Swiss Cows Able To Tell Farmers They’re In Heat Via Text

Swiss dairy cows may now be able to tell farmers that they are in heat using text message technology. Sensors implanted in the cows are reportedly able to detect the shift using electronic heat detectors, according to The New York Times. These sensors then send a text message to the farmer’s phone. In addition to getting an alert, participating farmers can also opt to receive messages in either German, French or Italian – the three primary languages of Switzerland – as well as English or Spanish. The new technology allows farmers to take advantage of mating opportunities as they come. “Our recognition rate is about 90 percent,” Claude Brielmann, a computer specialist who helped design the system, told the Times. Though many in the industry are encouraged by the technological development, proponents of animal rights have reportedly expressed concern regarding the kind of stress placed on cows to necessitate such technology...more

Those Cow Texts are probably better than texts from fat-fingered me.

Next we will have Testicular Texts from men.