Playing jazz for cows

Nice News -  TikTok has its fair share of trends (looking at you, underconsumption core), but watching cows listen to jazz might just be one of the most wholesome. In viral videos, cows can be seen attentively listening to live jazz musicians, as well as jazz albums played on iPhones and car speakers. Sometimes the cows seem to bop a bit, other times they run toward the music.
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While jazz-loving cows might be a new phenomenon for the average social media user, some farmers have used music to keep their herds happy for years — long before TikTok. Dairy farmer Charles Goadby told the BBC that he started playing music for his cows about a decade ago, noting that tunes may even help their milk production.
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“It’s a little bit like the Pavlov dog theory, where it’s waking up the senses, it starts their hormone production off, and actually the cows will release a little bit sooner and that milk flow will be a little bit quicker,” Goadby said. “It helps relax the cows and the workers — so that’s a win-win all round.”