Friday Feature:  Virtual Cattle Fencing Research at OSU

Friday Feature: Virtual Cattle Fencing Research at OSU

Yes, the title sounds sort of hard to believe, but it is a new technology being researched for feasibility.  Not that unlike virtual dog fences that use collars and buried wires, this system uses satellites and base stations for wireless communication to collars on...
Friday Feature:  Harvest CROO Robotic Strawberry Picker

Friday Feature: Harvest CROO Robotic Strawberry Picker

This week’s featured videos were produced by Channel 10 Tampa Bay News and Harvest CROO Robotics to demonstrate new technology that will soon be available for strawberry growers to replace hand labor.  The Harvest CROO looks like a motorhome with tractor tires...
Friday Feature:  The Eulogy of a Cowboy for Baxter Black

Friday Feature: The Eulogy of a Cowboy for Baxter Black

This week’s featured video is a sad one, as we lost a great entertainer of the cattle ranching industry.  Baxter Black — the cowboy poet, philosopher, humorist, and large-animal veterinarian died at his home in Benson, Arizona at the age of 77, on June 10,...
Friday Feature:  Using RFID Tags on Cattle Operations

Friday Feature: Using RFID Tags on Cattle Operations

At the recent UF/IFAS Beef Cattle Short Course in Gainesville, there was a good deal of discussion about cattle traceability in the event of a major disease outbreak. Much of the effort toward developing a traceability system in the cattle industry has focused on the...