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Using animals for weed control and highway maintenance, great idea.

Mendota considers using animals as lawn mowers

Posted at 11:16 PM on Monday, Apr. 18, 2011

Mendota may become the first city in the Valley to use sheep or goats for grass trimming and weed control.

Using sheep and goats as replacements for mowers and herbicides is a growing trend across California, said Rob Rutherford, an animal sciences professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and one of the foremost authorities on targeted grazing in the United States.

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