Virtual fencing is redefining grazing, using GPS collars and a mobile app to give producers flexible, real-time control and ...

Cattle at a nature preserve in eastern Iowa are managed via virtual fencing technology. The Nature Conservancy conducted a three-year pilot project on the technology. (Photo by Dale Maxson/The Nature ...

Key points A new paper examines three case studies of applying virtual fencing in commercial mixed cropping farms in southern Australia.It found ...

Rounding up your goats to swap their collar batteries all at once could save you time and money. What is virtual fencing for livestock? Monitor your animals digitally with virtual fencing to gain ...

Ranchers can set virtual boundaries that keep cattle in specific areas through collars around their necks. “Virtual fence does not replace the human being in the ranching operation,” said William ...

STREETER, N.D. — A large, longstanding feedlot in North Dakota until recent years was using only a wooden chute for processing cattle, says Lisa Pederson, livestock specialist for NDSU Extension. They ...

WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — For the past month or so some of the latest technology in livestock management has been in use at the East Moraine Community Forest in Wallowa County, but looking around the ...

Managing livestock with fences and gates is so medieval. The future, says one USDA scientist, is equipping cows with GPS units and coraling them via augmented reality. It may sound crazy, but it could ...

MUSCATINE COUNTY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Cattle at a nature preserve in eastern Iowa appear to roam the land freely — no fences or cowboys on horseback patrol their movement. Instead, these ...