“...but a close neighbor couple did not share my tolerance to this fragrance, and reasonably objected.”
LOL! When we moved to the old farm, it was a hot summer day with a southerly breeze - across the road from a hog farm.
My boys were having FITS over it. I told them, ‘That’s the smell of FREEDOM, Boys!’
Luckily, the hog operation was only temporary - I’m not sure I could’ve stood it all summer, either!
Well, I have smelled what came from a hog farm, and the odor from cows is mild compared to that.
There used to be a small hog farm a mile or so to the southeast of us, and occasionally the fragrance would drift to us in surprisingly concentrated form. Luckily, we rarely get a light SE breeze.
Presently, a modest cattle operation, maybe 100 head or a few more, has gone in several miles down the road to the east of us. When the calves were young / small and didn’t decimate their main pasture area, all was well. But, they are just about to adult size now, and between their foraging and winter, the “pasture” is not so pleasant. My wife has been complaining about the smell when she passes by on the way to her job and back. I suggested an alternate route, but it takes several minutes more, and she, um, was not enthused. So, since the car’s car’s “recycle” air function does let a little outside air in... I gave her “optimized” instructions on when to turn the car’s “recycle” air function on and off, depending on wind direction... ;-)