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Sensor measures cows’ Nitrogen impact on pasture by urination

Sensor measures cows’ Nitrogen impact on pasture by urination - Dairy News 7X7

AgResearch scientists have developed a smartwatch-like sensor which listens to a cow urinate, measuring the amount of nitrogen hitting the pasture. Livestock farming comes with several environmental challenges but one of the main ones is the contamination of waterways from nitrogen which comes from the urine of dairy cows. Scientists at AgResearch wanted to measure […]