An #Oregon #cattle #ranch just added #solar without losing #grazing land
The one‑acre, 120‑kilowatt array is the first real‑world installation of #RUTE’s patented, cable‑stayed solar tracker designed specifically to coexist with grazing cattle. RUTE supplies the hardware and is also acting as the developer for its first regional cattle‑plus‑solar demonstrations.
https://electrek.co/2025/12/19/an-oregon-cattle-ranch-just-added-solar-without-losing-grazing-land/

An #Oregon #cattle #ranch just added #solar without losing #grazing land
The one‑acre, 120‑kilowatt array is the first real‑world installation of #RUTE’s patented, cable‑stayed solar tracker designed specifically to coexist with grazing cattle. RUTE supplies the hardware and is also acting as the developer for its first regional cattle‑plus‑solar demonstrations.
https://electrek.co/2025/12/19/an-oregon-cattle-ranch-just-added-solar-without-losing-grazing-land/

I'm always mildly surprised when scientists are suddenly suprised that animals other than humans and great apes could be intelligent. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence

The scientific article in @CurrentBiology https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01597-0

I recommend Frans de Waals book "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?" His lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O4kpSGRm7E

#anthropocentrism #moreThanHuman #animalBehaviour #intelligence #NatureMatchCuts #animals #cow #cattle

I'm always mildly surprised when scientists are suddenly suprised that animals other than humans and great apes could be intelligent. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence

The scientific article in @CurrentBiology https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01597-0

I recommend Frans de Waals book "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?" His lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O4kpSGRm7E

#anthropocentrism #moreThanHuman #animalBehaviour #intelligence #NatureMatchCuts #animals #cow #cattle

A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact
---

With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and worsening wildfire risk.
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-environment-public-lands-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Environment #PublicLands #Cattle #Grazing #Law

I stopped my car after seeing a herd of cows and strolled along the side of the road at sunset. I was singing to these cows to get them both to look at me, trying to optimally position myself along the barbed wire fence to get the sun just above them. I definitely exposed for that sun, and I was fine with having a silhouette shot. There was some suspended dust from a gravel county road that was running behind them, which added some nice atmosphere. - Randall/Armstrong County line, Texas, USA #Sky #Sunset #cows #cattle #ranching #Texas #TexasPanhandle #sun #clouds #nature #animals #livestock #prairie #scenicsnature #outdoors #fall #autumn #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT5

I stopped my car after seeing a herd of cows and strolled along the side of the road at sunset. I was singing to these cows to get them both to look at me, trying to optimally position myself along the barbed wire fence to get the sun just above them. I definitely exposed for that sun, and I was fine with having a silhouette shot. There was some suspended dust from a gravel county road that was running behind them, which added some nice atmosphere. - Randall/Armstrong County line, Texas, USA #Sky #Sunset #cows #cattle #ranching #Texas #TexasPanhandle #sun #clouds #nature #animals #livestock #prairie #scenicsnature #outdoors #fall #autumn #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT5

Another day in paradise…
#cattle #cows #bovine #farming

Another day in paradise…
#cattle #cows #bovine #farming

Hamishemin sur ma balade du jour, des vertacossaises et leurs petites peluches !

#Highland#Cattle #France#Vercors

Hamishemin sur ma balade du jour, des vertacossaises et leurs petites peluches !

#Highland#Cattle #France#Vercors