Cody Zilverberg, consulting scientist at Dakota Lakes Research Farm says they have been utilizing virtual fencing on 75 cattle. It has worked well with their grazing management practices.

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 ...

Cowboys in the American West are increasingly managing cattle not just from horseback, but from smartphones and with ...

Electric fence systems or even barbed wire were once considered innovations in grazing management. Within the past few years, virtual fencing companies have become prominent and their products could ...

New technology called “virtual fencing” is catching on in Idaho and the West. Virtual fencing works like an invisible fence for pets but at a much larger scale for livestock management. “I think it’s ...

The future of grazing management is here. Virtual cattle fencing, where farmers draw GPS boundaries to herd cattle, has the potential to upend the way ranchers have historically managed herds. But ...

Virtual fencing technology employs GPS‐enabled collars to create electronic boundaries for livestock management. By replacing conventional physical barriers with digital cues, including audio warnings ...

SHERIDAN — More ranchers are considering investing in virtual fencing for grazing cattle following a successful pilot project in Sheridan County. Rancher Dan Reinke partnered with the Sheridan ...

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.

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Across the Western U.S., fencing spans more than 600,000 miles, but that fencing can be detrimental to local wildlife populations. In Bozeman, the Property and Environment Research ...

Grazing cattle at the Land of the Swamp White Oak Preserve in Iowa roam without traditional fencing, using virtual fence systems as an ecological management tool. (Elizabeth Owens photo). When heavy ...

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 ...