Co:

FARMERS CAN CONTROL WHERE THEIR CATTLE AND SHEEP GRAZE FROM A COMPUTER WITH THIS EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY. A recent interview published by Nicola Twilley and Geoff Manaugh profiles a USDA scientist named Dean M. Anderson, whose research focuses on virtual fencing, a concept by which farmers could control their livestock using GPS-controlled electronic sensors (a bit like an electronic dog collar). The technology has the potential to make farms more environmentally sustainable, by allowing farmers to manage where their cattle graze, and to cut down on the manual labor involved with rebuilding fences.

[read more] [interview] [photo by mac schwager]

Posted at 7:00 PM 50 notes Tags: future tech farming gps internet cows

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    Amazing stuff
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    OH HELL LEAVE THE POOR ANIMALS ALONE THAT LOOKS PREPOSTEROUS POOR BUGGERS
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    MOOOOOVE.
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    And shock the shit out of some cattle. Yes, let’s reduce labor (jobs) in the field of agriculture. That’s the direction...
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    WHAT THE FUCK? Because you can’t just herd your fucking cows or let them graze where they want, you’d rather spend shit...
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    La vache moderne troque sa vieille cloche pour la puce GPS…
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