3. Avoid overfilling troughs Water is at its cleanest when it is flowing and oxygenated. As a cow starts drinking, fresh water is introduced to troughs, encouraging flow and increasing oxygen.

Katlin Lang is co-founder of FarmSimple Solutions, a company that provides a water trough sensor for remote watering system. He's pictured here at last year's Ag in Motion. Photo: John Greig A new ...

If it is more than 1,000 feet, they will go in groups. If the trough is not large enough, then those in the back of the herd will continue with the group even if they did not get any water.

The Cockitrough supplies birdlife with multiple troughs, wooden perches and above-ground protection from predators and humans and, most notably, a permanent fresh water supply all year round ...