It can be costly and time-consuming for ranchers to keep their cattle inside the pasture using just traditional and electric fencing, but researchers are looking into a possible virtual solution. The ...

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 ...

Virtual fencing uses GPS collars and smartphone apps to manage cattle, simplify rotational grazing, and reduce time spent ...

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 cows wear special collars that keep them from ...

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 ...

Imagine being able to train a cow to stay within an invisible fence just like dogs have been trained to do for many years. Virtual fencing (VF) has now made it to the cattle industry and is possible ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There is a new kind of fencing on some South Dakota farms and ranches. A cattleman from Wallace, South Dakota, shares his experience with the new technology. Cattle ...

The use of virtual fencing to manage cattle grazing on sagebrush rangelands has the potential to create fuel breaks needed to help fight wildfires, a recent Oregon State University and U.S. Department ...

Jim Strickland, manager of Blackbeard’s Ranch, points out cattle locations on his computer. (Brad Buck, UF/IFAS) For decades, Jim Strickland has managed and operated Blackbeard’s Ranch in Myakka City.

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