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We’ve all rented apartments, storage lockers and cars – but what about farm animals? Swiss farmer Albert Breitenmoser of Eggerstanden, is offering three of his finest specimens for hire.

Breitenmoser said, “The pressure on us farmers is big these days. Every farmer is looking for something special to make some extra cash.” Breitenmoser is right – in the last decade, over a quarter of Switzerland’s family farms have gone bust.

Breitenmoser’s cows, Maxime, Wanda and Lynn can be hired for around $160 a month. For your monthly rent, you’re entitled to pop on over to Eggerstanden and visit the cows as often as you want. Once you’ve made your way to the Swiss countryside, you can milk your cows and even obtain a few souvenir pictures. During your stay, you’ll receive a generous discount on bread and cheese products sold by Breitenmoser’s farm. If you visit during the summer months, you can even stay in an Alpine chalet by the lake where your cows will be put out to grass.

Though Breitenmoser’s scheme is innovative, he’s not the first Swiss farmer to offer cows for rent. In 2003, farmer Paul Wyler of Brienz offered a similar scheme, renting his cows for about $315 over the summer. Similarly, farmers in the Bernese Oberlands will rent you a cow for a shade under $1,500 – you can arrange to visit anytime between July and mid-September, and are entitled to over 130lbs of delectable Swiss Alpine cheese for your investment.