Virtual fencing is an emerging technology in the grazing world, and more companies are entering the U.S. market, giving producers a variety of choices and costs.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
To manage livestock and keep them in the proper areas or pastures or to graze a pasture rotationally, traditional fencing with wood, wire or steel, or even portable electric fencing, is one solution.
STRONG CITY, Kan.—Cole Mushrush does two things when he wakes up each morning at the family ranch here in the Flint Hills—make a pot of coffee, then fire up his laptop to see if any cows have wandered ...
Embracing Virtual Fencing The solution came from an unexpected place: a Forest Service range specialist who suggested Nofence ...
LAKELAND — From his home or wherever he has his laptop computer, Jim Strickland is herding cattle. Strickland, manager of Blackbeard’s Ranch in Myakka City, is one of the only, if not the only, ...