Cows that send texts when they are ready for market

One of the first farmers in Scotland to trial the new technology was Robert Neill of Upper Nisbet Farm, who runs a herd of over 300 Limousin-cross cows.

It's not just 'click and collect' purchases that'll send you a text when they're ready, these days even livestock can let you know with a quick text when they are ready to go.

An innovative project across the water, in Scotland, has trialled the use of 'game-changing' automated weighing technology on farms - but now the latest stage of the project has seen the addition of text message updates.