Automation going too far on the farm

Replace Shep or Rover with a ‘Terminator’ on four legs?
Automation going too far on the farm

Could he milk a cow?

Last week, on this very paper, I was horrified — dare I say, sickened — to see a headline promising a new future for us farmers, with this class of a robot dog.

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