Jim Peters of Iowa is training
dogs to sniff out weeds.
So far it’s for conservation
preserves, but he thinks they could be used by farmers.
Sonja Begemann, reporting for the
Farm Journal, writes “they’re starting
in Iowa with lespedeza weeds and training with more as counties request it.
“Peters plans to focus
on two or three different weed types this year and might add more in 2017.”
Peters says dogs can be trained to
sniff out most anything – from cadavers to rare species of turtles.
He uses mainly mixed-breed dogs.
“In pastures especially, I think
they’ll be great at finding weeds,” he says.
