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Tinder-Style App For Cows Tries To Help the Meat Market (bbc.com) 62

Posted by msmash from the times,-they-are-changin' dept.
So you think the dating scene is like a meat market? Well, wait till you hear about the latest matchmaking app. From a report: Following the example of Tinder, UK farming start-up Hectare has launched its own equivalent for livestock and called it Tudder. The app features data profiles of animals from 42,000 UK farms in an effort to help farmers find the perfect breeding partner for their cattle. Farmers can view pictures of bulls or cows and swipe right to show interest. Hectare Agritech, which also runs online grain marketplace Graindex, says its aim is "reinventing farm trading - and making farmers' lives easier". It says it has raised more than $3.8 million from investors and organisations, including grant funding from government schemes, while tennis player Andy Murray is listed as one of its investors.
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  • Actual cows? I figured it was a euphemism for big women... [youtube.com]

  • The high tech farm industry. (Score:4, Insightful)

    by jellomizer ( 103300 ) on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @11:49AM (#58109648)

    We all love to laugh at the farming industry, we picture rednecks with their pickup trucks, and their guns, just doing heavy labor.
    However the farming industry is rather high tech, there is a lot more technology that goes on then a lot of silicon valley companies.
    A lot of the Big Data, AI, Automation and Robotics technology that we are seeing going out to the normal public, have often been implemented in farms for years.

    Being that these places need a lot of land to operate, they are often in remote locations, so tools like this article states, is a useful too to farmers to help cordenate their livestock with others.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by shess ( 31691 )

      We all love to laugh at the farming industry, we picture rednecks with their pickup trucks, and their guns, just doing heavy labor.
      However the farming industry is rather high tech, there is a lot more technology that goes on then a lot of silicon valley companies.
      A lot of the Big Data, AI, Automation and Robotics technology that we are seeing going out to the normal public, have often been implemented in farms for years.

      Being that these places need a lot of land to operate, they are often in remote locations, so tools like this article states, is a useful too to farmers to help cordenate their livestock with others.

      My family's farm went from natural breeding to all artificial insemination during my childhood, and then my parents took the dairy buyout ... that was 30 years ago. They didn't exactly sent out for vials of random semen, you had catalogs of options. Having a "dating app for cows" isn't even a particularly interesting idea, it maybe makes certain things more convenient but it's not a game-changer in any way. Contrast that with human dating apps, where it changes your entire approach to the project.

    • So just go to the web. You don't need an "app" for this. If you don't already know who has bulls for your breed of cows then you're a noob and need to start socializing with other ranchers.

  • do foodies use it in restaurants, like when they pick a fish from a tank

  • Shouldn't that be the "meat meet" market?

    OK, or the "meet meat" market. Although that sounds like Tom Thumb or Safeway.

  • What's new here? (Score:3)

    by BringsApples ( 3418089 ) on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @12:24PM (#58109872)
    Men have been using Tinder to showcase their meat for years now.
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    • Re: No meat, more potatoes (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      Eat your carbs and enjoy your cancer, diabeties and other nasties coming from too much carbs

    • I eat cows, pigs and lambs because they taste so good. You people are like Trappist monks, though without the inner peace.

      Enjoy your high-sanctimonium diet. Just don't bother the rest of us. We have some grilling to do.

  • In case you missed it: @Applegate [twitter.com] is launching its regenerative agriculture platform.https://t.co/z0wEuW9mN8 [t.co]

    — Savory Institute (@SavoryInstitute) February 12, 2019 [twitter.com]

  • how long until some questionable farmers add themselves to the potential matches?
  • Those Trump supporter incels need lovin' too!

  • It's all just a meat market.

  • Farmers can view pictures of bulls or cows and swipe right to show interest.

    Sounds OK so far but how do they make sure that the cow isn't being forced but consents to having sex with the farmer?

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